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Sapphire Wines acquired by Saint James

Tennessee-based Sapphire Wines LLC, which acquired the North Coast brands Carneros Creek and Wildhurst earlier this year, has been acquired by publicly traded wine portfolio The Saint James Co. of Santa Monica.

AU: When Smoke Gets in Your Wine

An Australian company's technology fixes flaws in grapes. Will purists approve?

Valuable Grape Vines Stolen from U of M

Thieves stole grape vines from the University of Minnesota's Horticulture Research Center in Victoria.

Critics doubt French wine-makers' boasts of a vintage year

It is the harvest of the century in Bordeaux, with exceptional weather conditions producing grapes so fine that dogs are turning vegetarian to eat them. That, at least, is what the region's winemakers would have you believe as they lavish praise on this year's pickings.

Donald Ziraldo back in the wine business

For nearly two decades, Donald Ziraldo was the face of Canadian icewine.

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