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Louisville Courier-Journal - A bill requiring agents in racehorse or show - horse sales to disclose that they represent both the buyer and seller passed the Kentucky House yesterday 84-14. The measure, which also calls for a bill of sale, goes to the Senate. An amendment offered

New Zealand producing fine wines
Iowa City Press-Citizen - It's still the middle of winter here, but on the other side of the planet, New Zealand winemakers are preparing for another bountiful harvest. Though the first vines were planted there in 1819, modern winemaking is a comparative overnight success

Direct wine shipping provides consumer choices
Bangor Daily News - A national wine war is pitting consumers, who want the option of having wineries ship directly to them, against wine wholesalers, who feel threatened by consumers' growing demand for more diverse choices in wine and wineries. That war is now being

Business briefs
Mooresville/Decatur Times - CAMBY - John V Loudermilk, Camby, has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having a registered Angus cow included in the Association s 2006 Pathfinder Report. Only 2,187 of the more than 34,000 American Angus Association

Meeting is set to help push local tourism
Poughkeepsie Journal - Businesses in the mid-Hudson Valley could band together to provide tourists with mouth-watering culinary excursions that are a cinch to book. That's what the Dutchess County Tourism Promotion Agency and The Culinary Institute of America hope will

Fight brews on wine shipping law
Chicago Tribune - Richard Faltz runs Fox Valley Winery, which produces about 30,000 gallons of wine a year in Oswego. But lately, he has been heading to Springfield once or twice a week on a mission he believes is critical to preserving the future of his 5-year-old

New wine grape-growing region recognized
Seattle Times - YAKIMA The Rattlesnake Hills, a sweeping area southeast of Yakima in central Washington, soon will be designated the state's ninth federally recognized wine grape-growing region. The recognition marks another step in the industry's effort to

Riesling: The signature wine of Germany
Centre Daily Times - Feb 19 8:02 AM
Riesling is a cold, hardy grape that produces what may be the best of the white wines. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, German Riesling wines were prized -- and priced -- as highly as the great red wines of France.Save to My Web