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Three suburbs lose million-dollar status amid housing slowdown
The downturn in the Massachusetts housing market has pushed three Boston suburbs out of the "million-dollar club." Brookline, Dover and Lincoln no longer have median home prices above the one-million dollar mark.

Vintners vision to ferment in cave Vintners hope to cave in to success
Doug Bakker is starting with a vineyard but plans to turn his 30-acre parcel in Madison County into an entertainment complex.

Wines that save lives
iAfrica.com, South Africa - Oct 31, 2006Bonnievale Cellar supports the courageous efforts of global sea rescue institutions with the release of two new wines, the Southern Lights Sauvignon Blanc 2006 ...

Camp Whitley to benefit from wine, cheese party
The Post & Mail, IN - 9 hours ago... Guests will have the unique opportunity to sample an assortment of wines, delicious food, listen to live jazz music and enjoy the cameraderie of friends. ...

Madonna's fashions may be duds
Detroit Free Press - If you ask Sonoma Valley comedian and vintner Tom Smothers, the competition was killed because organizers knew 2007 was his year to win. Osment gets probation TMZ.com reports that actor Haley Joel Osment, now 18, has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Book Signing of Santa Cruz Mountains' Vintner Martin Ray Biography Barbara Marinacci, step-daughter of legendary Santa Cruz Mountains vintner Martin Ray, will be signing copies of Vineyards in the Sky from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 17, 2004 at

Just reds left for the picking
Santa Maria Times - Jim Fiolek, Santa Barbara County Vintner's Association executive director, said harvest results have varied by vineyard. It's like bottles of wine. Every vineyard turned out differently, he said. Mark Cargasacchi, enologist for Rideau Vineyard

Q&A with PG&E s CEO
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Take a look at Fetzer winery as an example. Ninety-five percent of their waste they can keep on-premise and reuse, 5 percent they ship off, and that is a dramatic reduction. When I went there, their whole building was constructed with energy

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Addison Independent - The Granstroms have grown grapes on at least part of their roughly 11 acres for five years, but until now they have been selling the grapes to a winery elsewhere. However, they would like to change that, and the $22,250 planning grant they received

Finding Your Perfect Honeymoon Destination
WAFF - the city's architecture and landscape, discover local artists, check out the latest fashion trends with some upscale shopping, scout out intimate boutiques, and linger over a renowned chef's cuisine accompanied by wine from a nearby vineyard

Cultivating loyalty
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Barbara Norlin of Seattle, left, stomps syrah grapes with her sister, Joanne Norlin of San Jose, during Opolo Vineyard s grape stomp during the 2003 Paso Robles Harvest Wine Tour weekend. With the wine-grape picking going on at vineyards throughout

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KATC 3 - Hoping to rally entrepreneurs before Election Day -- Nov. 7 -- the National Federation of Independent Business's Web site recently posted a voter resource guide, chock-full of information about how this year's candidates and elections will influence

Harvesting the fruit of the vine
Globe Gazette - What was the catalyst that turned this recently retired Iowa State Patrol trooper into a vintner on his 25-acre Winnebago County plot of land? We grow everything else in Iowa, why not grapes and wine? Ludwig said. But it was really his idea

Oakley's growth a challenge for vintners
Contra Costa Times - Longtime vintner Stan Planchon keeps his neighbors happy by occasionally giving them a bottle of wine. He also sells zinfandel grapes from his six-acre Empire Avenue property to Rosenblum. Planchon was one of the first harvests in Oakley last week. In