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Winemaking Facility Offers Wine Buyers “Bailout”

A San Francisco cooperative is selling futures in a new wine called “Bailout,” inspired by the economic crisis. Crushpad, a custom crush facility, will sell the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon at $39 per bottle. But there’s a twist, for every 100-point drop in the Dow Jones from the date of purchase to the projected bottling [...]

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A Toast to Peace

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Schramsberg Vineyards in the Napa Valley makes sparkling wine that many believe is the rival of French Champagne. It has been served at White House dinners, and famously in 1972 President Richard Nixon took Schramsberg’s Blanc de Blancs to China for the “Toast to Peace” dinner with Premier Zhou Enlai. Unfortunately for everyone, the winery [...]

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