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CSI New York Investigates Wine Fraud This Week

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From the UCD Trellis Alliance:
If you are a CSI New York fan, you may want to watch on March 21. They are doing an episode where they are going to attempt to identify a wine fraud. It’s not clear exactly what they’re going to do or show (and how realistic it will be), but [...]

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Why Walmart Is Good For High End Wineries

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You may have heard about AOL’s ridiculous screw-up in releasing 3 months of around 650,000 of their users search histories earlier this week. Since the file was leaked, dozens of online, searchable databases have sprung up. While most of the blogoshpere has been focusing on finding creepy users with disturbing search histories, I’m positive there [...]

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Buy Wine at Costco Without a Membership

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Apparently, due to state prohibition laws calling for retailers to “serve the public need,” anyone (in certain states) can walk into Costco or Sam’s Club and buy liquor, beer or wine without having to fork over for membership fees. Here’s a clip from an article on this loophole courtesy of Smart Money:
Thanks to some little-known [...]

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