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…provides a home to the thousands of trees that produced millions of apples every season. A majority of America's apples come from communities in Adams County Pennsylvania. Jack's story begins in 1907, when John S. Musselman, Sr. and his two sons, John Jr. and Christian High, purchased the Biglerville Canning Company. After a successful first year, Christian H. Musselman began building a second canning facility in Gardners, Pa. The plant was up and running by 1913. …

• Topics: Pennsylvania, Hard Cider, Jack, Washington, Latrobe

On Thursday, the USA Network, touting itself as "the No. 1 network on cable for six years running," joined the growing pool of cable channels hawking their goods to advertisers in mid-May . (Many cable networks unveil their plans in March or April—and this year Hulu, Yahoo, and other digital types joined their ranks .) The USA Network joined the pool with a kind of cannonball dive, in fact. The network arranged for fans to cause a fuss outside of …

• Topics:  Network, Alice Tully, Yahoo, Lincoln Center
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"During this same time, we fell in love with wine, and soon discovered that most wine sold in the United States contain "color enhancers," preservatives, chemical stabilizers, Mega Purple™, "oak essence," sugar, acid and the like. In fact, there are over 200 products listed by the FDA that are permitted to be used in wine besides grapes ."

It's unclear whether what is meant by this statement is that most WINE or most WINES contain the implied atrocities …

• Topics: Wine, Natural Wine, American, Isabelle Legeron, Wine Fair
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It's hardly news that the Great Recession pushed millions of Americans into poverty. In 2010, "poverty" meant having an income of less than $ 22,113 for a family of four; 15.1 percent of Americans were below that line. As this map shows, some areas of the country fared worse than others between 2007 and 2010. While some counties saw their poverty rates increase only slightly, and some even saw them drop, the number of people under the poverty line in Oregon's Malheur County…

• Topics: Oregon, Great Recession, South Dakota

…through the professions, they're more likely to enjoy wine. But the explosion of minorities in America is mostly due to immigration and birth rates, and those two groups-immigrants and babies-tend not to be wine drinkers! Wine drinkers have always been, as the study says, the country's "economic and political elites [who] remain essentially white and primarily male." Of course, women buy a lot of wine, too, but they're white women.

What should the wine industry be doing …

• Topics: California, African-Americans, Asians, Napa Valley, California
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Constellation Brands says it is "near completions" of the second phase of its distribution transition with the signing of multi-year agreements with Republic National Distributing Company ( RNDC), Young's Market Company, Johnson Brothers and Horizon Beverage Company. Recall the first phase of the initiative began in 2009, and will now represent nearly 70% of the company's total US wine and spirits business.

• Topics: Republic National Distributing Company, Market Company, Young's Brewery, Constellation Brands
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…happy to pass along a bottle or two or eight from that tall skinny country in South America.

I recently reviewed the Montes Cherub Rosé of Syrah , but was excited to have the opportunity to try the full-blooded, proper red wine Syrah, but perhaps a slightly modified version...

I always love throwing some Viognier in with the Syrah! The French figured that out with Côte-Rôtie a long time ago, but it works so well... Much like the comedy music team of Garfunkel …

• Topics: Shiraz, Viognier, South, Cabernet Sauvignon, NBC
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From $ 21.99, £24.99, ¥3,870, NZ$70.40 Find these wines Americans who like funky, mature Pinot Noir with more than a hint of Armand Rousseau about them should seize this bargain with both hands. I really don't understand why K&L of San Francisco are selling this delicious four-year-old wine.

• Topics: Armand Rousseau, Pinot Noir, K&L, San Francisco, 24.99

Over the last couple of decades Chile has mounted a successful invasion of the American market by producing large quantities of extremely inexpensive wine. This is fine for those whose horizons never venture above the $ 7 shelf, and the wines have been a commercial, if not aesthetic, triumph.

At the same time, spurred on my the growing awareness in Europe and North America of Chile as a legitimate wine producer, foreign investment flowed in intent on producing high-end, prestige wines, …

• Topics: Chile, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Europe, Wine
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Back when I visited Mozambique Peri Peri, a couple of readers from South Africa said that looked all well and good, but what they really missed was Nando's. The spicy chicken chain has a worldwide presence, but only one outpost in the U.S. Their...

• Topics: South Africa, Nando
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