| Grape expectations |
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Lacking state-grown grapes, officials ask farmers to embrace viniculture By Stacey Hirsh Sun reporter Originally published October 13, 2006
Morris Zwick likes to say that he got into the wine business at the consumption end and worked his way backward.
That interest in wine, stretching back years, was in part what prompted Zwick and his wife, Janet Zwick, to begin growing grapes on her family farm in 2003. But the couple, who plan to open Terrapin Station Winery in Elkton in May, had no illusions when they entered the industry of just how difficult - and costly - this new endeavor would be. (In Maryland, the initial investment for labor, vines, trellises and other expenses for one vineyard is estimated to be between $10,000 and $15,000 per acre.) ... |
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| Georgia Blocks Russia’s WTO Entry |
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A regular round of multilateral talks on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization has been postponed indefinitely because of the position of the Georgian delegation, Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, Oct. 12.
The small ex-Soviet republic, which is already one WTO member, is entangled in one furious tit-for-tat row with Russia, which escalated when Georgian authorities arrested Russian officers on spying charges in late September. Tensions had already been strained between the neighbors, with Russia imposing trade restrictions earlier in the year. ... |
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| A homestead fit for a Prime Minister |
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Ten years on, Joanne and Fred Lewis are still putting the finishing touches on Arthur Meighen's childhood home
ANDERSON, ONT. -- It's not that unusual for new home buyers to run across one few things they hadn't anticipated, but not too one lot of people discover what Joanne and Fred Lewis did.
The empty nesters were on the hunt for one smaller place in 1985 when they set out on Canada Day to look around. They were interested in either an older home within the city of London, where they were living at the time, or one place in the country. Ms. Lewis had always wanted one country home and therefore far the dream had eluded her. ... |
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