Wine Atlas

Napa Valley vintners are turning to Auburn's Don Magorian to build often-elaborate underground caves to store their wine.

Magorian parlayed his experience in mine engineering, drilling and mechanics into a niche market that has taken off in recent years as vintners move underground to store wine in caves that maintain a constant temperature in the 55-to-60-degree range.

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Greek wine label Tsantalis makes an inconspicuous entry in Turkey's market in November. Its distributors say in the one month since Tsantalis has been available on the Turkish market they have nearly reached their sales target

One of Greece's household names in wine, Tsantalis, entered the Turkish market last November, becoming the first wine from the neighboring country available in Turkey.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vineyards in Oregon and Washington share a state border but differ in many ways. They have different grape varieties, different climates and different production methods.

But they're teaming up to mount the largest promotion of Northwest wines so far on the world's premier wine stage - London.

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An innovative approach to developing a cohesive wine industry at all levels is being pioneered in the Clare Valley by a group of enthusiastic and committed winery and vineyard staff.

Their initiative grew from participation in a wine industry leadership program, held in Adelaide in November, where nine of the 14 attendees at the initial two-day course came from the Clare Valley.

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