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Long ago, before he rose to prominence in the New York wine world, Daniel Johnnes, traveling through France, was drawn to the camaraderie that he felt among wine-makers and their friends when they sat down to eat and drink. Mr. Johnnes had a dream that some day he would find a way to recreate that social glow back in his hometown of New York.

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A San Luis Obispo winery is helping turn wine novices into connoisseurs with a new educational tool.

If you're an inexperienced wine lover, you aren't alone.

"I would like to know more about the basics about how it's made, how it's grown, things of that nature," says San Luis Obispo resident Nick Musial. "I'm doing a senior project on a feasibility study about growing a vineyard, so I think it might come in handy with some of that stuff."(...)

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Can you turn water into wine? Or woodchips? The United States says yes, Europe says no. For 20 years the row has kept the two sides from deciding what wine is.

Brussels and Washington have been struggling to negotiate a reciprocal wine deal since 1983 but always found it easier to roll over temporary arrangements than to compromise too much.

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IF YOU HAVE ever visited a winery in another state and tried to ship wine back to Massachusetts, you know what it's like: Sorry, we can't ship to Massachusetts. It's illegal." Now, you say, yes, but that is the past. The Supreme Court just ruled in favor of direct shipping, and the grape has been freed." Not so fast.

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When members of the Marco Island Area Chamber of Commerce stepped into the "Glory of the Grape," they were handed a passport that read, "To great wines from around the world."

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