On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:54:04 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Steve wrote on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:12:04 +0000:
>
> ??>> How far can you "widen the vineyard" to increase
> ??>> production/profits before you dilute the "terroir"?
>
> SS> This article partly addresses your question
> SS>
>http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom...-expansion.htm
>
>It all sounds very plausible but industrial flacks are good at
>that! I will await the rationalizations when the zone is
>expanded to include California :-) In some ways, I was reminded
>of a common preamble to Vatican announcements of a radical
>changes: "As the church has always said.........".

Are you saying Stevenson is an industrial (industry?) flack? Why do
you think that?

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