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Re:History, Sugar and Sex: Why Mixed Drinks Were Terrible fo... by kyllo on Monday February 16, 2015 @08:43PM (#9060204)
Wine is fundamentally different from liquor, but he's probably referring to fortified wine, which is cheap wine with neutral grain spirits added to it.
Re:History, Sugar and Sex: Why Mixed Drinks Were Terrible fo... by dredmorbius on Monday February 16, 2015 @09:27PM (#9060352)
That's something I'd like to dig into.

It's an open secret in the wine industry, though, that a large quantity of grapes for California wine -- even of Napa Valley product (though I'm not sure how strict the rules are for appellations) are sourced from elsewhere in the state, much of it from near Fresno and Clovis. There simply isn't enough acreage within Napa Valley to supply production.

How much individualized production Frank-Lin does would be quite interesting to establish.