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			By Henry Dubroff  /  Friday, March 2nd, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara County winemakers are doing well by doing good
			
			
			
			North Santa Barbara County vintners are a savvy lot.
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Dana Olsen  /  Friday, January 27th, 2012  /  Agribusiness, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Wineries see profits flow to bulk sales
			
						
			Large Central Coast winemakers are benefiting from the global trend of selling wine in bulk rather than bottles. Over the last two decades, bulk wine — wine that’s not yet packaged for retail sale — has become a major player in the wine-selling game. Bulk wine used to make up 25 percent of the product Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Dana Olsen  /  Friday, January 6th, 2012  /  Agribusiness, Features  /  Comments Off on Forecast: Farmers grappling with water, pest concerns
			
			
			
			Tri-county farms boosted their bounty in 2010, but the agriculture industry is grappling with water, weather and pest problems as it enters 2012. 
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Marlize van Romburgh  /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans
			
			
			
			The new owners of the Santa Rita Hills Wine Center in Lompoc are tossing approved plans to build a hotel and retail center at the property.
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Staff Report  /  Friday, August 19th, 2011  /  Columns  /  2 Comments
			
			
			
			For more than seven years, I’ve been drinking wine and calling it “research.”
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Henry Dubroff  /  Friday, August 12th, 2011  /  Top Stories  /  2 Comments
			
						
			Herzog Wine Cellars’ purchase of a 230-acre vineyard near Courtland last year broke decades of family tradition and marked a strategic shift for the company.