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US:2008 wine grape prices highest in seven years

On the eve of this year’s California grape crush, the state’s largest wine grape grower cooperative still has grapes to sell.

This is not unusual for the Fresno, Calif.-based 600-member Allied Grape Growers that expects to sell 300,000 tons of grapes this season valued at more than $70 million. It has for a decade or longer had grapes without homes at harvest time because there were no buyers.

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Print | posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 5:23 PM

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