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An Australian Winery Takes a Stand

Posted: Dec 18, 2007 2:10pm ET

Savvy wine drinkers know that words such as "reserve" and "old vines" mean something only in places where regulations define them. That's pretty much Europe, where the rules often require wineries to use riper grapes and age them longer to use "reserve" on the label, and specify minimum vine age for "old vines.

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