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Want to Buy an Aussie Winery?

Posted: Aug 11, 2008 10:24am ET

Constellation Brands announced this week that it wants to sell three of its Australian winemaking facilities and lay off about 350 workers there. The announcement makes a lot more sense in the context of a conversation I had about a month ago with James Mariani, family proprietor of Banfi Vintners.

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