Comment - Should Wine and Public Companies Mix?
By Chris Mercer | 8 February 2011
Can you match wine with public companies? That's the debate flourishing in the world's vineyards, following Constellation Brands' knock-down sale of its overseas wine operations.
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Can you match wine with public companies? That's the debate flourishing in the world's vineyards, following Constellation Brands' knock-down sale of its overseas wine operations.

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