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...scared me. This crisis will last. It's a structural one. Nobody will get out safe and sound." The wine glut's impact is worldwide. In California, big grape growers and some wineries have gone into bankruptcy, including the Legacy Estate Group that owned prestigious brands such as Arrowood, Byron and Freemark Abbey. (The group was sold last month to a rival producer, Kendall-Jackson.) In South Africa, grape prices have dropped about 30% over the past two years, prompting a hunt by producers for new markets. In the Friuli region of Northern Italy, which specializes in Pinot Grigio...
...wine glut's impact is worldwide. In California some wineries have gone bankrupt, including the Legacy Estate Group that owned prestigious brands, including Arrowood, Byron and Freemark Abbey. (The group was sold last month to Kendall-Jackson.) In South Africa grape prices have dropped about 30% this year, prompting a hunt by producers for new markets. In the Friuli region of northern Italy, which specializes in Pinot Grigio and other whites, winemakers' cellars are filling with unsold bottles...
Ironically, the record might be better with a bit more Don Byron himself. The virtuoso clarinetist only lends his talents to three tracks, and he makes each one of them spectacular. He has the intonation and mechanical sensibility of Charlie Parker—and apparently, no composition can obscure...
...then Byron returns to instrumental masturbation in “Show Him Some Lub,” which mixes chants of different creeds and cities against a frenetic clarinet backdrop. It’s particularly bewildering after the minimalist charm of “Red-Tailed Angels,” and it gives the album the feel of B-side collection instead of a unified work...
...Byron shouldn’t trust his music to anyone else—a lesson too late to learn for this “Ballad...