Word: widmer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This year 43 new wineries have been opened. Thriving vineyards have grown up in some unlikely places: Maryland, Washington, Oregon, Illinois and Georgia. New York State produces one of every eleven bottles of wine made in the U.S. The state's sizable producers-Taylor, Canandaigua, Gold Seal and Widmer-are having record sales. For years, only native East Coast grapes could survive the harsh winters, but some smaller New York wineries, notably Vinifera and Bully Hill, are concentrating on wines made from hybrids of American and European grapes...
...progressive causes, and she conducts her activist's life with grace and dignity. The commune-or "co-op," as the residents prefer to call it-is quiet and orderly; each member has his or her own room and is free to come and go at will. Says Michael Widmer, 32, a Boston journalist and founder of the commune: "At first we were kind of surprised she even had the gumption to come around. Most of us were a little cowed by her at first. There was some difficulty adjusting to an older woman. She seemed to everyone like...
...year job as president of Signal Oil & Gas Co. to buy the sleepy Simi Winery Co. in Healdsburg. Both Switzerland's Nestlé and Connecticut's Heublein purchased Napa Valley wineries last year. Though it can take a decade to reap any return from new vines, Widmer's Wine Cellars of New York, now controlled by mustard-making R.T. French Co., is spending $5,000,000 to buy and clear 400 Sonoma County acres and start from scratch...