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- <text id=89TT2589>
- <title>
- Oct. 02, 1989: Business Notes:Wine
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Oct. 02, 1989 A Day In The Life Of China
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 83
- Business Notes
- WINE
- Thunderbird Gets Plucked
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- <p> When winos name their poison, two of the most called-for
- brands are Thunderbird and Night Train Express, favored for
- their high alcohol content (18%) and low price ($2.29 for a
- 750-ml bottle). The two wines account for less than 3% of total
- sales for California's giant E. & J. Gallo winery, but they have
- become an increasing source of controversy for the company. Last
- week Gallo said that it had voluntarily told its distributors
- to stop selling the wines to liquor stores in skid-row areas in
- U.S. cities.
- </p>
- <p> Gallo has come under increasing pressure to curb its sales
- in such neighborhoods. On Sept. 12 the Los Angeles county board
- of supervisors called for a voluntary ban on the sales of
- fortified wine in a 70-block downtown district. Some
- law-enforcement experts are skeptical about the effectiveness
- of such restrictions, saying that drunks could buy their alcohol
- in a better neighborhood. But Phillip Faight, chairman of a San
- Francisco group called Safe and Sober Streets, hailed Gallo's
- move. Said Faight: "If only one person goes to detox as a result
- of this, the whole thing's worth it."
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