Monthly Archives: August 2014

Wine and the Rebirth of Niagara Falls: He Won the Indy Prize, and She Got a Vineyard

It wasn’t exactly your normal marital spat. Still, there was some disagreement. Duncan Ross was working in IT and wanted a winery “when we retire.” His wife, Robin, had grown up on a Youngstown, N.Y., farm and knew how much … Continue reading

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At Niagara’s Freedom Run Winery, Production and Education Meet

A short distance up the road from Eveningsong Vineyard, profiled yesterday, is Freedom Run Winery, where Kurt Guba, a former actor turned sommelier and cellar master, presides over the winemaking process. Born in the whaling town of New Bedford, trained … Continue reading

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Not Far from Niagara Falls, Wineries Abound

Niagara County, N.Y., used to be a big manufacturing center in the U.S. But with the collapse of U.S. manufacturing over the past three decades, manufacturing has moved way down in the rankings. What’s No. 1? Agriculture. What’s No. 2? … Continue reading

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CDC’s Budget to Control Infectious Diseases Slashed 75%, But Its Anti-Alcohol Programs Continued Full Strength

Infectious diseases or a jihad against alcohol. It shouldn’t be hard to figure out where government should put its money. But in the “restricted budget environment in which our government operates today, funding to meet these pandemics has fallen” to … Continue reading

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