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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.
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<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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</body></article>
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