Larry Saliterman filed his lawsuit against the Jordan Vineyard and its national sales director, Chris Avery, in Pitkin County Court on Jan. 8.

Missouri's Wine and Grape Tax Credit is praised by wine makers as one of the reasons that industry is growing in the Show Me State. The industry has an impact of over a billion dollars a year on the state and directly or indirectly impacts over 14,000 jobs, according to Mt. Pleasant winery owner Chuck Dressel.

The nonprofit Lehigh Valley Wine Trail has released the following events for its eight-member wineries this year.

Efforts to change the liquor laws in Kansas so that shoppers can buy a bottle of red wine to go with the meat they just purchased in the same store have failed in recent years, but supporters plan to try again

Cooper's Hawk, an upscale-casual restaurant and winery, will open in about a year next to Target and Whole Foods in the Town & Country Crossing shopping plaza. The shopping center's owner, Michigan-based Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, announced this month that the new restaurant would be about 9,000 square feet, made up of existing vacancies as well as new development next to the plaza.

In 2000, the U.S. boasted 2,688 wineries, and by 2010 that had risen to 7,626. In Missouri the number more than tripled, from 31 to 108, during the same period. Most of these wineries, according to University of Missouri research, are small, and many are in emerging wine regions.

Kansas law allows only retail liquor stores to sell wine, liquor and full-strength beer, while groceries and convenience stores can sell only so-called weak beer, also known as cereal malt beverage. Chamber Vice President Kent Eckles said the chamber views the issue as free enterprise.

Chamber vice president Kent Eckles says the chamber will be part of a coalition urging legislators to rewrite laws on alcohol sales in the upcoming session

In 2000, the U.S. boasted 2,688 wineries, and by 2010 that had risen to 7,626. In Missouri during the same period, the number more than tripled, from 31 to 108. Most of these wineries, according to University of Missouri research, are small, and many are in emerging wine regions.

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Les Bourgeois Vineyards is inviting artists from any location to submit entries for its 14th annual Collector's Series competition. Three winning entries will be featured on limited bottlings of Les Bourgeois wines.

A Central Nebraska winery that lost most of its buildings in a fire in June is selling wine again and working on rebuilding. Co-owners Mick and Loretta McDowell held their first sale since the fire on Saturday.

A Central Nebraska winery that lost most of its buildings in a fire in June is selling wine again and working on rebuilding

Under these agreements, Johnson Brothers will continue as the exclusive distributor for the Diageo portfolio of wines and spirits in North Dakota and South Dakota. They will also continue as the exclusive distributor for Diageo wines in Minnesota. United Brokerage will continue as the exclusive broker for Diageo Spirits in Minnesota.

Great Falls residents are increasingly developing a taste for good wines and craft beers, said Gene Betz.

The St. Charles County Council has created a new zoning district in the wine region with the hope of ensuring future development there preserves the area's natural beauty and rural atmosphere. The new Agricultural Tourism District puts architectural- and site-design requirements on new buildings that are part of a tourist attraction - for example, a small inn added to a winery.

Why can't Oklahomans buy many wines? Who's controlling the wine that comes into the state?

A good winery program can bring life to a rural economy by adding a symbiotic relationship between farmers and winery operators.

The number of liquor stores in Oklahoma continues to rise despite recent efforts to change state law and allow grocery stores to sell wine.

Supporters hope the recent establishment of the Kansas City Wine Trail will draw tourist traffic to match the existing winery corridor near St. Louis.