Today marks the birthday in 1910 of one of the major figures of the American wine industry — Julio Gallo. When Prohibition ended, he and his brother Ernest started making wine in humble surroundings — a rented California warehouse, with equipment bought on credit. Over years of hard work saw their winery became the largest in the U.S., and their creative marketing techniques helped shape the nation’s drinking tastes. Now, the Gallo establishment is joined by some 1,950 other wineries in America, which decant about $12.5 billion in yearly shipments. Overall, Americans consume an average of 2½ gallons of wine annually. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at <www.census.gov>.
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Ah, yes, but the request to establish a distillery in Vance county, legal, proper, money making distillery, was refused a “set back” variance on old and long established buildings. Wonder how the Gallo brothers would have done if they had tried to open that winery in Vance county?
Mr. Brand if I correctly recall one of your buds who like you favors more government subsidized housing voted against that zoning variance. A variance that would have brought 26 non-minimum wage jobs to Vance County without one dollar of taxpayers money. I understand her logic; high wage earners less prone to being arrested and in need of bail bonding services. Please help me understand your logic for favoring more government subsidized housing and wanting non-minimum wage jobs.