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Leoneda Inge
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Changing Economy Reporter
Frank Stasio
Frank Stasio
Host, "The State of Things"
Dick Gordon
Dick Gordon
Host, "The Story"
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Catherine Brand
Host, "All Things Considered"
Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt
Raleigh Bureau Chief & Education Reporter
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Joe & Terry Graedon
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Isaac-Davy Aronson
Isaac-Davy Aronson
Producer, "Morning Edition"
Cori Princell
Cori Princell
Producer, "The Story"
Phoebe Judge
Phoebe Judge
Producer, "The Story"
Will Michaels
Will Michaels
Reporter & Producer, Morning News
Alex Granados
Alex Granados
Producer, "The State of Things"

Tagged: Wine

State of Things
9:47 am
Wed June 20, 2012

Evolution of a Wine Auctioneer

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Neuropsychologist Mark Solomon didn’t know what he was missing until one day in 1999 when a 1955 bottle of port opened his eyes to the complexity of wine. He soon embarked on a journey that would end with him leaving his career behind to become a wine auctioneer. Host Frank Stasio talks to Mark Solomon, fine wine director at Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales in Hillsborough, about his journey from neuropsychology to wine aficionado.

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Business & Economy
12:05 pm
Fri September 23, 2011

Economic Impact of North Carolina Wine Industry Tops $1 Billion

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The economic impact of North Carolina's wine industry is now more than billion dollar-a-year.

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Business & Economy
9:30 am
Tue December 28, 2010

Wineries Growing Across State

Max Lloyd and John Gladstone
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  • The number of wineries in North Carolina has doubled in the last five years to almost one hundred.

More than a century ago, North Carolina was well known for being the country's largest wine producer in the nation. Prohibition eventually closed down most of that industry, leaving a few producers who made sweet wines from muscadine grapes. But in recent years, producers of red and white European-style wines have sprung up all over the Tar Heel state. Over the last five years, the number of wineries across North Carolina has doubled to nearly one hundred.

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