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Whine merchants

By Steve Bailey

Globe Columnist / March 22, 2006

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Massachusetts' big liquor wholesalers and local package-store owners are digging in, preparing to spend millions to protect their turf against the supermarket chains, which are making yet another run at breaking into the lucrative wine business. Their public message, as euphemistically expressed in the name of the mom and pop package owners' campaign committee: ''Stop Alcohol's Further Extension To Youth," ... (Full article: 664 words)