By the Numbers... |
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$1.054 million
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Amount
of money raised for charity at the World Croquet Championship and
wine auction at the Sonoma-Cutrer Winery in Windsor.
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+26
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Final
score as Reg Bamford wins the World Croquet Championship. |
$17,000
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The
price Sonoma Country grape grower Saralee Kunde paid for eleven double
magnums of Dutton Ranch vineyard-designated wines. |
$37,583,000
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Total
worldwide wine auction sales for 2002. |
100
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The
number of years the Seghesio family has been making wine. |
14
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The
number of glasses a Spanish study said you would need to drink each
week to cut down on colds. The investigation revealed that men and
women who drank more than 14 glasses of wine each week had a 40% reduction
in colds compared with people who drank no alcohol. |
23.2
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Quarts of ice cream consumed by the average American each year. |
10,000
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Acres
of land (more or less) planted to vineyards in the Russian River appellation. |
80,000,000
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Gallons
of wine (ninety percent of it from California) exported last year. |
$541 million
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What
that wine was worth. |
30
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Number
of pounds of cheese the average American consumes each year. Thats
twice what it was just three decades ago. |
$50
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Corkage
fee at the French Laundry in Yountville. |
40,000
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The
varieties of mushrooms in the world. |
33
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The
percentage of wine that retails for over $15 per bottle in the U.S. |
47
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seconds
Fastest lap on the cart track at Sears Point Raceway, set by driver
Scott Speed. And yes, thats his real name. |
$1.95
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What
a large Cabernet truffle will cost you at Anettes Chocolate
Factory in Napa. |