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Article: Grand Valley, Colorado: here comes T. Red.(The New Wine Countries)(wineries)
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- August 1, 1999
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1999 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Check your wine snobbery at the door when you visit Colorado's Grand Valley wineries. The region's anything-but-stuffy attitude shows up right away on the names of some of the wines. Plum Creek Cellars's winemaker, Erik Bruner, is a former geologic engineer, co-owner Sue Phillips a rockhound: They named Plum Creek's Bordeaux-style red Redstone, after the iron-stained basalt near the winery.
The sense of fun prevails even on some wine labels, like those for Carlson Vineyards: A dinosaur raises a wineglass on a bottle of Tyrannosaurus Red (a bow to dig sites nearby); a cheerful rodent wears a grape-leaf crown on a bottle of Prairie Dog White. "Wine is something to ...
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Article: Fitch Rates Plum Creek's Sr Notes 'BBB-'.
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April 25, 2006 ;
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...CHICAGO -- Plum Creek Timber Company's (Plum Creek) debut bond issue, $300 million of 5.875 senior unsecured...2015, is being re-opened for subscription by the company. Plum Creek intends to raise approximately $200 million which will ultimately...
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