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JANUARY NEWS nouveau style of Beaujolais, France. Somerset Ridge Vineyard & Winery, Nighthawk Vineyard & Winery, Middle Creek Winery and White Wind Vineyard & Winery all released a Chambourcin nouveau Nov. 22. The wines were made with grapes that were lightly destemmed, underwent a quick fermentation and Sapporo received no barrel aging. All of the wineries are located along the Somerset Wine Trail just south of the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Nagoya E AST Osaka Tokyo Brock University to study appassimento wine style Researchers at Brock University Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute in Ontario are halfway through a five-year study on appassimento-style winemaking techniques. The project is exploring how post-harvest drying can further ripen fruit that is already off the vine. In addition to the traditional appassimento method, researchers are evaluating kiln drying, greenhouse drying, prolonged hang time and a temperature- and humidity-controlled drying chamber. The project is part Hiroshima Japan No sales tax on wine and liquor sales in Rhode Island Starting Dec. 1, wine and liquor sales became exempt from Rhode Island's 7% sales tax. The change is intended to help Rhode Island retailers stay competitive with stores in Massachusetts, where there is no liquor tax. The tax cut will remain in effect until March 2015. 32 W in es & V i ne s January 20 14 Wine grape clusters dry on racks in the appassimento winemaking style. of a nearly $3 million research effort into how climate change may affect Ontario's wine industry. S U PPLI ERS Property expert opens own firm Tony Correia, a vineyard and farm property expert, announced that he had left Correia-Xavier Inc., the firm he co-founded, to form his own new venture, The Correia Co. in Sonoma, Calif. Correia and his wife, Stephanie Correia, will focus on litigation and tax work in the wine industry as well as valuation disputes, estate planning and gifting, purchase price allocations and AVA and parTony Correia tial-interest valuations. WS Packaging expands printing capability WS Packaging Group Inc. expanded its digital printing capabilities to better serve