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Have Intrastate Wine Competitions Outlived Their Usefulness?
Many states, such as New York, Missouri and Illinois, still have "closed" yearly wine competitions that out-of-state wineries are barred from entering. This is in sharp contrast to states such as Indiana, where the competition is "open" and entries are encouraged from all 50 states and foreign countries. Indiana's competition has become one of the largest and most highly respected in the nation, with 3,685 entries in 2005. Wineries winning medals there boast of them in the national media.
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