Moreover, if the wine tasted good for the price point, Gallo probably assumed that at least some merlot and syrah were blended in (small-percentage additions such as these are standard practice, and there are legal limits that vary by country of origin).

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The food-to-fuel mandate is known as the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and requires 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol to be blended into the gasoline supply this year and 36 billion gallons by 2022.

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