However, because of ongoing legal battles over wine shipping rights, the stakes are raised in importance because enhanced restrictions in winery shipping coupled with an unwieldy and unfriendly distribution channel could mean the death knell for an entire classification of wineries.

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Mr Macniven also said that coding of the causes of death was being updated to take account of changes to the World Health Organisation's international classification of diseases and related health problems.

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