He worked in vineyard management for Heublein--he persuaded the company to get into winemaking--at the start of the region's explosion and the height of the grape boycotts.

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Mr Straw is due to visit the region again later this month to continue the dialogue he began at the height of the crisis.

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Needless to say, the prospect of the region's wind turbine population tripling - and the turbines themselves doubling in height - is a nightmarish vision to some.

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