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Maybe it's just because it is all so new, but the idea of using, say, reverse osmosis filters to remove water molecules and artificially concentrate wine from a rainy vintage makes wine production sound less like agriculture and more like the Rise of the Machines.
"To the extent that consumers end up either using the majority of (the refund) to pay down debt or simply to save for a rainy day, obviously the economic impact is going to be a lot less, " said Michael Gregory of Lehman Brothers.