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This is why living in the Napa Valley has such benefits to those who wonder what has happened to our financial markets .... we have a crossing over between a seeder/breeder/infector in the ways of keiretsu, Kleiner Perkins, and the wine industry ... only they were left holding the bag in the final analysis.
 
 
 
SEATTLE -- Amzaon.com invested $30 million and will provide marketing support for the San Francisco-based WineShopper.com, which ties together a network of wholesalers, retailers and wineries.  Amazon bought a 45% stake in the company, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers bought a smaller stake for $14 million."
 
WineShopper.com then purchased wine.com for $120 million; wine.com was sold for only $10 million to eVineyard.com in Oregon, save for distress wine which netted some few millions at auction in the fall, and another $4 million just sold to a distress product food chain ...
 
 
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