Fracking and wine making don't mix, say two NY vintners

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Legislative Gazette

While state leaders celebrated the success of New York's beverage makers, two Finger Lakes winemakers called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing, saying it would have a devastating impact on the industry. The Post-Standard of Syracuse published an opinion piece Monday by vintners Peter Saltonstall and Doug Hazlitt while Cuomo hosted the second Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cider Summit at The Egg in Albany.

"The dangers of fracking are becoming increasingly well-known as study after study shows how it contaminates water — a critical resource for our industries. Fracking would jeopardize the safety of the water we rely on for producing our wine — the same water relied upon by the beer industry and other farm-based beverage industries," the piece reads.
http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-04-08-87510.113122-Fracking-and-wine-making-dont-mix-say-two-NY-vintners.html

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