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‘I thought I was in control’: Ex-Napa Valley winemaker apologizes as he’s sentenced in $2.5 million grape scam


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Thin-skinned grapes fresh off the vine at Catalina View Wines vineyard in Rancho Palos Verdes on Monday, July 12, 2021. After years of hard work the Peninsula is now on the map established as California’s newest American Viticultural Area. Owner Jim York, may now print “Palos Verdes Peninsula” on the wine bottle labels to signify that the grapes were grown on the Peninsula. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Booze has ruined his life at every turn -- he was convicted of stealing grapes 10 years ago, mislabeling wine, and now says his "addiction to alcohol" was at the root of it all.


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