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Wine making is an important social and recreational activity in the Italian
community. In 1964, members of Edmonton and Calgary's Italian communities
developed a petition to make wine making legal—up to that point,
individuals who did this were breaking the law. The Government of Alberta
accepted that they were making the wine for home consumption and allowed
wholesalers to import grapes, juice and wine making supplies. There has been
an Italian store and wholesale on this corner since the beginnings of Little
Italy.
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