21.  The report was based on information supplied, under confidentiality agreements, by eight large brewers, distillers and wine companies.

22.  The same factors that are making active predators of the Australian wine companies may also make them attractive prey, analysts say.

23.  There are also three wine companies and three textile makers.

24.  Two other major Australian wine companies, Southcorp and BRL Hardy, have been scouting the states for winery acquisitions, sources say.

25.  Within months, Mirassou had teamed up with Ivan Fusey, a former Hungarian freedom fighter, to form a small wine company called Ivan Tamas Wines.

26.  Australian wine maker BRL Hardy Ltd. plans to bid for the California wine company Kendall-Jackson to improve its sales in the United States.

27.  Trading remained thin except for shares of heavyweight Telecom Corp. and beer and wine company Lion Nathan.

28.  French football star Eric Cantona initiated a High Court bid on Thursday to stop a British-based wine company using his name on its labels.

29.  He is seeking a court order to stop the Cheshire-based wine company using his name.