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A worker packs bottles of Rotkaeppchen sparkling wine at a bottling plant near the headquarters of Rotkaeppchen - Mumm Sektkellerei wine makers in Freyburg December 7, 2011. Founded in 1856 as Kloss & Foerster wine makers, the company survived being turned into a collective during the communist era to become Germany's market leader. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

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