Archive for April, 2008
Grape expectations - Colorado Springs Gazette
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
This is where James Loo comes to relax. It is quiet and cool. The smell of pine fills your nostrils. And the rows upon rows of bottles create a pleasing sense of order. This is his wine cellar. The cellar in his Stratton Preserve home holds more than …
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La Botte - Los Angeles Weekly
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008La Botte is named after a wine barrel, paneled with former wine casks, and is as thick with actual wine bottles as your niece’s room may be with Bratz paraphernalia. The wine list is a serious one, the kind where you feel a little like a kid whose …
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Make Your Own Wine, $5000 and up - Forbes
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Forbes
Make Your Own Wine, $5000 and upForbes, NY - 5 hours agoNovices get a say in the kind of grape used as well as the style of the wine. Bottles start at $18 and can run up to $50, depending on the grape variety.
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Pa. Liquor Board Explores Wine Bottle Vending Machines - KYW News radio
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The latest effort at modernization of alcohol sales in Pennsylvania may involve wine bottles dispensed by vending machines at supermarkets and other locations. A spokesman for the Liquor Control Board declined to discuss details of the idea, instead …
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Sorting of recyclables to become obsolete in some communities - Waterbury Republican-American
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority spokesman Paul Nonnenmacher said a $3 million upgrade to the Hartford recycling facility in the background will allow cities and towns to recycle without sorting by year’s end, increasing both revenue and …
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US to reign in the Back Labels - Indian Wine Academy
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008US to reign in the Back LabelsIndian Wine Academy, India - 9 hours ago… declared by the producer, the US government has quietly announced the formation of a new bureau to regulate the back label copy clichés on wine bottles. …
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Beep, beep - Marty Markowitz desperately seeks driver - New York Daily News
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Wanted: one chauffeur. Must be discreet and able to deal with high-maintenance passenger with even higher profile. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has resorted to posting classified ads in search of a talented but discreet driver to cart …
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Career pressure hitting fatherhood - Channel 4 News
Monday, April 28th, 2008More than half (54%) of fathers feel it is a battle to fulfil their role in 21st century Britain, a survey found. The survey, by children’s charity NSPCC, concluded that long working hours and inflexible jobs are making it harder for fathers to be …
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Raffle and pork rib cook off to benefit Food Bank set for May 3 - Ukiah Daily Journal
Monday, April 28th, 2008A raffle and pork rib cook-off to benefit the Ukiah Food Bank will be held on May 3, at Moir’s Pool Patio Show Room, a 509 S. State St., Ukiah. Raffle tickets will be $1, with the proceeds benefiting the Food Bank. Grilling demonstrations and the …
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Cool jazz (4/28) - Commercial Dispatch
Monday, April 28th, 2008Monday night in Columbus, Mississippi. Of course, there is nothing to do. That is, if we are to believe the common thread in so many conversations. However, for the 50 or so people who were fortunate enough to attend a recent concert at our Omnova …
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