Archive for December 2008

The Godfather (movie) - Chicago Tribune

1Forget about what the island on “Lost” is, where did it go? In the closing moments of “Lost’s” rejuvenated (and strike-shortened) fourth season, island mastermind Benjamin Linus descended into the bowels of his magical tropical paradise and turned a …

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Wine treasures are hidden in a Woodinville industrial park - Seattle Post Intelligencer

WOODINVILLE — When I invited my friend — a transplant from New Orleans — to go wine tasting in Woodinville, she might have pictured an afternoon in a bucolic setting. Maybe something lifted from a scene in the iconic movie “Sideways,” where a …

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Stellar Cellars - Voice Tribune

Stellar Cellars
Voice Tribune, KY - 1 hour ago
Taking ideas from wine magazines, Splan decided to build a wine bottle racking system inside the cooler. Since he often purchases wine by the case and buys

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There are many types of corkscrews out there - Minneapolis Star Tribune

T here are many types of corkscrews out there, from the basic worm (that’s the screw of the corkscrew) that you twist in and out by hand, and those lever pulls that remove a cork in seconds, to automated press-of-a-button wine-bottle openers. We …

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Gettin Uncorked: Bringing a bottle with you? - Modesto Bee

Gettin Uncorked: Bringing a bottle with you?
Modesto Bee, CA - 4 hours ago
His $9 wine bottle turned into a $29 charge, courtesy of the restaurant’s $20 corkage fee. Sanders is still determined to sip on a budget.

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Wine bottle breaks church window - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

Wine bottle breaks church window
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide, ID - 1 hour ago
By TERRY SMITH A 19-year-old Ketchum man faces a felony charge of malicious injury to property for allegedly throwing a wine bottle through a window at St.

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Ring in the new year with non-alcoholic mocktails - Danbury News-Times

At the Putnam House in Bethel, owner Danny Mottola will be offering a non-alcoholic MonaVie champagne cocktail on New Year’s Eve. Made with a splash of pricey MonaVie, which contains fruit juices, including that of the Brazilian berry acai, and …

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Wine bottle breaks church window - Idaho Mountain Express

A 19-year-old Ketchum man faces a felony charge of malicious injury to property for allegedly throwing a wine bottle through a window at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in west Sun Valley last week. Sun Valley Assistant Police Chief …

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What’s opening the bottle? - Norwalk Hour

Unless corks go the way of rotary dial phones, eight-track tapes and the Edsel, expect to need a corkscrew to open your bottles of wine. Question is: Which one to buy? There are many types of corkscrews out there, from the basic worm (that’s the …

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Holiday spirits - Emporia gazette.com

WEEZER MCNURG crawled into his cold bed. “Some friends”, he thought. OK, he drank more than normal at the holiday party tonight. But that was no reason to stuff him into a cab and send him home. What did someone call him? Obnoxious? “Humbug …

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