Business Buzz: February 28 (Marco Eagle)Long-serving Marco Island restaurant Bubbalini?s has closed its doors. The restaurant, which had been open at its Town Center location for more than 10 years, was owned by Dennis and Florence Rowley.
Champagne once chucked into rivers, oldtimers say (AFP via Yahoo! News) The reason they put bubbles in champagne, wine-growers from Bordeaux and Burgundy have been heard to say, is because the wine is no good.
A vine fellow: Menke wants to boost wine industry (BizJournals)Makers of Colorado wines -- once laughed at, now lauded -- have a new friend as they try to grow their share of the U.S. market. His name is Stephen Menke, who this month became the state's first consulting enologist (wine-making scientist). And he has a vision of grapevines creeping into new corners of Colorado and winemakers learning new ways to coax quality out of the state's grapes.
All's well in bubbly town (Independent Online)Champagne has come a long way since the days of being dumped into the rivers of France.
Mondavi hits the grape for cosmetics line (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)With Napa's Mondavi vineyards as her back yard, Lydia Mondavi didn't have to look far for inspiration or ingredients for her 29 Cosmetics line, the only question being, What took so long?
Top 10: Drinking Countries (AskMen)France is one of our top 10 drinking countries There are countries that drink socially, and then there are countries that ritually binge drink. In contrast to France, Ireland is a binge-drinking land. Unlike Italians, Fins generally get shitfaced.
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