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Car Charging Group, Inc. Awarded Electric Vehicle - dBusinessNews.com
MIAMI BEACH — Car Charging Group, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with The Plaza at Oceanside Pompano Beach to install and maintain electric vehicle chargers for its residents. “We are thrilled to announce this contract with Car

High-rise condo project in Santa Ana sells for $128 - OC Metro
The property, Essex Skyline at MacArthur Place, consists of two adjacent 25-story towers with floor-to-ceiling windows, Viking appliances and a wine storage room. This follows the Palo Alto-based real estate investment trust’s $27 million purchase of

Foreign correspondence: Go see-cruising through - Chicago Tribune
What’s it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit. Alberto Aliberti, 47, moved from Miami to Portugal almost five years ago. He

Thursday Diversion: ‘Twilight’ House Architect’s First - Wall Street Journal
Kovel to make a few changes, including the addition of a 5,000-bottle wine storage building. They listed the house for $2.79 million and moved to Jackson Hole, Wyo. in October. The home featured in the Twilight movie is also in Portland, Ore.

Shiraz model at TwinEagles balances open floor plan - Naples Daily News
The Shiraz, a custom single-family model home built by Bordeaux Homes, balances the openness of a 4,100-square-foot floor plan with more private areas, including a secluded master suite with a sitting area and a palette of spa blue and cocoa to

Showhouse is Showtime for Killer s Kitchen - Kitchen and Bath Design News
These spaces house a wine storage unit and are covered by thin panels of CaesarStone. The panels match the insert on the main countertop, which houses a Blanco sink and faucet. The designers used zebra maple wood for the flooring. The material is

Small wineries can deliver big reds - right to your - Battle Creek Enquirer
Arrington Vineyards, founded just outside Nashville by music star Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn, has a Washington appellation on its best red wine. My wine-tasting group recent compared five red wines from small wineries. The results are below

Moderate drinkers gained less weight than abstainers - Boston Globe
Here’s a new red-wine paradox: Women of normal weight who drank a moderate amount of alcohol — especially red wine — were less likely to gain weight than women who didn’t drink at all, despite the calories in wine, beer, and liquor. The researchers

Cheers! A glass of wine a day can help you stay slim - Daily Mail
Forget punishing gym regimes and endless salads. The key to keeping trim could be cracking open the Chianti. Women who enjoy a glass or two of wine a day put on less weight than those who stick to mineral water or soft drinks, research shows - with red wine particularly forgiving. The finding, from

Red & White wine bar in Glen Park. - San Francisco Chronicle
Red & White: Having already scored great pizza, what Glen Park needed was a wine bar to call its own. Inspired by a Squaw Valley hangout, Peter Bell, an ad-industry refugee from Michigan, and his partner, Juliana Flores, a native San Franciscan, came

Classic Tuscany: Wine, food and shoe-shopping - StarPhoenix
Finally, a castle — or “castello” en italiano. I’ll admit, and my husband would agree, that I can be a bit of a princess at times, so a romantic holiday at a 12th century castle in the Tuscan countryside, followed by sightseeing in Florence, suited

One Man’s Opinion - American Reporter
LOS ANGELES — Michael Moore has a knack for juxtaposing key moments in history. His new film starts the fall of Rome, intercut with the collapse of American industry. Could Rome have acted differently when they knew their end was coming? Moore

Stanley M. Aronson: Imaginary worlds of the invisible - Providence Journal
Imagination is a wondrous gift. It lets us reconstruct some part of the world, solely in our heads, and then to see whether the fantasized configuration, still confined to the laboratory of the mind, is to our liking. Of the many cognitive

Winter wine country - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
A dish of pappardelle pasta with a wild boar Bolognese sauce at the Bistro Don Giovanni restaurant Napa, Calif. NAPA, Calif. — Winter is quiet time in wine country. Which makes it a very good time for a visit. With harvest over and future bottles of

Central RI Chamber of Commerce presents Bella Vino - Providence Business News
Come Taste The Adventure Featuring a selection of fine wines by Sakonnet Vineyards. Presented by Craig Dolphin, Pioneer Financial Group Bringing together new wine lovers and those with a more experienced palate for an evening of education and

Court convicts 12 in wine fraud - Omaha World-Herald
Claude Courset of the Ducasse company received the harshest sentence The Carcassonne court described the fraud as organized and structured. Prosecutor Francis Battut said Thursday that merlot and syrah grapes were passed off as pinot noir

Going vegan: The wine you love may not be vegan - OregonLive.com
So here’s a dilemma I hadn’t focused much attention on: Not all wines are vegan. What’s that? We’re talking fermented grape juice. How can it not be vegan? My wine panel colleague and friend Katherine Cole explains the issue in-depth in this

Cornell Teaches Cool Climate Winemaking - Luxist
If you want to get a top flight enology education, UC Davis is no longer your only choice. Cornell University has had a grape-breeding program since the late 1800s but as Wine Spectator reports , Cornell didn’t create a full undergraduate enology and

Ooh Selects Second Round of $100 Supplier Winners - WebWire
In January 2010, www.ooh.com , the new online notice board that offers thousands of activities for people around the world seeking unique things to do, began awarding $100 to the best suppliers each week. The winners are those individuals and small

Interval International Welcomes Solaz De Los Andes Hotel and Spa - Businesswire.com
Solaz de los Andes Hotel & Spa combines the traditional charm of the surrounding wine-making region with all the modern comforts and personal service that sophisticated travelers, including Interval International members, expect, said Oscar

Longtime Beaulieu Vineyard winemaker moves to Amici Cellars - San Francisco Business Journal
Joel Aiken, vice president of wine making at Beaulieu Vineyard and maker of its Georges de Latour Private Reserve cabernet sauvignon for a quarter century, has moved to Amici Cellars , according to the St. Helena winery. Aiken will be a partner and

Interval International Welcomes Solaz De Los Andes Hotel and Spa MIAMI - dBusinessNews.com
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced that Solaz de los Andes Hotel & Spa has joined its vacation exchange network

No sour grapes for Lebanon’s wine-making Maronite monks - Telegraph
A Maronite monk tastes the “Adyar” organic wine at the reserve of the monastery of Mar Mussa in the mountains north-east of Beirut. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/JOSEPH EID Emblazoned with a cross, their wine bottles recently hit stores under the label

L’Albatros Brasserie & Bar offers five-part series, Wine 101 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Taught by restaurant manager and sommelier Brandon Chrostowski, this “Wine 101″ will combine an introduction to viticulture and wine-making with a virtual tour of the world’s key wine regions — with tastings to illustrate key elements of styles

Eye Openers: What’s hot around the Bay Area for Valentine’s Day - San Jose Mercury News
Do you remember when we met? That’s the day I knew you were my pet. Reignite your passions this Valentine’s Day by remembering the magic of that first glance at “How We First Met.” An interactive play built around real-life couple’s stories of

Eye Openers: What’s hot around the Bay for Valentine’s Day weekend - San Jose Mercury News
Ooh la la! What better way to get in the mood for Valentine’s Day than with the masters of eye candy at Cirque du Soleil? The French Canadian circus juggernaut is back in town with its signature blend of contortionists, acrobats and, of course

This weekend has sweet offerings - Greensboro News & Record
Porch in Eden, start the weekend early with your Valentine as you sample wines and food from Red River Grill. In Reidsville, Chinqua Penn Plantation & Vineyards is hosting its annual Valentine s Chocolates and Wine tasting experience.

Dessert wine makes debut - Pueblo Chieftain
Cookson’s college roommate was from Portugal, so he picked up some of the finer points of Port wine making from a native. “It gets better every year,” said Larry Oddo, winery owner. “It is made from the merlot grapes from Palisade. The fruit is

Steve Cahalan: Holmen winery to open next month - La Crosse Tribune
Laurie and Gordon Buchner hope to open a wine store and winery around March 1 at 205 S. Holmen Drive in the Holmen Drive Plaza building, where United Auto Supply and Holmen Hardware Hank also have stores. The WineSitters will be in the space formerly

WITNESS - Driving fast with Nelson Mandela - Reuters India
wine-making region, Mandela was whisked away in his lawyer’s small Japanese car, which promptly collided with a minibus taxi as hundreds of supporters thronged around the car. I never thought small Japanese cars could reach the speeds at which

Longtime Beaulieu Vineyard winemaker moves to Amici Cellars - San Francisco Business Journal
Joel Aiken, vice president of wine making at Beaulieu Vineyard and maker of its Georges de Latour Private Reserve cabernet sauvignon for a quarter century, has moved to Amici Cellars , according to the St. Helena winery. Aiken will be a partner and

La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Steve Cahalan column: Steve Cahalan: Holmen - TMCnet
Feb 10, 2010 (La Crosse Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Laurie and Gordon Buchner hope to open a wine store and winery around March 1 at 205 S. Holmen Drive in the Holmen Drive Plaza building, where United Auto Supply

Top 10 European river cruises - StarPhoenix
Increasing numbers of people who love traveling but have limited vacation time are turning to cruises to fit in as much as possible in a short trip. Men s web site AskMen.com has come up with a list of the top 10 European river cruises. The list is

No sour grapes for Lebanon’s wine-making Maronite monks - Telegraph
A Maronite monk tastes the “Adyar” organic wine at the reserve of the monastery of Mar Mussa in the mountains north-east of Beirut. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/JOSEPH EID Emblazoned with a cross, their wine bottles recently hit stores under the label

No sour grapes for Lebanon’s wine-making monks - YAHOO!
KFIFAN, Lebanon (AFP) With faith on their side and blessed harvests, Lebanon’s Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to launch the country’s first certified organic wine

Taste of Middlesex tickets go on sale - MyCentralJersey.com
Tickets are on sale for the Edison Chamber of Commerce’s 13th annual Taste of Middlesex, March 22. Foods and beverages from more than 40 local purveyors will be sampled from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Pines Manor in Edison. Guests will taste the work of

Love Along the Romantic Road in Germany - Associated Content
They say Virginia is for lovers, but the German Romantic Road is for lovers. So pack your vehicle and hit the Autobahn for an experience like no other. The Romantic Road, a former trader route in the middle ages, is so popular that Japan, Brazil and