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Police in Sweden say they are looking into whether a movie theater broke alcohol laws by serving champagne at the Karlskoga premiere of "Quantum of Solace." The film, starring Daniel Craig, is the latest installment in the James Bond franchise. The Swedish news agency TT said a police officer filed an official complaint after reading a newspaper account of how moviegoers were treated to champagne at the recent Saga theater screening of "Quantum.""The forthcoming investigation will show...

Power-Trition LLC, one of America's leading nutritional supplement companies, has launched its latest product, Trimfizz(R), with its own web site, www.trimfizz.com. The site includes a toll-free number (1-866- 860-9808) for factory-direct ordering. For a limited time to introduce this new product, Power-Trition is offering a month's supply of Trimfizz(R) at a $10 saving, with free shipping. Trimfizz (R) is called "The Champagne of Weight Loss Systems" because of the effervescence of each...

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, internationally acclaimed French brand Caudalie will open the first Vinotherapie(R) Spa in the United States at the iconic New York City hotel, The Plaza. Caudalie revolutionized the spa world in 1999 when they pioneered Vinotherapie(R) by harnessing the untapped, restorative power of grapes and grapevine polyphenols. This landmark property will house the fourth international Caudalie Vinotherapie(R) Spa and the first and only not located on a...

RACHEL Kavanagh raises a glass of bubbly yesterday for her not- so-secret mission as the face of Bollinger champagne in Ireland. The sexy actress takes on the role in time for the release of the latest Bond Movie Quantum Of Solace in cinemas from October 31. (c) 2008 Daily Mirror. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5e9853/france_food_and_dr) has announced the addition of the "France Food and Drink Report Q3 2008" report to their offering. The France Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on France's food and drink industry. This newly-published Q308 French Food & Drink Report notes that the French wine industry is set to be among the most highly impacted by the European Union (EU) wine reforms...

By Dan Warburton SECURITY officers at Newcastle International Airport are confiscating 40 cans of beans a week from customer hand luggage. New rules on liquids being taken on to planes were brought in two years ago after a plot to blow up a transatlantic airline was unearthed. But bosses at the airport yesterday said passengers were repeatedly ignoring the laws despite warnings inside the terminal. And they revealed an astonishing array of goods confiscated from people trying to get...

By John Castellucci Allen Champagne, the Pawtucket Water Supply Board's source water manager, made sure the drinking water used by 100,000 people came from pure sources. PAWTUCKET -- After three decades of protecting the city's drinking water, longtime Pawtucket Water Supply Board employee Allen Champagne has retired. He started out as a mechanic, but for the past 4 1/2 years Champagne, 59, has been the Water Supply Board's source water manager, a title that sums up the job he has been...

PARIS -- Critics who praise the "complexity" of red Burgundy and Champagne are on target. A team of French and Italian researchers has mapped the genome of the pinot noir grape, used to make bubbly and many red wines from France's Burgundy region and around the world - and it has about 30,000 genes in its DNA.That's more than the human genome, which contains some 20,000 to 25,000 genes.The team published its findings in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, saying it identified...

By Chris JohnsonDITCHLING COMMON -- Something extraordinary is happening among the chalky hills and pastures of southern England -- and it's adding a sparkle to one of the country's oldest industries.Britain's tiny wine industry, long the butt of dinner party jokes, is being revolutionized by a new generation of professionals who are replanting orchards and wheat fields with vines and winning prizes worldwide.The wine is so good that at least one champagne house has moved across the channel...

By Caroline BrothersTOURS-SUR-MARNE, France -- Mildewed walls, spider webs and caverns stacked with bottles blanketed in mold may not add up to most people's idea of Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities.But for workers spinning their forklift buggies round these gloomy tunnels sunk deep beneath the headquarters of champagne-maker Laurent-Perrier, there is little doubt the year-end party season is approaching, fast.Champagne-makers in this hamlet not far from Epernay, like their rivals...