Rose wines reach the shelves in late spring and vanish by midsummer. In April 2008 a Mobile wine merchant explained how they are made, why they were long dismissed, and which French bottles to buy first.
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A Midtown Mobile Wine Merchant Calls the End of the Pinot Noir Era
Four years after the film Sideways rewrote American wine buying, the general manager of a midtown Mobile wine shop argued the Pinot Noir craze was fading and pointed drinkers toward what comes next.
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The Brick Pit Is the Best Barbecue on Old Shell Road. That Is Not the Same as Good.
Our critic found the pulled pork dry and the ribs tough at Mobile’s best-known barbecue joint, and made an argument that the real standard lies somewhere up Interstate 65.
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A Plain Room on Hillcrest Road, and Some of the Best Food in Mobile
Tucked into a strip center north of Grelot, Zorba the Greek offered no ambience and no pretensions, only Middle Eastern cooking that stood comparison with anything in the city.
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City Answers Annexation Suit Within Hours: ‘That’s Why You Have an Election’
Mobile’s attorneys sought summary judgment the same day a lawsuit challenged the Sept. 18 annexation vote, arguing the four areas reflect real neighborhoods and that courts should not second-guess an elected council.
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Might Kindergartners Return to Barton Academy?
With the school system’s administration finally out of the building, talk around Mobile turned to sending children back into Barton Academy, possibly as the new home of a performing arts magnet program.
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Political Notebook: Democrats Seek a Soft Spot in Bob Riley’s Re-election Armor
With Amendment One fading from memory and Gov. Bob Riley courting industry, Alabama Democrats searched for a weakness heading into the fall campaign, while local sidewalks and a federal lawsuit stirred Mobile.
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A Year After Resigning, Holland Seeks His Old School Board Seat Back
Retired grocery executive John Holland moved to reclaim the Mobile County school board seat he gave up after an ethics ruling, setting up a Republican primary against the woman appointed to replace him.
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Restaurateur Mead Miller Enters the Race for Mobile’s Open Council Seat
Picklefish co-owner Mead Miller announced his candidacy for Mobile City Council District 7 in June 2005, the only council district with no incumbent seeking re-election.
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Ten Names in the Mix as School Board Moves to Fill a Vacant Seat
After John Holland resigned from the Mobile County school board following an ethics ruling, at least ten names circulated as possible appointees, with a state takeover looming if the board deadlocked.