Ex-bad boy author finds a legal pleasure - wine
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NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters Life!) - U.S. writer Jay McInerney, the quintessential chronicler of 1980s excess in New York, says he has mellowed with age, now preferring Bordeaux and Burgundy wines to the illegal drugs of his youth.
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MILWAUKEE - Betty Ann Fischer has been old enough to buy liquor for more than 50 years. So she was a little surprised when a grocery store clerk asked to see her identification before selling her a bottle of wine.
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Fabien Baron, who has designed fragrance bottles for many companies, has now designed a liquor bottle, his first.
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John Burdett, a 56-year-old former lawyer turned novelist, has spent the past seven years chatting up hundreds of bar girls as inspiration for his trilogy, soon to be a quartet, of detective thrillers set in Bangkokâs netherworld.
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A prize-winning Devon author wins a Â£115,000 out-of-court settlement over fumes from a nearby shoe shop.
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John Grisham's novel about a white-collar criminal who has been relocated to Italy is for, by and about somebody taking a vacation.
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1-800-Flowers.com's move into wine seems to have real promise.
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A customer asked vintner Leon Santoro this week if he could ship a case of wine to the customer&#39;s home in New York. Not legally, replied Santoro, general manager of Orfila Vineyards &amp; Winery in Escondido.
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Mr. Lane was a former partner in a major New York City real estate law firm and a leader of efforts to protect art collectors from fraud.
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A former drug sales representative wins award, despite judgeâs criticism that he should have brought scheme to light earlier.
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Rafe Banks, a lawyer in Georgia, got involved in a nasty dispute with a client over how to defend him on a drunken-driving charge. The client, David Milum, fired Banks and demanded that the lawyer refund a $3,000 fee. Banks refused.
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A best-selling author who pretended to be a 19-year-old male prostitute covered up her identity to profit from her novel and gain a movie deal, a lawyer for the film company suing her said in closing arguments on Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - U.S. writer Jay McInerney, the quintessential chronicler of 1980s excess in New York, says he has mellowed with age, now preferring Bordeaux and Burgundy wines to the illegal drugs of his youth.
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The GlacÃ©au deal offered evidence that coming up with a new beverage, or putting a new twist on an old one, can be lucrative.
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Smut site had pubic - but not public - concern At least he's got a fun career as an internet porn star to fall back on.â¦
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Wine company Chalone thought it had a deal. Now it has better one.
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U.S. writer Jay McInerney, the  quintessential chronicler of 1980s excess in New York, says he  has mellowed with age, now preferring Bordeaux and Burgundy  wines to the illegal drugs of his youth.