Brangelina, Texas, tariffs, Davos – sipped and spit

January 29th, 2010 admin

SPIT: wine reporting! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had a “stormy dinner date” with friends (including Alec Baldwin) at Alto restaurant in midtown Manhattan. This story says they had five bottles of wine with dinner, the friends left and then Brangelina exchanged barbs, with him telling her to get therapy and her telling him that she thinks he’s “toxic!” Eeegad. But, really, the most important detail for wine enthusiasts was neglected: which wines did they have with dinner?!? SIPPED: conflicting opinions The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that had found the wine distribution system unconstitutional since it discriminated against out-of-state distributors…


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