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Article: Wine shop opens in downtown Roselle Officials hope tasting bar energizes area.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- June 3, 2005
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Byline: Kat Zeman Daily Herald Staff Writer
Some people might call it excessive. Jan Cooper called it research.
The Roselle woman and her friends tasted close to 400 different types of wines in a period of nine weeks.
Her kitchen bustled with activity every Saturday as wine lovers passed through all day. She even bribed them with free pizza if they would critique the wines they drank.
"Sometimes we had 30 people wandering through our kitchen," she said. "Word-of-mouth started spreading and people would come."
The tastings were mainly preparation for the wine shop she and her husband, Daryl, would open in Roselle. Gallons of ...