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Wine Merger Canceled; Cupcakes Hit the Middle East

• Southern Wine & Spirits won’t partner with Glazer’s to become a wine-distributing megalith. [SF Biz Times]

• New Oakland restaurants are luring investors to downtown, who hope, in turn, to lure more restaurants. [Oakland Tribune]

• With the openings of chain Sugar Daddy’s in Amman, Beirut, and Dubai, the cupcake craze has hit the Middle East. [NYT]

• Even airlines are hopping on the mixology bandwagon, with both Mexicana Airlines and US Airways instituting cocktail programs. [Fork in the Road/VV]

• A judge has ruled that the USDA didn’t adequately access the environmental impact of genetically modified sugar beets before approving them for commercialization. [NYT]

Wine Merger Canceled; Cupcakes Hit the Middle East