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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Douglas Hanks III
Feb. 26--Ticket prices are up sharply for this weekend's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, and so is the cost of putting on the sold-out charity event.
Expenses for the pricey, three-day tasting show are expected to surge nearly 30 percent to $2.3 million from $1.8 million a year ago, according to budget figures provided by Florida International University, the show's organizer.
Officials said backlash from last year's overflow crowds -- including complaints of too little food and wine for too many ticket-holders -- forced many of...
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