Booze News

Operation Swill: 29 bars charged with selling cheap liquor as premium

Operation Swill: 29 bars charged with selling cheap liquor as premium

TRENTON — It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book: Secretly pour some cheap whiskey into a bottle that once held high-grade liquor and charge customers top dollar for a glass. State alcohol enforcement officials say they believe it’s been happening across New Jersey in bars of all kinds — fancy joints, neighborhood dives [...]

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Beer News

Finally, Drones That Deliver Beer!

Finally, Drones That Deliver Beer!

We’ve seen tacocopters and burrito bombers, and though those will probably be real someday, neither is going to be really delivering anything any time soon. These beer drones, on the other hand, might actually be delivering real beer to real people. In South Africa. Maybe. Part of the OppiKoppi music festival, these beer drones are [...]

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Wine News

Goodbye Cork? Wineries Try New Plant-Based Closure

Goodbye Cork? Wineries Try New Plant-Based Closure

I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Bioplastics. If you were remaking The Graduate in wine country this decade, there might be a great future in bioplastics. When organic, biodynamic and sustainable vintners look to bring their low-impact philosophies to their packaging, they often end up torn [...]

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Spirits News

Drink Like Frank With Jack Daniel’s Special Edition Whiskey

Drink Like Frank With Jack Daniel’s Special Edition Whiskey

When legendary performer Frank Sinatra died in 1998, he paid alcoholic beverages maker Brown-Forman Corp. the highest compliment: he was buried with a flask filled with their Jack Daniel’s whiskey. Mr. Sinatra, according to Brown-Forman and the family estate, was a devoted fan of Jack Daniel’s for decades during his lifetime. He was first introduced [...]

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Industry News

British winemakers credit climate change for boom in bubbly sales

British winemakers credit climate change for boom in bubbly sales

Blessed with soil similar to France’s Champagne region, vineyards in England nevertheless produced decades of low-grade goop that caused nary a Frenchman to tremble. But a Great British fizz boom is underway, with winemakers crediting climate change for the warmer weather that has seemed to improve their bubbly. Increasingly hospitable temperatures have helped transplanted champagne [...]

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Cool book ‘The Drunken Botanist’ Takes A Garden Tour Of The Liquor Cabinet

Cool book ‘The Drunken Botanist’ Takes A Garden Tour Of The Liquor Cabinet

An incredible diversity of grains, herbs and fruits goes into the world’s alcoholic drinks, as writer Amy Stewart explains. Her new book describes the plants behind cocktails and other boozy beverages and features drink recipes and growing instructions. The next time you’re sipping on a glass of something boozy, consider the plants behind your beverage. [...]

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Events

Vino California! Celebrating Italian Wine On The West Coast

Vino California! Celebrating Italian Wine On The West Coast

The week-long wine and food extravaganza is widely recognized as the largest native Italian wine celebration across the West Coast and has become an iconic fixture in the national wine landscape. VINO CALIFORNIA brings together a cadre of A-list Italian winemakers, master sommeliers and top local culinary personalities delivering a series of epicurean experiences that [...]

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