Archive for November, 2010
• Top 10 Whiskies Rated In Malt Advocate Mag
Here’s a sneak peek of the top 10 rated whiskies in the upcoming issue of Malt Advocate magazine (the Winter 2010 issue). Most have been reviewed here already, but I thought it would be helpful if you had them all organized in one post. 96 Redbreast, 12 year old, 40%, $43 Very elegant, complex, and stylish. [...]
• China’s Xu Designs Mouton Rothschild Label
Salvador Dali, Joan Miró, Georges Braque — add the name of China’s Xu Lei to the list of artists who have designed a label for top-flight Bordeaux wine producer Château Mouton Rothschild. The winemaker has selected artists to design its label every year since 1945. For its 2008 vintage, Mr. Xu has drawn a ram, [...]
• Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Up For Sale
Booze brand Rémy Cointreau has put its Piper-Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck Champagne brands up for sale in a deal which could raise as much as 450 million euros. Possible suitors for the brands include other drinks conglomerates such as Diageo and Pernod Ricard but a private equity group could also snap up the champagne seller. [...]
• Central European Distribution Buys Russian Vodka Maker
Central European Distribution Corp. said Monday it will pay $91.5 million for the remaining share of a Russian vodka maker. The spirits company (NASDAQ:CEDC), which already owned 80 percent of Whitehall Group, acquired the final 20 percent, including global brand rights for Kauffman Vodka. Whitehall is one of Russia’s leading companies dealing with imports and [...]
• Not exactly a new idea, Pink wants to name her baby after whiskey
The singer is just one of hundreds of new parents to turn to the bottle for inspiration. If she has a boy, pregnant Pink says she’ll call him Jameson after her favourite tipple. Although she didn’t say whether or not it had featured at the conception. But Pink and her husband Carey Hart aren’t the [...]
• Nominations Open For Best Craft Beer of 2010
From thefullpint.com: Here is a running list of the best craft beers of 2009 for nomination in our Best Craft Beer 2010 Poll. Poll will begin at the end of December 2010. The criteria is as follows, please make suggestions if you feel one should be made: The beer made it’s bottled or tap debut [...]
• UK: In Effort To Control Drinking, Govt. To Raise Tax On Strong Beer
The U.K. government said Tuesday it will tax stronger beers at a higher rate than weaker ones as part of its move to tackle problem drinking. The new tax rates will be revealed in the 2011 Budget and will apply to beers with an alcoholic content above 7.5% and below 2.8%. The decision follows an [...]
• PC Police Dismayed Coors Can Shows Up In PG-Rated Movie
Even though Coors Brewing Company didn’t pay Walt Disney Pictures to place a beer can in the PG-rated movie Tron: Legacy, the can still ended up in there somehow. Whether or not Coors masterminded the appearance, one could argue that Coors is marketing its beer to underage viewers. BN: See the trailer in which the [...]
• Sam Calagione Pairs 7 Beers with 7 Books
Once the cooler weather comes, my ideal evening after putting the kids to bed involves lounging on the couch by the lit wood stove, sipping a red-wine glass full of craft beer while reading a good book. Here are a few pairings that I have found spot-on over the years. BN: How quaint. Sam’s life [...]
• 5 Things You Should Look For In A Great Tequila
Bertha González Nieves is the CEO and co-founder of Casa Dragones tequila alongside partner Bob Pittman, who just so happens to be the founder of MTV. González Nieves was also the first woman to be accredited as a Maestra Tequilera, or certified tequila expert – think Master Sommelier, but for tequila. Now, she’s plopped down [...]
• Best Wine Decanter & Aerator Helps Enjoy Your Wine Faster
Here is a comparison of wine aerators and Soirée came out on top. Soirée fits securely into any wine bottle allowing you to pour, without dripping directly through the Soirée. By pouring wine with a Soirée, the Soirée creates an intermediary stage where the wine is infused with oxygen and then cascades into your glass. [...]
• And we'll have a brewsky for my dog here
Hair of the dog anyone? Thanks to Dutch-made ‘Dog Beer’, man’s best friend can now join man in an ice-cold brew. Ever sat in a bar and thought “I wish just once my dog could join me in a casual beer?” Us neither, but clearly it’s a problem for someone as a Dutch brewer has [...]
• Caffeinated Light Beer Displeases F.D.A.
When Rhonda Kallman set out to create a beer that would draw a crowd, she never expected the attention her Moonshot ’69 brew received this month. The problem is that the light beer, made by Ms. Kallman’s company, New Century Brewing, contains caffeine. Earlier this month, she and three other manufacturers were told by the [...]
• Part 1: One Best Type of Wine From Each of 6 Winemaking Countries
To make a stab at the impossible is also to be a bit cheeky, right? Let’s do both. In this and next week’s columns, I’m going to pick the one best type of wine from each of 12 countries. The one wine. And I’ll explain why each deserves its rank. This week, six from what [...]
• Joe Bastianich Knows Italian Wine Like Nobody's Business
Joseph Bastianich is steeped in Italian wines like no one else. Not only is he the co-owner, with Mario Batali, of some of America’s premier Italian restaurants, but he also produces wine on four separate estates—three in Italy—and is responsible for bringing Eataly, the groundbreaking artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace, to New York. His [...]
