December, 28, 2015 Turkey wine-making tradition under threat from Islamic-rooted government's new alcohol laws

(Independent) - Wine has been produced in Turkey for thousands of years – Pliny the Elder lauded the sweet spiced wine from Galatia in central Anatolia, while Homer’s Iliad features pramnios, which was produced on the Aegean coast. The successors of the ancient winemakers, however, a...

December, 28, 2015 DO YOU HAVE A WINE FACE?

(Elle) - There are several schools of thought on the topic of food and how it affects your skin. Some say acne increases in direct proportion to the amount of chocolate you eat, some say there is no correlation and naturopath and skincare specialist Nigma Talib says the second a patient walks into ...

December, 28, 2015 Wine Barrels: French or American Oak? Stainless Steel or Cement? Does it Matter?

(ETurboNews) - From the soil and the vineyard to the bottle and the table, the humble grape has a complex journey. Sadly the time and the place the juice spends in fermentation and aging is frequently overlooked and these steps influence the outcome of the wine. The length of time a wine is fe...

December, 28, 2015 5 Colonial-Era Drinks You Should Know

(SeriousEats) - Cast your memory back to grade-school history: Chances are that in between making tricorn hats out of construction paper and learning about George Washington's heroics, you weren't taught that John Adams began each day with a tankard of cider, that the Mayflower was loaded with...

December, 27, 2015 America’s Top 10 Drunkest Cities

(PPCorn) - Big cities like New York City, Chicago, and Miami are probably appearing on a number of lists detailing the most sober cities in America. The drunkest cities on this list were chosen based on binge drinking rates and alcohol-related traffic accidents, as well as the annual alcohol sales ...

December, 27, 2015 The rule that kept you from joining out-of-state wine club? It doesn't exist

(AZCentral) - Call it the phantom rule. For years, Arizona wine consumers visiting small out-of-state wineries have heard that they may join the wine clubs, but they must trek back to the wineries at least once a year. But that rule never existed, the state Liquor Department says....

December, 27, 2015 Treasury Wine Sharpens Focus in U.S. With Instagram Push

(WSJ) - Australia’s  Treasury Wine Estates  Ltd. is making another big run at the U.S. market, after overly rosy estimates about demand there a few years ago led it to famously dump thousands of gallons of unsold inventory. Now Treasury, the world’s eighth largest wine...

December, 25, 2015 Diageo out of ‘hall of shame’

(TDB) - UK drinks giant Diageo has been removed from the ‘Hall of Shame’ after taking steps to speed up payments to small businesses. The spirits producer was ‘inducted’ into the hall by the Forum of Private Business in January of this year after it was said to be consi...