December, 21, 2015 Heineken buys Red Stripe from Diageo as merger mania takes over the beer market

(MAA) - Beer brands are being batted around like shuttlecocks these days as the £71bn merger of brewing giants AB InBev and SABMiller lumbers to a conclusion and the latest move is Diageo’s sale of its 57 per cent stake in Jamaican beer brand Red Stripe to Heineken for £515m. ...

December, 21, 2015 Wine Bottle Fire Extinguisher Camouflages Your Safety Equipment

(OhGizmo) - The best place to keep a fire extinguisher is somewhere where you can reach for it quickly. But, in the name of keeping an aesthetically pleasing environment, we tend to hide them in cabinets, under the sink, or someplace out of sight. That could add a few seconds of frantic looking...

December, 21, 2015 Total Wine co-founder funds $15 million push to aid ex-convicts

(WP) - A Maryland couple is donating $15 million to the American Civil Liberties Union to expand a campaign to cut prison populations and promote private initiatives to rehabilitate and employ ex-convicts, the ACLU announced. The grant from David Trone, co-founder of Bethesda, Md.-based Tota...

December, 21, 2015 Another great Oregon grape harvest

(Registerguard) - Talk to some Oregon winemakers and you’ll probably find them basking in the warm memories of 2015. Sunny, dry weather for much of the year contributed to a bountiful grape harvest in the southern Willamette Valley and throughout Oregon, winery owners said. In the ...

December, 21, 2015 Bulgaria's 2015 Vintage Wine Is Remarkable, Expert Says

(BTA) - Bulgarian wine is wonderful in quality and the 2015 vintage is remarkable, Bulgarian Wine Export Association (BWEA) Chair Galina Niforou said in a BTA interview. BWEA took part in a recent presentation of Bulgarian products with protected geographical status in the EU. Niforou said the ...

December, 21, 2015 ‘It’s cultural’: US, French navies differ on drinking wine on a warship

(Gmanetwork) - French and US officials boast of the closeness of their military alliance, as highlighted by Saturday's visit from US Defense Secretary Ash Carter to a French aircraft carrier in the Gulf. But even at sea, some cultural differences are apparent: French sailors can imbibe alco...

December, 20, 2015 What’s Best, Worst, and Most Weird About American Food

(NationalGeographic) - Arkansas to deliver what he calls an “anti-cookbook cookbook.” The former chef, who started in the restaurant business as an 11-year-old dishwasher at a fast food chicken shack near Chicago, ate his way across the 50 states for his new book, The Mad Feast: An Ec...

December, 20, 2015 Ice Wine Harvest Delayed Again Due to Temps

(Mytwintiers) - Ice Wine isn't what Glenora Wine Cellars is known for, and it certainly doesn't come close to its other wines in terms of production numbers.  However, it's something which owner Gene Pierce still likes partake in every year, weather permitting. These above average temp...