December, 13, 2014 A wine banned in the US because of the finger on the label

(Blogs-Rue89) - The Princesses of the Anjou wine winemaker Sébastien Fleuret is seen repressed by the Food and Drug Administration "for indecent" because of the act committed by one of the small figures drawn on the label: the finger. Way to illustrate that one can be a "princess" and a litt...

December, 13, 2014 Wine cork makers seek to put a stop to declining sales

(LATimes) - The world's wine cork producers want you to know they're sorry. Two hundred fifty years of market dominance may have left a whiff of complacency. They didn't always listen to your gripes about cork taint — that awkward moment when you pop open your prized cabernet and it smells...

December, 13, 2014 The secret world of… beer

(BBC) - It’s a drink that’s been with us for millennia. But how has science shaped today’s pints? Chris Baraniuk discovers a world of secret yeasts, strange brews and ‘glass widgets’. Venture through a dank railway tunnel, then turn on to a small industrial estate i...

December, 12, 2014 SHOES WITH HIDDEN WHISKY STASH ON SALE

(TDB) - A London cobbler has taken on-the-go drinking to another level, launching a pair of Italian brogues with space to stash a miniature bottle of booze in each heel. Oliver Sweeney has teamed up with Johnnie Walker to launch the Johnnie Tan Leather Brogue, which boasts space to slide a ...

December, 12, 2014 NY brewery builds Christmas tree out of 300 kegs

(Fox11) - A two-story Christmas tree made of 300 half-barrel beer kegs lights up the sky outside the Genesee Brew House in downtown Rochester, N.Y. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The keg tree is trimmed with 600 feet of green lights and topped by a rotating Genesee sign. More than 20 of Genesee's "el...

December, 12, 2014 The other glass ceiling: women winemakers

(FT) - Do women have a different relationship with wine to men? I feel quite strongly that — as consumers, at least — they do. In fact, in wine terms, I would actively dislike being a man. Wine joins cars and suiting as a heavily freighted social signifier. Society expects men to know a...

December, 12, 2014 Innovation in the Wine Industry

(Wines&Vines) - Everyone in the wine business knows how rigid federal, state and local laws discourage innovation, but that hasn’t totally stifled entrepreneurs. Last week the first annual World Open Innovation conference met at Silverado Resort in Napa Valley, and though most of ...

December, 11, 2014 France: Thieves steal 1,800 bottles of Cote Rotie wine

(Decanter) - A family wine estate in the Cote Rotie appellation of the norhern Rhone has had 1,800 bottles of wine worth tens of thousands of euros stolen from its cellars. Thieves broke into the cellars of Domaine Garon in the early hours of Monday morning (7 December). The Garon family has be...