Champagne has always evoked thoughts of grandeur and opulence, but soon drinkers will be able to get their hands on an extra-luxurious bottling. Biodynamic wine producer Leclerc Briant is launching the world’s first-ever wine fermented and aged in a gold barrel in 2021.
Fans of the hit AMC television series “Breaking Bad” will know that, sadly, Hank Schrader didn’t quite tread lightly enough.
If there’s one thing that makes us crave Carvel ice cream cake, it’s a beer made to emulate it. And so it goes: The latest in a chain of novelty beers are two Carvel cake-inspired beers brewed in partnership with Captain Lawrence Brewery: Cookie Puss Birthday Beer and Cookie O’Puss St. Patrick’s Day Stout.
As Starbucks selfies, glittering green convenience store sections, and bars gearing up for ignorantly-named Jameson–Baileys–Guinness concoctions tell us, St. Patrick’s Day is around the proverbial corner. Luckily, there’s a less offensive (and more delicious-sounding) promotion we can get behind — Aldi will debut five Irish-themed cheeses next week. The assortment from the Happy Farms label […]
The effects of climate change are being felt in just about every wine region worldwide. In Champagne, some producers have begun predicting, albeit quietly, an inevitable shift from sparkling to still winemaking because of lowering grape acidities.
Last week, reports of a New York brewery teaming up with a nearby university to reincarnate a 133-year-old shipwrecked beer went viral. Serious Brewing Company of Howes Cave, N.Y. and the State University of New York at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill) announced plans to extract and analyze yeast from the beer, which was discovered off the […]
It may only be February, but the year’s third Italian wine scandal is upon on us. In January, two Prosecco makers were caught chaptalizing (adding sugar to increase alcohol content) grape must. Earlier this month, more than 50 producers were investigated for mislabeling bottles. Now, authorities in Florence and Cremona have discovered around 11,000 fake […]
Next Sunday, February 24, a star-studded cast of Oscar nominees and guests will attend the 91st Academy Awards. After the show, they’ll funnel into the Governors Ball, an annual after party we can only assume is legendary. One of the after-party perks is official Oscars cocktails, and this year, they’re tequila cocktails which are surprisingly […]
Celebrities and comedians aren’t laughing about Jaja, a tequila brand that lifted photos of celebrities to promote its brand without their consent. Jaja used photos of Amy Poehler, Idris Elba, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams, Will Smith, and Anderson Cooper to advertise on Instagram, adulterating the photos with Jaja tequila bottles. It also stole jokes from comedians […]
