Our favorite reads from around the web this week, as well as memorable drinks and meals — the essentials that inspire our liquid-fueled adventures at VinePair.
- Water & Vice: Producing Intoxicants in an Era of Extreme Drought — Nautilus
- How to Run an Illegal Restaurant — Vice
- Drink Of The Week: Forgive & Fernet at The Penrose
- This Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon, Is Twice As Nutritious As Kale — First We Feast
- Kurniawan Wine Fraud Case Takes Another Twist — Wine-Searcher
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