Howdy, folks! Welcome back to Booze In The News, where you’ll find the latest, funniest and most obscure newsworthy, alcohol-related bits all in one place.

1.) As if your wife needs another reason to tell you to cut back on your beer consumption, a study in Africa shows that malaria-carrying mosquitoes are more attracted to beer drinkers than water drinkers. Apparently that delicious odor emanating from your skin after knocking back a few beers makes mosquitoes salivate like winged vampire versions of Pavlov’s dogs. If only women had the same taste as mosquitoes….

2.) Moth related issues on the wine front are getting serious: USDA has issued a quarantine extending throughout Napa, Calistoga, and now Sonoma. The sneaky little critter lays eggs inside grape fruit, making the fruit unusable for wine. In some instances, already entire crops of wine have been destroyed, wreaking havoc on the profits of affected wineries. Who knew such a little pest could do such big damage?