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 the water pumping laws due to endangered salmon species weren’t enough, Northern California wineries now must face a new threat: European moths. Apparently, it is a very popular practice for California vintners to sneak over award-winning grape vine cuttings from France to propagate their own crops, despite its illegality. Theory has it that these non-native crop destroying moths were accidentally smuggled over with one of these illegal vine cuttings. More paranoid vintners suspect other wineries of doing it on purpose to stymie their competition. (more…)
Howdy, folks! Welcome to this week’s rendition of Booze In The News, where you’ll find the latest, funniest and most obscure newsworthy, alcohol-related bits all in one place.
1. Good news for women oenophiles! According to a recent study, wine may actually help women maintain a healthy weight. The study showed that women who consume moderate amounts of wine regularly gain less weight as they age compared to women who abstain completely. Yet the study found the opposite for men — men who drink over time become significantly more obese than their alcohol-free counterparts due to a greater amount of dehydrogenase enyzme in their bodies, which makes them absorb more alcohol calories than women. Sorry men. (more…)
Posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Filed under: Beer, Culture, Wine, news by Heather
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. Apparently you weren’t the only person disappointed by the U.S.’s loss to Canada in Olympic Hockey. President Barack Obama made a bet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and after losing it had to buy him a case of Molson Canadian beer.
An announcement this week by international Beer producer Anheuser-Busch InBev that they are going to cut jobs has spawned a protest among its existing workers. BBC reported that a blockade has stopped the flow of beer out of one of the company’s headquarters. (more…)
Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010
Filed under: Beer, Culture, Welcome, news by Daniel
Happy Monday, 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. Have you saved the date yet for Drink Me’s holiday party? It’s going to be held at Madrone on Tuesday, December 1st, from 5:30PM – 9:30PM, but y’all should stay for the band, too.
Happy Monday, 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. We’re still recovering from non-stop wine tasting all weekend long, and hope yours was just as epic!
If you haven’t seen this video yet, of the tipsy fork lift driver who got off lucky (just a leg injury) after swerving into a Costco-esque shelf of vodka and cognac at work in a Moscow storeroom, you MUST. His lack of caution results in a kind of tsunami of booze, beneath which he is buried alive momentarily.
If you love your liquor at all, this will make you want to cry:
Posted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Filed under: Spirits, news by Aja
Happy Monday, 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. Hope everyone out there had a happy and safe Halloween and remembered to Fall Back!
Happy Monday, folks! Welcome to the debut of our first regular online feature here at Drink Me Magazine. At Booze In The News, you’ll find the latest, funniest and most obscure newsworthy, alcohol-related bits all in one place. Check back weekly to kick off your Mondays right, and don’t forget to send in any good tips to tips@drinkmemag.com! We are here to inform – Enjoy!
