By Nate from Whiskywall Much stigma abounds concerning the hour of the day when one chooses to enjoy a little booze. There is the after-5 school of thought that apparently frowns upon drinking until the evening is nigh upon us. If drinking is something you only do during dinner then perhaps that makes sense. If drinking is something you only do during dinner you probably are not reading this. Roll the clock back a bit more and you have the drink-at-lunch crowd. Perhaps because of the association with professionals and their martini lunches, drinking at lunch can carry the air of a slightly decadent, grudgingly respected part of “doing business”. As for the much maligned morning hour; drinking is traditionally reserved for the staid mimosa or gin fizz, to be imbibed in moderation and as part of a regimented Sunday brunch.

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.) A famous Burgundy winery was recently threatened with a poison extortion plot . Don’t worry, their wine and the people who work there were not poisoned. The victims of this plot? Two innocent grapevines. Luckily, the extortionist was caught, and the vines are expected to survive. Phew.

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.) If binge drinking were a competition, the UK would be the winner of Europe. A recent survey shows that people in the UK typically consume more alcohol in one sitting than in any other part of the European Union. Looks like they like drinking as much as we do!

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.) Among controversial speculated benefits of moderate wine consumption, such as weight loss in women and prevention of cardiovascular disease,  a doctor at John Hopkins is now saying that tipping back a glass may help prevent brain damage from a stroke. How did they find this out? By feeding Resveratrol found in grapes to mice, of course. The  more important question remains… can you hear a mouse hiccup?

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.) A man in Germany has set the world record for the largest house made out of beer coasters. Using more than a quarter of a million beer coasters, and spending 42-56 hours per week since January, Sven Goebel secured himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Someone should also give him an award for being the most unproductive productive person in the world.

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. The secret is in the seal; Maker’s Mark has won a lawsuit against Diageo, the parent company of Jose Cuervo, deciding once and for all that the trademark hand-dipped wax seal on the top of the Maker’s Mark bottle is solely theirs.

By Clay and Zach at The Bitten Word Nothing makes us more nostalgic for long, lazy childhood summers than the idea of a Popsicle. Opening the freezer and seeing a Technicolor array of bright, sugary ice pops is one of life’s great pleasures. Unwrapping a Popsicle and then eating it — while your tongue slowly turns unnatural hues of blue, green or red — is one of the most refreshing and most quintessentially summer things there is. This past summer, we’ve been making our own ice pops, but with one great twist that’s decidedly un-childlike: booze!