To Stay Slim, Try Nuts, Wine, Sleep
A wealth of findings offer some new tips to keep off the pounds. Looks like tree nuts, red wine, and plenty of sleep can all help you stay fit. Researchers found that nut eaters weighed less and had a...
View ArticleDrew Barrymore Wades Into the Wine Biz
Celebrities seem to be practically required to launch their own alcohol lines these days, and Drew Barrymore is the latest to enter the game. Her Barrymore 2011 Pinot Grigio, already available in...
View ArticleHow a 1909 Law Is Holding Back the Post Office
The Senate has an idea to help save the Postal Service: Let people mail alcohol. After all, FedEx and UPS carry the stuff all the time. But a law from 1909—established 10 years before Prohibition came...
View ArticleDr. Ruth Launches Her Own Wine Line
Dr. Ruth Westheimer is on a mission to improve people's sex lives—and how better to do it than with her own line of wines? The famed sex therapist initially nixed the idea, as she's nixed numerous...
View ArticleBest Way to Store Wine Is ... at Sea
Those who want nothing but the best for their rare wines would be best served by keeping their prized vintages in a cellar, right? Not according to a group of French oenophiles, who set out to discover...
View ArticleTo Fight Bone Loss, Drink ... Wine
Move over, milk, there's a more fun drink that helps keep women's bones healthy as they get older: wine. Drinking the equivalent of two small glasses of wine each day helps post-menopausal women retain...
View ArticleWasps: The Wine Lover's Best Friend?
Wasps: What are they good for, again? Wine-making, for one thing. Scientists say that wine drinkers can thank wasps and hornets for the complex aroma and taste of their favorite vino, NPR reports. The...
View ArticleGet Ready for Wine From ... Tomatoes
Might wine from tomatoes someday rival the stuff from grapes? One Canadian "vintner" hopes so, according to AFP . Pascal Miche says he has perfected his grandfather's family recipe and is the first to...
View ArticleWhat You Get When You Buy a $168K Bottle of Wine
Last year, Australia's Penfolds released a wine that cost a hair over $1,000 . That's chump change compared to the going rate for its latest luxury offering, a 2004 Kalimna Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon...
View ArticleNow on Amazon: Wine
This wine has subtle earth tones and a hint of online shopping. Amazon launched its wine market yesterday, featuring bottles from more than 1,000 domestic brands, ready to ship to a dozen states and...
View ArticleDisgruntled Employee Dumped $8M in Pricy Wine
At least the criminals who stole $18 million in maple syrup were in it for the money. The Italian man who allegedly destroyed nearly $8 million in Brunello di Montalcino wine in early December was just...
View ArticleBrangelina's New Venture: Wine
Because the Jolie-Pitts aren't successful enough already , Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are embarking on a new venture: wine-making. Next month, they'll release a rosé called Miraval, named after their...
View ArticleBrangelina Wine Sells Out in 5 Hours
Nine little letters on the back of the bottle set this rose wine apart from other fruits of the Provence grape harvest: Jolie-Pitt. The Miraval Rose 2012 was produced at the southern French estate of...
View ArticleArsenic Found in Hundreds of Beer Samples
The filtering process may make your beer look nice and clear—but it may also be adding traces of arsenic to your booze. Researchers found arsenic in hundreds of samples of the stuff; some had more than...
View ArticleVenezuela: Churches Running Out of Wine
The Catholic Church in Venezuela could use the services of somebody who can turn water into wine: Its only supplier has stopped selling wine to the church and priests are in danger of running out of...
View ArticleFrench Wine Is Actually Rooted in ... Italy?
Sorry, France: It seems your much-lauded winemaking techniques may have originated in Italy. Researchers investigated 13 different 2,500-year-old amphoras—containers found in Lattara, on the French...
View ArticleThis Exists: Cola-Flavored Wine
Quelle horreur! A French producer is attempting to woo the "Pepsi generation" by giving red wine a cola flavor. The segment of Châteaux en Bordeaux that has introduced the drink is keeping things...
View ArticleSuperstorm's 'Strangest Story' a Tale of Wine, Ruin
The New York Times today shares what it's calling "one of the strangest stories to emerge from" Superstorm Sandy: that of WineCare, a tony Manhattan wine storage facility that has been all but mum in...
View ArticleScientists Figure Out Why Bad Wine Smells Bad
Those fluent in wine-speak sometimes refer to a wine being "corked"—meaning it has a nasty, musty smell upon being opened and doesn't taste so hot, either. Scientists have long identified the culprit...
View ArticleWorld Running Short on Wine
A worldwide wine shortage? Technically speaking, it's already happened, reports Quartz . And what's more, things are on track to get worse. Stats compiled by Morgan Stanley Research show that the world...
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