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Cabernet Wine Exclusively for Cats Unveiled in Japan

  • Spence Cooper
  • October 21, 2013

B&H Lifes, a pet supplement manufacturer in Japan, has raised the bar when it comes to pampering your pet with the latest novelty. (Source) The company is offering wine exclusively made for felines called "Nyan Nyan Nouveau"" Japanese for "meow." The company, which also produces Wan Wan Beer for ... Read More »

Three Ways To Enhance Restaurant Wine Sales

  • Spence Cooper
  • October 17, 2013

The Cornell Food and Brand Lab website caters to educators, health professionals, and consumers interested in food psychology, and was founded at the University of Illinois in 1992 by Professor Brian Wansink and moved to Cornell University in 2005. The Food and Brand Lab consists of graduate and ... Read More »

SOMM

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • September 26, 2013

You've heard of Sommeliers. Some of you think that "wine experts" are BS. This girl is kinda impressed with them. SOMM follows Sommelier hopefuls a few weeks prior to their 2011 exam which is given by the Court of Master Sommeliers. The protagonists: Ian Cauble Brian McClintic Dustin Wilson... Read More »

Sonoma, CAâ..What’s Not to Love

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • September 14, 2013

You say you are looking for a place with gentle weather, top notch food, gorgeous wine, and nature? That's Sonoma. I find myself going to Sonoma over and over again. This could be because I'm a huge wine afficionado and traveling to Sonoma is much easier (and cheaper) than going to Italy, France, Sp... Read More »

The Wiesenthal Center Calls For Global Boycott of “Hitler Wine”

  • Spence Cooper
  • September 10, 2013

Last month, Rupert Millar with The Drinks Business, a European trade publication, reported that The Wiesenthal Center called for a global boycott of the "Hitler wine"produced by Vini Lunardelli. (Source) Millar notes the wine is part of a "Historical Series"of wine that includes labels of wartime pr... Read More »

Summer Recipes: Andrea Correale’s End of Summer Sangria

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • August 31, 2013

Summer Means Sangria. At least to me it does. So I went to the ultimate source. Andrea Correale is the President and Founder of Elegant Affairs Caterers.  This means she is in charge of events for the most discerning (and affluent) palates including the likes of Mariah Carey, Russell Simmons, Jimmy... Read More »

Fall Recipes: Chad Musick’s Spanish Sangria

  • FriendsEAT
  • July 27, 2013

There's nothing better in the Summer than a perfectly made sangria. The recipe varies from person to person, but when you find a fool proof technique, you need to savor it for the rest of your life. We reached out to Chad Musick, the Beverage Director of Sip, Greenville's first rooftop lounge for hi... Read More »

The Hangover, A Closer Look

  • Spence Cooper
  • May 13, 2013

Written in 1768 by British writer William Hickey: "My first return of sense or recollection was upon waking in a strange, dismal-looking room, my head aching horridly, pains of a violent nature in every limb, and deadly sickness at the stomach. From the latter I was in some degree relieved by a ver... Read More »

Top 10 Ways To Sneak Booze Into Events

  • Spence Cooper
  • May 8, 2013

Be it a baseball or football game, concert, lecture, or any event you may desire to pause and refresh with a little pick-me-up, here are 10 ways to sneak your favorite alcoholic beverage into any event, courtesy of these fine sources. 10) Water Bottle This is the most well known. For this to work, ... Read More »

Brangelina Wine

  • Spence Cooper
  • February 19, 2013

Along with other celebrities such as Drew Barrymore and Richard Gere, the allure of winemaking has also captured the attention of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Pitt and Jolie have partnered with the winemaking Perrin family and will debut their first wine next month: a rose called Miraval, from the... Read More »

Top 10 Most Ridiculous Alcohol Laws

  • Spence Cooper
  • February 12, 2013

Drinking alcohol in excess has impaired the judgment and decision making of many, but the following list of absurd drinking laws have presumably been legislated by solemn and sober lawmakers we assume are clear-thinking, responsible adults empowered to govern. 10) Happy Hour Prohibited In Massachu... Read More »

Leading Wine Company Dumps NRA

  • Spence Cooper
  • January 30, 2013

Yalumba, Australia's oldest family owned winery, has moved to cut ties from the National Rifle Association after it was disclosed that it was one of 20 Australian producers sold on the group's wine club. The Herald Sun reports the privately owned Barossa Valley company will begin to track how four ... Read More »

Sandeman Chocolate Passion

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • January 15, 2013

Port is the ultimate in sensuality. It is rich, luscious, and flavorful. I'm a fan of Sandeman Founders Reserve Porto. This 200 year old port house knows what they are doing. This particular port is made from the finest "lots" of each vintage and aged for 5 years to achieve its classical flavor. ... Read More »

Only Three Firms Control Most of U.S. Wine Industry

  • Spence Cooper
  • January 10, 2013

According to Philip H. Howard, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, the wine industry is becoming more concentrated each year. Just three firms account for more than half of the wine sales in the United States. Howard claims a large number of acquisitions and mergers have taken place i... Read More »

Pays d’Oc: A Bargain in a Bottle

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • December 26, 2012

I was recently invited to a tasting of Pays d'Oc wines hosted by Snooth Media's Editor in Chief Gregory Dal Piaz and Master Sommelier Fred Dexheimer. For those of you who are not familiar with the Pays d'Oc region of wine, it is located in the southern region of France in the Languedoc-Roussillon r... Read More »

World’s Most Powerful Wine Critic Sells Newsletter to Asian Investors

  • Spence Cooper
  • December 12, 2012

Robert M. Parker Jr., a leading U.S. wine critic with an international influence, is selling a "substantial interest" of his newsletter, the Wine Advocate, to Singapore-based investors who will take over its day-to-day financial operations. Additionally, Parker's newsletter will start accepting adv... Read More »

Top Wines: Behind the Enthusiast 100 (Infographic)

  • FriendsEAT
  • December 11, 2012

Calling all wine enthusiast  out there, here's an infographic made just for you!  A list of top wines this year. They have tasted 15,500+ wines, and they've got the stats to prove it. Check out and you may find your favorite wines. Cheers! Source: Wine Enthusiast Magazine... Read More »

Son Rats Out Dad in $3M Wine Cellar Theft

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 27, 2012

In economic hard times where record numbers of Americans rely on food stamps to survive, not even wine collections are safe from being pilfered by impoverished thieves. The operator of an Orange County, California business, Legend Cellars, where the public can store rare and expensive wine was char... Read More »

Karlsson’s Sly New Marketing Scheme: “Vintage” Vodka

  • Spence Cooper
  • November 27, 2012

With wine the word "vintage" is typically associated with a season's yield of wine from a vineyard, where weather and growing conditions affect wine from a particular harvest. But the war over vodka sales has prompted Karlsson's, a boutique vodka company in Sweden, to unleash a sly new marketing sc... Read More »

Sandeman Porto Cocktails

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • November 9, 2012

Porto is the beverage of Gods. I remember tasting my first vintage Porto (1977 - which happens to be my birth year - now you can all guess at my age). It was complex, flavorful, delicious. I received a bunch of porto cocktail recipes from Sandeman's Mixologist Jason Littrell to use with their Foun... Read More »

Effects of Hurricane Sandy on the Wine & Spirits Industry

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • November 8, 2012

I worked in the wine industry for quite a long time and have a very large spot in my heart for it. After checking to see how friends and colleagues did, I started seeing just how bad the damage was. Simply heart breaking; sales reps have been out of work for over a week now. For hourly workers it is... Read More »

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