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Posted on August 25, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Italians Have Been Getting Blitzed on Wine for a Very Long Time When we think about wine in Italian history, we think of the booze-soaked bacchanalias of ancient Rome. But it turns out that Italians were using wine to get … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 25, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Opinion: Heineken Throws Everything It Has at U.S. Beer Market The brewer uses big data and marketing to go head to head with its larger rivals, selling everything from cider to craft beer to Mexican lager.  Read more here, from … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 23, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

How Expensive Wines Can Trick Your Brain If you enjoy expensive wines, keep the findings of new brain research in mind: Your pleasure may have more to do with the price of the vino than its quality, Health Day reports. … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 22, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

14 Things You Need to Know About Goose Island A fun and fascinating list from VinePair.com.   A Look Back:  Harvard Brewery Harvard Brewery was in business in Lowell, Mass., from 1893 to 1920, and again after Prohibition from 1933 … Continue reading →

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Study Finding Huge Jump in Alcoholism May Have Been Seriously Flawed

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Last week, multiple media outlets, including the Washington Post and Bloomberg, — but not Kane’s Beverage News Daily —  reported on a study in JAMA Psychiatry that had an alarming finding: The rate of alcohol use disorder (alcoholism) in the … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 14, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

John Carlson: A Distiller in the Family! You’ll enjoy this story, from the Muncie (Ind.) Journal.

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