Addie Broyles @broylesa Wednesday Oct 14, 2020 at 9:00 AM The Austinites who run a blog and popular Instagram account have teamed up with a Fredericksburg winery to raise money to help restaurants that have struggled to stay open during the coronavirus. The Slate Mill Wine Collective and Karen Reinsberg and […]
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Squirrel Beer, Poop Wine: ‘Disgusting Food Museum’ Opens Drinks Exhibition
Beer bottled in a dead squirrel. Gin infused with ants. More beer, brewed with whale testicles smoked in sheep dung. And you thought you were an “adventurous” drinker. The Disgusting Food Museum in Malmö, Sweden, delighted and repulsed us with frog juice and maggot cheese when it opened two years […]
DRINKS Garners 107 Awards in 13th Annual Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — DRINKS, the leader in online wine, is pleased to announce that 61 of its world-class wine brands were recognized with an outstanding 107 medals in the 13th Annual Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition — including 6 platinum, 41 gold, and 60 silver […]
New ‘Silver Slipper’ wine bar-restaurant coming soon to Wayne Avenue
A new wine bar and late-night food destination is in the works on the increasingly busy Wayne Avenue corridor of Dayton. The “Silver Slipper” will be located at 1105 Wayne Ave., next door to the Pizza Factory restaurant. Silver Slipper’s founders are Simon Gifford and Lorelei Fink, both of whom […]
Wine Enthusiast Podcast: New Spaces in the Drinks World
In this episode, number three of our 40 Under 40 Tastemakers of 2020, we’re exploring new and emerging spaces in the wine and drinks landscape. So far, it’s been a crazy year, with challenges that have resulted in monumental change in so many areas. The wine, drinks and hospitality worlds […]
Talen Horton-Tucker drinks orange juice while Lakers vets enjoy wine
The Los Angeles Lakers are the oldest team remaining in the NBA bubble, according to average age estimates, that have the Lakers median age at 28.3 years old. 19-year old rookie Talen Horton-Tucker is an extreme outlier in comparison to the rest of the team. Still, he’s clearly a part […]
Red Wine or Prosecco with a Gin Floater: How TV Shows Use Drinks to Develop Characters
In Netflix’s dark comedy series Dead to Me, characters Jen Harding (Christina Applegate) and Judy Hale (Linda Cardellini) have a self-soothing ritual. They sip glasses of red wine poolside to cope with respective traumas: the loss of a husband and multiple miscarriages. “It’s really a way for them to bond […]