Alcohol
Craft distilleries growing in Oregon
First came the brewmasters, whose small-scale breweries and full-flavor beers were infused with the Northwest's DNA. Oregon's wine industry had a slower ascension, but the state's vintages became recognized as world-class. The third wave has started to arrive and its offering something stronger: whiskey, gin, vodka and other spirits, made ...
To join EU, Croatia may give up its wine
Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated trademark battle over the country's beloved sweet dessert wine has some feeling less than bubbly, mirroring rapidly declining enthusiasm among Croats for membership in ...
That's the spirit: Booze from local crops booming
With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn't have to look far for the grains and apples to make their whiskey, vodka and gin. The 10-year-old company crafts many of their liquors from ingredients grown no more than a few minutes away, ...
Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of Los Angeles
A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 4½ square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions. The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke out just after noon ...
Growing crowd of celebrity wines take spotlight
Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they'll even bring the wine. OK, maybe the stars themselves won't show up, but their wines will appear with just a wave of a credit card. You might start with an aperitif of Angelina Jolie and Brad ...
Seattle family speaks out against drunken driving
A Seattle man who lost his parents and whose wife and infant son were critically injured by a driver who police say was drunk is speaking out against driving under the influence. Dan Schulte said at a news conference Tuesday he may decide to devote his life to stopping preventable ...
Hollywood and Vine: Wineries with celeb connection
Sometimes visitors to MacMurray Ranch, the 1,500-acre (600-hectare) spread owned by movie and TV actor Fred MacMurray for a half-century, want to know: Where's the heliport? Where's the screening room? Kate MacMurray, Fred's daughter, just smiles. "This was our home," she explains. What visitors will find at the ranch is ...
Growing crowd of celebrity wines take spotlight
Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they'll even bring the wine. OK, maybe the stars themselves won't show up, but their wines will appear with just a wave of a credit card. You might start with an aperitif of Angelina Jolie and Brad ...
AB Inbev sees volumes fall in key markets
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's largest brewer, says that its profits rose in the first quarter in spite of falling sale volumes in important markets. The company behind Budweiser, Stella Artois, and Becks said Tuesday that even though revenues grew by 1.5 percent in the first quarter, volumes declined by ...
Some are overlooked in US immigration overhaul
Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border — and the wrong side of a proposed overhaul of the U.S. immigration system that would grant legal status to millions of people. Gonzalez ...
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