Bottoms Up…

1. Secret’s Out: Chateau Marmont Reveals Its Classified Cocktail Menu (LA MAG)
2. She Can Still Pour A Pint! Amazing Story Of The World’s Oldest Barmaid, Going Strong At 98! (RADAR ONLINE)
3. Rick Bayless Is Developing a Beer For Crown Imports (EATER)
4. Martini Madness: The origins of the martini aren’t particularly interesting, but they’re very sweet (SLATE)
5. Vineyard Creates Pen Filled with Wine Instead of Ink – VIDEO (PSFK)
6. Billionaire Bill Koch dukes it out with Internet tycoon Eric Greenberg over $300G in wine (NY DAILY NEWS)

Bottoms Up!

1. Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri Is Entering the Wine Game (NY DAILY NEWS)
2. The Grape Whisperer: How Prudy Foxx helps clients make great wines (SLATE)
3. Three Female Sommeliers on What it’s Like to Be In the Business (GUILD PODCAST)
4. Welcome to the house of booze! Building is made of 500,000 recycled BEER BOTTLES discarded from casinos in Las Vegas (DAILY MAIL)
5. Coming to a Cocktail Bar Near You: Mexican Fernet (CHOW)
6. An Authentic English Public House in America – VIDEO (COOKING UP A STORY)

Bottoms Up!

1. French wine lobby bristles at California ‘Champagne’ for Obama’s inauguration (THE HILL)
2. A Spirited Defense: Heather Greene on Women in the World of Whiskey (BON APPETIT)
3. Advice from Samuel Adams: Pair a six-pack with a box of chocolates (BOSTON)
4. Wine Consumption Drops in France (LA TIMES)
5. 10 Unexpected Ways to Use Leftover Wine (BON APPETIT)
6. Château Sucker: Rare-wine collectors are savvy, competitive guys with a taste for impossible finds — The biggest hoax in history took place right under their noses (NY MAG)
7. There’s liquid gold in them thar bottles of Pappy Van Winkle’s Bourbon (NY POST)
8. Gluten Free Beer from Harvester Brewing (SERIOUS EATS)
9. Whiskey Business: The regulatory ordeal of the American micro-distiller (THE ATLANTIC)
10. Oregon man spends $27,000 on a single bottle of Scotch (CNN)

Bottoms Up!

1. America Rediscovers the Kick of Hard Cider – AUDIO (NPR)
2. Amazon Enters Wine Market (CNN)
3. Cheers! Now You Can Buy Booze On Facebook (FORBES)
4. Most Expensive Cocktail in the World Made From 200-Year Old Cognac (FIT PEREZ)
5. Ten Myths You’ve Probably Heard in Bars (JEFFREY MORGENHALER)
6. Turning their backs on booze: Four young women explain why it’s cool to be part of Generation Sober  (DAILY MAIL)

Bottoms Up!

1. James Bond Trades Shaken & Stirred for Heineken Beer (FOOD BEAST)
2. “How Booze Built America” - VIDEO (YOU TUBE)
3. Rappers’ Booze Endorsements: They’ll Drink to That (BARRONS)
4. Tennessee student denies using alcohol enema – VIDEO (CNN)
5. In Southern Italy, a Chance to Be More Than Just a Bargain Wine (NY TIMES)
6. We Asked A Rum Expert To Tell Us Everything We Need To Know About Rum (FOOD REPUBLIC)