Bottoms Up!

1. A new way of measuring pretentiousness (SLATE)
2. Drinkers of fake Pinot Noir get a break from sour grapes (REUTERS)
3. Sloshed: How to Order a Proper Drink in Any Bar, Anywhere (GRUB STREET)
4. Suit: Wine expert created blog to trash Yelp critic (SUN TIMES)
5. The Geography of Binge Drinking (THE ATLANTIC)
6. Starbucks Coffee, Sure … But Starbucks Booze? (DAILY FINANCE)

Bottoms Up!

1. Coors tops Consumer Reports’ beer test (MERCURY NEWS)
2. 2011: The Year in Irresponsible Drinking (EATER)
3. America’s Drunkest Cities of 2011, From Las Vegas to Boston – SLIDE SHOW (THE DAILY BEAST)
4. Beers in Baghdad: Remembering the World’s Most Dangerous Bar (WIRED)
5. Pairing wine with Asian food (CANADA)
6. White Castle giving sales of beer and wine a shot (COLUMBUS DISPATCH)

Bottoms Up!

1. Newly Opened Bar in Dylan’s Candy Store, NYC (OUT TRAVELER)
2. Booze Make Guido Fall Down, Go Boom on Jersey Shore (EONLINE!)
3. More educated people spend more on booze (GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE)
4. 20 Great Booze-Infused Foods From Across America (COMPLEX)
5. Britain’s drunkest woman: Shoplifting mother downs 28 pints a day (THE SUN)
6. Dive Bars Across America (FIND. EAT. DRINK.)

Bottoms Up…

1. Band Train to Sell ‘Drops of Jupiter’ Wine (ROLLING STONE)
2. Pink Gin (LEITE’S CULINARIA)
3. A Revelation About Cava (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Ryan Dunn Dead: ‘Jackass’ Star Bought Booze For Whole Bar (GATHER)
5. John Galliano Blames The Booze For Racial Slurs (POP BLEND)
6. Lohan Flunks Booze Test — Ordered to Court (TMZ)

A roundup of new products:

1. Hoax?: The Most Essential Piece Of Royal Wedding Memorabilia To Date… (PEREZ HILTON)
2. Syrup-producer branches out into unique cotton candy flavour (CANADA.COM)
3. Bittermens Very Small Batch Cocktail Bitters and Culinary Extracts (BITTERMENS)
4. Bosco Launches Milk Chocolate Covered Bosco Chocolate Bar (FOOD PROCESSING)
5. New Food Product Hits & Misses | 23 Mar 2011 – VIDEO (PHIL LEMPERT / YOU TUBE)
6. One of a Kind Butcher Block (MATTER)