Daily News: Home-Brewing with Vegemite, The World’s Most Expensive Wine, and Whiskey Island For Sale

Jar of Vegemite

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-osphere:

– The Australian government is considering restricting the sales of Aussie favorite, Vegemite, to combat illicit home-brewing.

– A new interactive map shows what Londoners like drinking and where they like drinking it.

– If you have $3 million to spare, why not buy a piece of prohibition history? New York’s Whiskey Island is for sale.

– UK gin exports have risen 37% since 2010—making it the biggest exporter of gin in the world.

– A rare bottle of wine from France’s Burgundy vineyards costs an average of $15,000 per bottle, putting it top of the list of the world’s most expensive wines.

[Photo: Flickr/Petra Bensted]