Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– A Miami nightlife company has invented a “Champagne machine gun” that can spray a stream of sparkling wine, via magnum, at a distance up to 23 feet.
– Morocco has a surprisingly robust wine industry, with 40 million bottles produced annually.
– Amidst the water shortage in California, Half Moon Bay Brewing Company employs water-recycling technology, used previously by NASA, to turn bathwater into IPA.
– From the lighting to the clientele, Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete provides an accurate depiction of dive bars.
– In southern France, Carianne celebrates its upgraded cru status after ten years of lobbying.
– Finally, the founders of Danish brewery To Øl discuss beer made with oats, native Nordic ingredients and exotic ones, like passion fruit, chili and kaffir lime.
[Photo: Flickr/Quinn Dombrowski]