Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– A new study suggests that normalizing dopamine levels in the brain can help reduce the urge to drink.
– Susan Cheever’s new book Drinking in America: Our Secret History chronicles the America’s long and complicated history with drinking.
– California is home to nearly one-tenth of the artisanal spirits distilleries in the U.S.—a growing faction.
– Finally, one upstate vineyard is protesting Bill de Blasio’s new trash plan by naming a wine after the NYC mayor.
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