Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– Robert J. Cooper, the creator of St-Germain elderflower liqueur, has died at age 39.
– In Bordeaux, a number of women are stepping into the wine business and helping to modernize the region.
– Hundreds of 1970s-era liquor bottles were found unopened amid renovations of a shuttered Los Angeles music venue.
– The latest company to get into the online wine retail business is eBay, following a partnership with Drync.
– A recent report shows that crowdfunding might have a growing place in the wine industry.
– Passing a theory exam, recognizing counterfeit wines and mixing the perfect dry Martini are all part of the test to become the Best Sommelier in the World.
– Though Nebraska became a dry state more than a year before the start of Prohibition, the alcohol industry in Omaha remained profitable throughout the temperance movement.
– Finally, a beer made from belly button “fluff” is regrettably being made in Australia.
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