Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– Winemakers in Tuscany support a government effort to reduce the number of boar and deer in the region by two-thirds; last year, Tuscan wildlife ate the equivalent of 130,000 bottles in grapes.
– In the United Kingdom, supermarket liquor sales over the holidays grew unexpectedly, with sparkling wine and gin showing the largest sales increase.
– With the end of UN sanctions against Iran, the Islamic Republic’s minister of culture has banned the word “wine” to protect against “cultural onslaught” from the West.
– A Canadian inventor and researchers at the University of British Columbia have created the G-KUP, a compostable answer to the Keurig made of bamboo fiber and sugar cane.
– Barware company Rabbit has introduced freezable beer and whiskey glasses that chill your beverage down to an un-tasteable 20-30 degrees.
– Finally, two London-based foragers are using yarrow—a staple of herbal medicine—to combat the negative effects of alcohol.
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