Daily News: Nuclear-Proof Wine Cellar in France, Burger King’s “Whopper Wine”

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

– An Australian study finds children are bombarded with alcohol commercials on TV.

– The director of a winery in Russian-occupied Crimea may face criminal charges after opening a 240-year-old bottle of wine for Vladamir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi.

– Burger King’s Spanish outpost is giving away bottles of “Whopper Wine,” which is aged in barrels made of wood that’s been flame-grilled in a Burger King broiler.

– Finally, Chateau Siran in Margaux, France, has a nuclear-proof wine cellar to keep its treasures safe, just in case.

[Photo: Flickr/Mike Mozart]