Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-osphere:
– California banks are playing matchmaker between the state’s big tech and wine players.
– New app Flaviar represents tasting notes for drinks in a visual “flavour spiral.”
– Want to go brewery-hopping and still be responsible? The Brew Bus is here for you.
– New and better hop varieties are the future of craft beer.
– Finally, the human race is clearly progressing: the beer mile world record was recently broken by two different people.
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