Welcome to The PUNCHbowl, a monthly installment where we share our favorite long reads on all things drinks and nightlife. This month: molecularly cloned wine, baijiu's "tequila moment," New Albion…
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Joshua Bernstein, author of The Complete IPA, debunks several prevailing myths about the IPA style. - Many brewers are choosing not…
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Alder Springs, an isolated vineyard in Mendocino County, has attracted a roster of high profile contemporary California winemakers (and…
Sauce aroma? Light aroma? Phoenix aroma? As China becomes a bigger player in the worlds of wine and spirits, the differences between Eastern and Western flavors—not only in familiarity and…
Gold-infused baijiu may be on its way to becoming a thing. According to the International Business Times, the National Health and Family Planning Commission has started seeking public and professional opinions on whether…
China's traditional grain spirit, baijiu, has evolved—mostly in obscurity—along a trajectory that has no Western equivalent. Derek Sandhaus travels to one of its most famous production zones to discover why…
