A Guide to the Current State of California Cabernet
Jon Bonné checks in on California cabernet—from Napa to the Santa Cruz Mountains—and selects the bottles that best represent its present.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photo: Lizzie Munro
June’s Best Reads On Drinks and Drinking
This month: rum made from heirloom Hawaiian sugar cane, Bill Harlan's last cult California cabernet, Lithuania's crackdown on booze and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Daily News: New York’s Fermentation Expert, The History of the Cuba Libre
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Imbibe offers a brief history of the Cuba Libre cocktail, the close relative of the Rum & Coke. - In…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Experiences with a Homebrewing Robot, The Falcon Whisperer of Napa
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - In Lucky Peach, Justin Kennedy offers a guide to sour beer around the world. - Due to climate change,…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Bong-Smoked Cocktails, Simon Ford’s “Flavor Map”
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Paste chats with Mikkeller co-founder, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, as the Danish brewery prepares to bring the Copenhagen Beer Festival to the U.S. -…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Rio’s Best Botecos, Russia’s Pagan Hop Growers
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Russia's Chuvashia Republic is hoping that the global thirst for craft beer will bring investors to the country's hop farms.…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Whiskey-Aging Arms Race, Chickpea Froth Cocktails
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Two plaques have been installed in the Hungarian village of Mád to commemorate the important role played by Jewish…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Climate Change Threatens Hop Harvest, Richard Linklater Honored with New Craft Beer
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Climate change is threatening global hop production and driving up the price of craft beer as brewing companies compensate for…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Earthquake Devastates Napa’s Wine Industry
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Napa Valley on Sunday, leaving a significant damage to the wine industry, according to The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Reuters. It was the largest earthquake…
- story: Daniel Yeom
China Is Trying to Build Its Own Napa Valley
According to The Wall Street Journal, China is looking to develop its own Napa Valley in Yanqing county—a region northwest of Beijing—despite the area's notorious issues with pollution. The Chinese government recently…
- story: Daniel Yeom
