This Week’s Best Drink Reads
Welcome to The PUNCHbowl, a weekly installment where we share our favorite longreads on all things drinks and nightlife. This week we looked more closely at France's craft beer scene, got to know…
- story: Punch Staff
Meet the Next Generation of France’s Wine Pros
A fresh crop of French wine lovers are turning the idea the stodgy sommelier on its head, according to one Reuters report. The players themselves, though, could not be more diverse. First, there's…
- story: Stephen Praetorius
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
Bitters Unite: Campari Buys Averna
Italian spirits company Gruppo Campari announced its move to buy Sicilian bitters company Fratelli Averna for $143 million today according to Reuters. It is the first in a series of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Queen Elizabeth Gives Pope Francis Whisky & Aromatherapy Soaps
In her first meeting with Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth offered the "bemused" religious leader a bottle of whisky in exchange for a silver cross-studded lapis for her "eight-month-old great-grandson, Prince George…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
