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  • July 2008

    • Mix Masters Stir it Up in Cocktail Contest

      Gourmet  |  Jul 27, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      Mix Masters Stir it Up in Cocktail Contest

      (Newser) - Bartending is a serious business—just ask the four finalists at the US Bartenders’ Guild National Cocktail Competition held in Chicago this year. All four "mixologists" suffered stage fright while preparing their signature drinks for the judge, reports Gourmet . Despite sweating buckets, Las Vegas native Anthony Alba took first for his Big Easy cocktail, garnished with a smoking cumquat. More »

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      Chicago  • competition  • lifestyle  • cocktails  • gourmet  • drink

    • Distillers Like Taste of Bourbon Boom

      Associated Press  |  Jul 7, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Distillers Like Taste of Bourbon Boom

      (Newser) - Kentucky bourbon is popular in the likes of Russia and China as drinkers worldwide flock to the US drink, the AP reports. A weak dollar, rising exports, and a bourbon trend among young Americans are also fueling the boom. "Younger consumers are interested in drinks that were, you might say, their grandfathers' drinks," said Max Shapira, president of Heaven Hill Distilleries in Kentucky. More »

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      alcohol  • exports  • Kentucky  • US exports  • liquor  • beverages  • expansion  • drink  • distillery

  • July 2007

    • Coca-Cola May Bid to Swallow Up Snapple

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      Coca-Cola May Bid to Swallow Up Snapple

      (Newser) - Coca-Cola is talking to private-equity firms about purchasing Cadbury Schweppes PLC's Snapple and Mott's brands, the Wall Street Journal reports. Coke is trying to expand its presence in the fast-growing market for noncarbonated drinks--namely juices, waters and ready-to-drink teas, like Snapple. Mott's includes apple juice and sauces, as well as other items. More »

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      mergers and acquisitions  • Coca Cola  • drink

  • May 2007

    • Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens

      Slate  |  May 31, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens

      (Newser) - The American middle class has become connoisseurs of everything—coffee, '80s Japanese garage-rock bands, environmentalist toilet paper, and now wine, writes Slate 's Field Maloney. Fermented grape juice doubled its audience in the past decade, while consumption of lower-brow beer stagnated. And for the first time in history, Americans pollees prefer wine to beer. More »

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      food  • alcohol  • wine  • beer  • Americans  • drinking  • wine industry  • middle class  • drink

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