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A Tasty Collaboration: Raimondi Amarone

December 14, 2010 – 11:11 am | No Comment

What better to warm up these cold wintry nights (depending on where you are of course) then a big glass of spicy, full-bodied red wine. And if you’re looking for a new bottle to sample, …

Loco for Lobo: Lobo Apple Cider, Adelaide

December 6, 2010 – 7:06 am | One Comment

‘Tis the season for hard cider. So while I scour my favorite haunts for the beautiful natural cider from Julien Frémont’s symbiotic Apple Orchard and Cattle Farm in Normandy, France (you must find this), I’m …

Fukasawa’s Juice Boxes, Fruit Boxes

November 29, 2010 – 6:16 am | One Comment

From Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa come these brilliant juice boxes. Fukasawa has imitated the texture, skin, and color of the fruit juices within the containers to create this clever and innovative packaging design. In …

The Case of the IPA

November 23, 2010 – 2:25 pm | 2 Comments

Just Beer, a microbrewery in Wesport, MA has just given you another good reason to pick up a case of beer. Thanks to a zany collaboration between the brewer and an author, your ordinary, after-work …

Cider by Kiwis with Love

November 22, 2010 – 10:11 am | One Comment

Monteith’s Brewing Company has been brewing unique beers and ciders on New Zealand’s West Coast for almost 150 years– and with good reason. This family-run brewery boasts fine favourites ranging from a classic single source …

Just in Time for Changing Leaves

November 16, 2010 – 10:34 pm | No Comment

Few things are more satisfying than biting into a crisp apple on chilly autumn afternoon, but we can think of one: taking the first gulp from a bottle of freshly brewed, artisanal hard apple cider. …

Is that Antarctic Ice in Your Beer?

November 11, 2010 – 3:56 pm | 2 Comments

It’s one thing to sell beer in preserved animal carcasses, but how about selling beer to preserve animals? Well, that’s exactly what Australian Nail Brewing Company is doing with their new limited edition Antarctic Nail …

The Mystery of Crystal Head Vodka

November 4, 2010 – 2:47 pm | One Comment

We’re used to seeing celebrities hawk perfume, clothing, jewelry, and even luxury automobiles. But vodka bottled in a crystal head? That’s right. Dan Aykroyd is the celeb behind the new spirit Crystal …

Pop A Cap: &Co, New Zealand

October 28, 2010 – 1:28 pm | One Comment

The aromatic white wines from New Zealand’s boutique winery &Co are the embodiment of simplicity. Founded only in 2009, this winery seeks to produce a single unique estate wine each year from their north-facing hillside …

Proof is in the Packaging: Proof Wine Collective

October 18, 2010 – 5:32 pm | One Comment

You know that alternate life of yours where you hang around in California with a bunch of zany-but-cool creative types and well-respected winos, sipping on wine and designing uncommon, smart and widely lauded packaging for …