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French Wine Industry Tanks,
But It Still Makes Best Vino

ANALYSIS

Jul 14, 2009 5:53 PM CDT

French Wine Industry Tanks, But It Still Makes Best Vino

(Newser) - The French wine industry is in a tough spot, Mike Steinberger writes on Slate. “It is hemorrhaging market share abroad, domestic consumption continues to plummet, and thousands of vintners are in desperate financial straits.” What’s more, “the appellation system that regulates much of French viticulture is...

FDA OKs
Natural, No-Calorie Sweetener

Dec 17, 2008 7:22 PM CST

FDA OKs Natural, No-Calorie Sweetener

Coke, Pepsi will have stevia products soon

(Newser) - Get ready for a barrage of soft drinks and foods using the term stevia. The FDA today gave its blessing to use of the zero-calorie natural sweetener derived from the leaves of a South American bush, the Chicago Tribune reports. Coke and Pepsi will have drinks on the shelves soon,...

Japan Cools Down with Fizzy Eel Energy Drink

Jul 29, 2008 2:58 PM CDT

Japan Cools Down with Fizzy Eel Energy Drink

Yellow-colored beverage made from head and bone extracts

(Newser) - A new fizzy, yellow-colored canned drink is hitting shelves in Japan this month, and it contains an unusual ingredient—eel. Unagi Nobori, or "Surging Eel," is made from the extracts from the head and bones of eel and five vitamins. "It's mainly for men who are exhausted...

Dr Pepper Ads
Want You to Sip, Not Guzzle

Jul 28, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

Dr Pepper Ads Want You to Sip, Not Guzzle

New campaign says the soda tastes better when consumed slowly

(Newser) - Facing flagging sales, 123-year-old Dr Pepper is capitalizing on “scientific” research that suggests it tastes better when you drink it slowly, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dr Pepper’s marketers are launching a campaign using “fake doctors to deliver this quasi science,” says an ad exec. Basketballer...

Cup of Joe Getting Smaller

Jul 9, 2008 3:18 PM CDT

Cup of Joe Getting Smaller

Chicago coffee maker nixes 20-ounce drinks, for flavor's sake

(Newser) - One purveyor of fine coffee is drawing a line in the sand: Come Aug. 1, Chicago brewer and distributor Intelligentsia will phase out its 20-ounce option—or venti, per Starbucks lingo, the Chicago Tribune reports. Brewing such a large cup dilutes the proportions necessary for maximum flavor, Intelligentsia's CEO says,...

Distillers Like Taste
of Bourbon Boom

Jul 7, 2008 8:11 AM CDT

Distillers Like Taste of Bourbon Boom

Weak dollar, rising exports help fuel spike in sales

(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...

Gourmet Tea: The New Coffee

Apr 8, 2008 4:32 PM CDT

Gourmet Tea: The New Coffee

$300-a-pot brews not uncommon as Americans get back to their roots

(Newser) - Cappuccinos are commonplace, but new gourmands get their caffeine fix from tea. After falling out of favor during the Revolutionary War, tea is experiencing a comeback in the US; sales have tripled since 1990 and gourmet tea can cost thousands per pound. Portfolio pours a cupful of tips for would-be...

$600 Coffee 'Processed'
by Civets

Jul 13, 2007 5:49 AM CDT

$600 Coffee 'Processed' by Civets

Java-lovers' treat plucked from droppings of animals who gorge on beans

(Newser) - Move over, Starbucks. Hyper coffee connoisseurs are coughing up $600 for a pound of the world's priciest coffee, a blend plucked from the droppings of a civet, a small Indonesian mammal that forages for fresh coffee beans. Fans describe the taste of kopi luwak as earthy, with a note of...

What Do You Get When You Mix Pizza and Beer?

Jun 18, 2007 6:56 AM CDT

What Do You Get When You Mix Pizza and Beer?

He calls it pizza beer

(Newser) - In a garage in the exurbs of Chicago Tom Seefurth has labored quietly to develop, refine, bottle, and bring to market the ultimate beverage – pizza beer. With a head redolent with oregano, basil, tomatoes and, yes, garlic, he believes he has finally succeeded. And Seefurth has even found an...