Drinking

Designated Drivers Often Fail To Abstain From Drinking

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:26:00 +0000

We might need to change the definition of a designated driver from noble abstainer to something along the lines of not as drunk as you.

The idea of having one person in a group agree not to drink so that everyone else can get home safely after a night of alcohol-fueled fun has been promoted as a way to reduce the dangers of drunken driving, especially among teenagers and young adults.

But when researchers put the idea to the test, the results weren't all that reassuring.

Not Everyone Cheers Turkey's Move To Tighten Alcohol Rules

Peter Kenyon — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:26:00 +0000

The ongoing anti-government protests in Turkey are about a lot of things — including a recent law to restrict the advertising and sale of alcohol. The limits aren't any more onerous than those in some other Western countries, but secular Turks see them as another step in a push by the ruling party to impose conservative social values on the population

Turkey has long tolerated and, in some quarters, embraced the Bacchanalian fruit of grape and grain.

The French Learned To Make Wine From Italians 2,400 Years Ago

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:50:00 +0000

The French weren't the first to make wine? Mon dieu! But as anyone who has sipped a Bordeaux, Champagne or Burgundy can tell you, the French got pretty good at it once they learned how. And thanks to some molecular archaeology, researchers can now confirm they picked up these skills as early as 425 B.C.

So who taught the French the art of viniculture?

France Sells Presidential Wines To Update Palace Wine Cellar

Eleanor Beardsley — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:21:00 +0000

Prized Burgundies and Bordeaux once served at the presidential palace in France were sold for the first time ever as the wine cellar at Elysee Palace gets an overhaul.

Some 1,200 bottles, or 10 percent of the palace wines, went on sale this week at the famous Drouot auction house in downtown Paris.

Beets At The Root Of This Honey And Tarragon Cocktail

Thu, 30 May 2013 18:38:00 +0000

All Things Considered's Found Recipes series isn't just about food. It's about drinks, too — including those that require a valid form of ID.

And the best cocktail is one that's well-balanced, according to bartender Chad Phillips. It will "leave you feeling completely satisfied and better about your life than the second you sat down at my bar," he says.

Phillips tends bar at the Social Club at the Surfcomber Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.