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An Insider's guide to restaurants, wine, spirits and culinary travel

glass half full: 8/2/2017

A roundup of the most interesting food, wine and spirits stories on the web (because even Al Gore, who invented it, doesn't have time to read them all).

Can you hear the sound of that beer bubble bursting?

Goldman Sachs downgraded the stocks of Constellation and the Boston Beer Company because millennials like wine better:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/24/goldman-downgrades-beer-stocks-because-millennials-like-wine-better.html

The 15 cheapest and most expensive cities to buy a round of drinks:

If you’re thinking about relocating, get your priorities in order.

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/07/the-15-cheapest-cities-for-a-round-of-drinks/

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/07/the-15-most-expensive-cities-for-a-round-of-drinks/

There is fondness, there is passion, and then there is insanity.

The truly frightening story of a couple determined to dine in every Cracker Barrel in the U.S.:

https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/80-year-old-couple-has-visited-nearly-every-cracker-barrel-america/072517

Think wine shopping is gender-neutral? Think again.

Men are doing more grocery shopping, which means they’re buying more wine. But their choices are made differently, something the wine industry needs to adjust to:

https://www.meininger.de/en/wine-business-international/men-supermarkets

That lingering flavor of used motorcycle parts:

Ewe Ehinger is infusing bottles of gin with pieces of antique Harley-Davidsons and selling them for $1200. Why not?

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/07/harley-davidson-engine-parts-used-to-make-e1000-gin/