Would you like some coke in that pinot? Introducing Spain's calimocho and other food and drink news

In Defense of the Calimocho: Red Wine and Coke, Together at Last - The concept might seem strange in America, but I’d argue that calimochos aren’t far removed from other common wine cocktails like mimosas, sangrias or spritzers. The idea with all of these cocktails is to make wine more sessionable, or to turn a cheap bottle into something palatable.

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Cask wine sales could be restricted in the city to reduce problem drinking in the Parklands - Cask wine sales in the city could be restricted under a proposal being considered by the Adelaide City Council to combat problem drinking in the Parklands.

The word on wine - A comprehensive compendium that deserves a spot on every aficionado's shelf, Victoria Moore toasts the arrival of the latest Oxford Companion to Wine.

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These places banned booze. Now they’re dealing with something far worse - "Dry counties" that prohibit alcohol sales seem to have a bigger meth problem than other counties. That's the thought-provoking conclusion of a new paper by researchers at the University of Louisville. In the state of Kentucky, some counties ("dry") prohibit alcohol sales completely. Others allow it only within certain municipalities ("moist,") or don't place restrictions on alcohol sales at all ("wet"). The Louisville researchers noticed that dry counties had higher rates of meth lab busts, as well as higher rates of meth crimes overall. And the effect is significant: "if all counties were to become wet, the total number of meth lab seizures in Kentucky would decline by about 25 percent," they found.

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