Pregnant women who consume caffeine – whether it’s from coffee or tea – have smaller babies than those who abstain from the stimulant during pregnancy, new research suggests.

 

French luxury goods provider Chanel has acquired Napa Valley’s St. Supéry Estate vineyards and Winery for an undisclosed sum, adding a Californian brand to its portfolio of Bordeaux wines.

 

Water sommelier Martin Riese has seen the eye-roll and heard it before: “Water tastings? Only in L.A.”

 

The United States became the world’s biggest market for wine last year, beating France into second place for the first time as consumption slides in the country long seen as its natural home and Americans develop a greater taste for it.

 

What could be more Texas than this? Rice grown in Texas fields first planted by settlers more than a century ago, processed by a Texan in the heart of the capital, Austin, and sold under the product name “Rising Star.”

 

A Florida man walked into a convenience store with a live alligator and tried to trade it for a 12-pack of beer, according to wildlife authorities who cited him with illegally capturing the animal.

 

In a blog post entitled “Ale to the Chief,” White House Assistant Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives Sam Kass said that “with public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz,

 

If the secret to investing is buy low and sell high, the steep drop in fine wine prices – down between 25 percent and 40 percent from a year ago – could be an opportunity to diversify a portfolio – or not.

 

“Dawa” means “medicine” in Swahili, as in “I need dawa for my headache.” It is also the name of a refreshing cocktail found in Nairobi – and on a hot afternoon, it sounds like just what the doctor ordered.

 

Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savoring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine?

 
 
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