Two years after the Egyptian revolution that ousted an authoritarian regime, liberals are increasingly concerned that the ruling Islamists are out to curb personal freedoms and build a society in...
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Rob Samuels, Maker's Mark's chief operating officer, said that it is restoring the alcohol volume of its product to its historic level of 45 per cent, or 90 proof. Last week, it said it was...
6 Feb 2013
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28 Jan 2013
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The winner of a food-inspection competition discovered five illegal additives in half an hour, the Beijing Morning News reports.
A former director of farm-machinery management in Chongqing was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in jail for accepting 3 million yuan in bribes and for embezzling 500,000 yuan in public money to...
Denzel Washington's character in Flight drinks a lot, but his portrayal of a highly functioning alcoholic pilot isn't going down well with brewing company Anheuser-Busch or the distributor of...
Mikhael von Brasch, French despite the German-sounding name, is the mixologist at Tott's at The Excelsior and a traditionalist at heart.
Digital technology is dipping its toe into the world of wining and dining. At Aqua, Assaggio and FoFo by el Willy, patrons scroll through electronic wine lists. Touch-screen systems have arrived...
While sitting in a bar in Singapore on a Friday evening earlier this month, watching revellers around me celebrate Oktoberfest, the annual German beer festival, it suddenly occurred to me there...
A private security company working for the US government in Afghanistan is in hot water after a video surfaced allegedly showing several of its employees drunk and on drugs, US broadcaster ABC...
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