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Over 2,000 cans of Miller High Life were crushed by officials for violating origin status protections with its slogan ‘Champagne of Beers’.

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday that it will impose temporary anti-subsidy duties on Australian wine imports starting December 11.

Buy an Australian bottle of wine or two (or three) in December and show Chinese President Xi Jinping the world will not be cowed by his “bullying of Australia.”

Liquor sales at stores surrounding Cornell University are skyrocketing in the aftermath of the presidential election. One wine shop near campus reported that sales increased 96 percent during election week.

A determined Modesto, CA, wino got his fix from the source on Wednesday after climbing onto a moving truck to drink wine from its tank.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Champagne corks no longer pop at Dubai’s infamous alcohol-soaked brunches. The blaring flat-screen televisions stand silent in the sheikhdom’s sports bars. And the city-state’s pubs have shrink-wrapped their now-idle beer taps.

Any change in the earth’s temperature could slash the amount of areas on the planet capable of growing and sustaining existing wine varieties, a study released Monday suggests.

Multiple Democrats sparred over the use of closed-door, high-dollar “wine cave” fundraisers to make money at the sixth Democrat debate in Los Angeles, California, at Loyola Marymount University Thursday night.

PARIS (AP) — France is threatening a “strong European riposte” if the Trump administration follows through on a proposal to hit French cheese, Champagne, handbags and other products with tariffs – of up to 100%.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on up to $2.4 billion worth of French imports — including Roquefort cheese, handbags, lipstick and sparkling wine — in retaliation for France’s tax on American tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook.

A California winemaker was sentenced to five months in prison over his role in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal. He had pled guilty to paying $300,000 to get his daughter into USC.

Actor Brad Pitt said in a recent interview that President Donald Trump “represents a much bigger threat” beyond his proposal to impose tariffs on French wine.

TEL AVIV – In a move that has been blasted as illegal by critics, Canada’s Federal Court on Monday ruled that Israeli wines from West Bank settlements can no longer be labeled “Made in Israel.”

“I’ve always like American wine better anyway,” Trump said. “I don’t drink wine but I like the way it looks.”

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday spoke out in favor of  “great” American wine when he promised to confront France over unfair tariffs on the imported product.

A recently launched contest offers Hillary Clinton supporters an opportunity to take in a Broadway play with the twice-failed presidential candidate while sipping a glass of chardonnay.

California winemakers that have enjoyed an export boom were relieved that China chose to avoid a trade war by giving President Trump a victory in first-round trade negotiations.

Parents of an Ohio high school student gave a special Christmas gift to their son’s teachers this year: bottles of wine with their son’s face on the labels. News of their unique gift has gone viral.

Two bottles of an Israeli wine that is banned in some parts of the world due to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish State, sold for a record $12,000 each during an auction in Miami on Tuesday.

A changing climate might improve French wines, according to new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

JERUSALEM – An Israeli winemaker is turning a nearly extinct variety of grape into wine that was last consumed in the era of the bible, ISRAEL21c reported.  Using 3D and DNA analysis, Marawi grapes were found to be the same

KaDeWe, which on Saturday removed from its store wine produced in the Golan Heights, apologized for the move on Sunday and returned the bottles to its shelves.

While climate change menaces vineyards in southern Europe, English winemakers are raising a toast to warming weather as it improves their wines and has helped revive an ancient tradition. “Climate change is benefitting us a lot,” said Chris Foss, head

On Wednesday, Pope Francis denied rumors that he is a teetotaler, drinking only mate tea, an herbal infusion typical of certain Latin American countries. “I’m not a teetotaler,” he said. “I drink a little wine from Italy and other countries from around the world. But just a little.” The Pope’s grandfather, in fact, was winemaker of Piedmontese origin.

In a surprise announcement on his plane trip to Manila Thursday, Pope Francis said that he is planning to canonize the founder of California’s first missions and the father of the California wine industry when he visits the US next fall.