Alchohol News

Panama City - Panamonte XXV Reserva Preciosa, a limited-run, 25-year-old Panamanian aguardiente taking the rum community by storm, will hit U.S. stores as early as June.

London - Nearly everywhere around the world people are living longer, but are coping with higher levels of sickness, according to the largest study ever conducted on the global burden of disease.

A U.K. government agency has come out in support of proposals for a minimum price for alcoholic drinks. The idea is that by stopping alcoholic drinks from being sold too cheaply, this will deter vulnerable people.

Sarasota - Two grandparents were arrested Sunday after Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies witnessed the couple towing a toy car behind an SUV with their granddaughter inside.

Some UK children as young as 12 years old reported being heavy alcohol drinkers, claiming to quaff at least 28 units a week on a recent Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU) survey, while government health guidelines allow grown men 21.

So, what is considered appropriate content in a High School Year Book? Apparently the managing editor at this Colorado school felt photos of students smoking pot and holding up their DUI's for the camera worked well in documenting life at Conifer High.

TEQUILA (dpa) - Enrique Mendez seems happy. Just four years ago this 51-year-old peasant from the village of Amatitan, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, about 600 kilometres west of Mexico City, had no idea how he was going to survive or to feed his fam...

Hamburg - There are people who regard a meal simply as an appetiser for the real highpoint - the drink which follows. The digestif's actual function though is a modest one: it should round off a meal nicely, enliven the spirit and help the digestion. ...

Kiel, Germany (dpa) - No sooner has winter crept round the corner than out comes the rum - in Germany, certainly, and many other parts of northern Europe. Most popularly served as grog - mixed with hot water - in tea or even hot chocolate, the lower...