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Washington-based Columbia Crest is asking internet users to help the company create a crowdsourced Cabernet Sauvignon. Over 18 months, interested participants can visit www.crowdsourcedcabernet to help make decisions in the winemaking process.

Absolut has launched Tune, a sparkling fusion of crisp white wine and premium vodka.

The eleventh annual Golden Bar Awards were presented last week, recognizing Diageo's distribution and brokerage partners for their sales, marketing and promotion strategies.

The bourbon maker teams with Liquor.com for the second annual contest in which mixologists from around the country submit their best Manhattan recipes.

Jose Cuervo, which is currently distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Diageo, will move to Proximo Spirits as of July 1. Proximo is a privately held company based in New Jersey, which also imports 1800 Tequila and other brands.

The Portland State University School of Business has created a brewing certificate program called "The Business of Craft Brewing." The online program includes business models for distilleries and cider facilities, as well as other information designed for people with an interest in craft brewing.

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences released a study that analyzed teh impacts of climate change on wine production and conservation. It also includes a map that outlines suitable areas for winemaking around the globe.

Keith Villa, the creator of MillerCoors' popular Blue Moon Belgian-style beer, has now brewed a small-batch beer/wine product.

This year winter's frost, combined with mildew and hail, destroyed more than half the crop in some of Burgundy's prestigious vineyards.

Prohibition was repealed 79 years ago today. Here's a look at how that 14-year period transformed American drinking habits.