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In the mid-1980s, Austrian wine producers accidentally poisoned their bottles with antifreeze in an attempt to make their wines appear sweeter.

WILLIAMSBURG — Craft beer aficionados will have a unique opportunity to learn more about the colonial history of the fermented beverage this November at…

WILLIAMSBURG — Craft beer aficionados will have a unique opportunity to learn more about the colonial history of the fermented beverage this November at…

WILLIAMSBURG — Tickets are now on sale for Colonial Williamsburg's November Ales Through the Ages conference which promises to allow in-person and online…

From goddesses to tavern operators, women have impacted brewing throughout the ages. Listen in to learn about the history of women in beer.

Getty If you’re into wine or beer, you’ve likely come across a few “wine snobs” or “beer geeks.” While they might seem like a modern phenomenon, millennia of evidence proves otherwise. But like everything in history, it depends on where you look. Take Pliny the Elder, a 1st-century general and author during the Roman Empire. During his military campaigns, he recorded what soldiers from different regions drank the night before battle. It was often beer, according to Travis Rupp, a be...

Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave @ Legion of Honor, San Francisco Legion of Honor // May 07, 2021 - August 29, 2021 May 07, 2021 | in Installation Furnishing Unknown Artist, Strongbox with Appliques, AD 1 - 79 Cassaforte Bronze, iron, silver, copper 40.2 x 55 x 31.5 inches HLD (102 x 140 x 80 cm HLD) Parco Archeologico di Pompei Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco "Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave" installation at the Legion of Honor mu...

• Sep 27, 2016 It has been a common belief that low-emissions vehicles, like hybrids and electric cars, are more expensive than other choices. But a new study finds that when operating and maintenance costs are included in a vehicles price, cleaner cars may actually be a better bet. The cars and trucks we drive are responsible for about a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in this country. Thats why Jessika Trancik, an energy scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...