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Louisville distillery joins Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Kentucky's mostly rustic bourbon sector is spreading to the shadows of Louisville's skyscrapers, where a tiny distillery being developed by the maker of Evan Williams bourbon will become a big-city stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. The artisanal distillery will produce ...

Bill suggests removing part of marijuana DUI tests

Some Nevada lawmakers say medical marijuana patients shouldn't be deemed impaired when driving just because they have small amounts of marijuana in their system. The idea sparked intense debate Tuesday when Assembly Majority Leader William Horne, D-Las Vegas, presented AB351 to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. "Marijuana is ...

This April 2013 photo shows the Chalet Cheese Co-op in Monroe, Wis., which bills itself as “America’s only Limburger cheese plant.” Limburger is known as a foul-smelling cheese but the local production is a point of pride in the tranquil town of Monroe. (AP Photo/Niamh O’Neill-Culhane)

Visit Wisconsin home of world's stinkiest cheese

The sign above the bar in Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty — a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard. "Limburger: don't eat it with your nose." The sign might well add: Don't eat ...

Craft distilleries growing in Oregon

First came the brewmasters, whose small-scale breweries and full-flavor beers were infused with the Northwest's DNA. Oregon's wine industry had a slower ascension, but the state's vintages became recognized as world-class. The third wave has started to arrive and its offering something stronger: whiskey, gin, vodka and other spirits, made ...

In this April 27, 2013 photo, bottles of local made sweet wine Prosek are seen on a shelf in a wine cellar in Jelsa, southern Croatia. The EU has ruled that once the Balkan country becomes its 28th member on July 1, Prosek can no longer be sold under that name across the EU, even at home. It maintains that it is too similar to Prosecco, Italy's sparkling beverage. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

To join EU, Croatia may give up its wine

Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated trademark battle over the country's beloved sweet dessert wine has some feeling less than bubbly, mirroring rapidly declining enthusiasm among Croats for membership in ...

Distilleryman Brian Messina inspects a bottle of baby bourbon on the bottling line at Tuthilltown Spirits on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Gardiner, N.Y. Some call it “grain to glass,” the booze equivalent of the local-food slogan “farm to table,” though in the case of the apple vodka made from Hudson Valley at Tuthilltown, it’s more like “tree to tumbler.” Whatever the name, it’s catching on. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

That's the spirit: Booze from local crops booming

With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn't have to look far for the grains and apples to make their whiskey, vodka and gin. The 10-year-old company crafts many of their liquors from ingredients grown no more than a few minutes away, ...

A resident carries a bucket of water to help fight the brush fire burning right up to his property in the hills above Banning, Calif., on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Terry Pierson)

Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of Los Angeles

A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 4½ square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions. The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke out just after noon ...

Bill on youth drinking sent to Oklahoma governor

The Oklahoma Senate has passed a measure to encourage minors to call for help if they think someone is suffering from alcohol poisoning. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Cliff Branan of Oklahoma City and Rep. Mike Jackson of Enid. Under the legislation, a minor couldn't be charged with underage ...

In this photo taken March 15, 2013 Kate MacMurray, daughter of the late actor Fred MacMurray poses with a glass of Pinot Noir by a photograph of her father in a tasting area and gallery of old photographs at the MacMurray Ranch in Healdsburg, Calif. The former cattle ranch, which was purchased in 1941 by the actor in the popular TV series "My Three Sons," now produces wine and is owned by the Gallo wine family. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Hollywood and Vine: Wineries with celeb connection

Sometimes visitors to MacMurray Ranch, the 1,500-acre (600-hectare) spread owned by movie and TV actor Fred MacMurray for a half-century, want to know: Where's the heliport? Where's the screening room? Kate MacMurray, Fred's daughter, just smiles. "This was our home," she explains. What visitors will find at the ranch is ...

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, Drew Barrymore arrives at BVLGARI's event celebrating Elizabeth Taylor and her magnificent BVLGARI jewel collection at BVLGARI Beverly Hills, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Fancy having Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? You might start with an aperitif of Jolie and Pitt's new Miraval rose, move on to a light pasta dish served with Barrymore Wine's pinot grigio, then perhaps finish up with a glass of Canadian Aykroyd's cabernet franc ice wine for dessert. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Growing crowd of celebrity wines take spotlight

Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they'll even bring the wine. OK, maybe the stars themselves won't show up, but their wines will appear with just a wave of a credit card. You might start with an aperitif of Angelina Jolie and Brad ...

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