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Ask a Wine Pro: Is it Safe to Consume Wine With Mold on the Top of the Cork?

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There’s something almost magical about opening up a bottle of wine that you’ve been looking forward to for a long time. Perhaps you’ve been keeping it stored in your own cellar for ages, or maybe you’ve come across an older bottle while shopping. Some producers clean up their bottles when they release library vintages,” Barnett says.

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Plastic offsets: rubbish or remedy?

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Danone, which owns Indonesia’s largest bottled water brand Aqua, pulled the plug as concerns over pollution rose. Work continues in this area but is far from speedy due in part to strict food safety rules; this leaves food companies that rely on flexible plastic scratching their heads for sustainable solutions.

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Nestlé defends bottled-water safety following France watchdog probe

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Nestlé has defended the quality of its mineral water following questions from France’s food-safety watchdog.

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Blood, Bones, and Bitters: Meat Cocktails Are More Than a Novelty

VinePair

It might have been the funkiest concoction one could sip in the city, lest you dare unflappable Bar Ben Fiddich owner Haruyasu Kayamato let loose a Ramos Vodka Fizz with the fermented horse milk vodka he smuggled back from Mongolia in a repurposed Fanta bottle. When he’s game, the end result is a gamy kefir.

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Apollo Bay Distillery Recalls SS Casino Gin – Bottles Filled with Hand Sanitizer

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Victoria, Australia Apollo Bay Distillery issued an urgent recall for bottles of its SS casino Gin purchased between June 5, and June 7, 2020. In announcing the recall, a spokesperson told the media that the bottles were mis-filled with a hand sanitizer that they also produce at the same location.

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Nestlé fined for carbon filter use in Switzerland water business

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Vaud attorney general Eric Kaltenrieder, said Nestlé’s bottled water unit “misled” consumers by labelling the product as “natural mineral water” during the period in question and “obtained economic advantages”. OFCO recommended that Nestlé apply for a request for exemption from the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO).

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How to Tell If Your Spirits and Liqueurs Are Expired

VinePair

Unless you’re shaking up cocktails on the regular, your open spirit bottles probably sit on your bar cart for months or even years on end. It could be the bottle of Cognac you bought for baking that you never got around to finishing, the whiskey you only pour for guests, or that Licor 43 you purchased to make a round of Carajillos.

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