Gilt Taste, the discount luxury shopping website specializing in artisanal and specialty foods, has now launched Gilt Taste Wines, offering wines from small estates in France and California. [Wall Street Journal]
Cigar City Brewing, in Tampa, specializes in beer aged in Spanish cedar, which is what humidors are typically made of, imparting a cigar-like flavor. [USA Today]
Piero Lugano makes sparkling wine in the traditional Champagne method on the Italian Riviera. But with no place to store it, he ages it under the sea. [NY Times]
Two brewers in Cody, Wyoming, are fighting over the right to the Buffalo Bill name. It’s Buffalo Bill Cody Beer vs. Buffalo Bill Beer. [Wall Street Journal]
After testing it in select markets, Guinness is gearing up to roll out its new Guinness Black Lager on September 1, just in time for football season. [Luxedb]
As a world leader in sales of nonalcoholic beer, Spain is a model for European brewers looking to boost their market share in that sector. [Wall Street Journal]