Miscellanea

My wallet is unmoved: Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 index down double digits in 2011, matches 2008 decline.

Boom times abroad for buttery Chardonnays: California wine exports were up 23 percent through first 10 months of 2011.

Insert requisite Harold & Kumar reference: White Castle considers adding wine, beer to its menu.

Canadian, American—what’s the difference?  A fun BBC report about the state of French cuisine, with hilarious anti-American gibe aimed at the Canadian reporter (21-minute mark).

Oh, the morning after: In time for New Year’s Eve, The New Yorker re-posts an illuminating piece about hangovers.