Fizzy wine in a can!

And some interesting news about the release of interviews with the Rolling Stones from 1972 and how you can be a distiller for a day.

I am old enough to remember when many winemakers refused to seal their bottles with anything other than cork, and when beer lovers insisted that fine ales and lagers had to come in bottles (brown or green, preferably) to ensure the precious contents were not fouled.

Oh, how times have changed. Materials science has created taint-free cans, cartons, and poly bags that are ubiquitous. Pricy and cheap wines alike come with artifical corks, and top-end craft brews are sold in aluminum cans. Nobody bats an eye.

Which brings me to Lovvo, an Italian company that offers canned, fizzy wines.

Sure, Piper and other producers have been selling single-serve bottles of bubbly for a long time. But bubbly in a can is a new thing, and I predict it will become very popular within a few years.

Why?

1. Cans cost less than glass and have less breakage.

2. Cans offer more options for cheerful packaging. (Just look at that photo!)

3. An 8.4 ounce (250 ml, or 2 glasses) can is much lighter and more portable than a 26.3 ounce bottle. Slip it in your handbag or coat pocket. Add a few four-packs to a cooler or backpack.

4. Consumers increasingly see single-use glass containers as green un-friendly and cans as more easily recycled.

5. The younger generation of drinks-buyers do not have the taint anxieties that previous generations had.

To date, Lovvo of Italy has released three canned wines: a semi-sparkling white wine lambrusco (11% ABV); a semi-sparkling rose wine lambrusco (8.5% ABV); and a semi-sparkling red wine lambrusco (8.5% ABV). I tried them during a weather hot spell, and they hit the spot. The rose was my favorite.

To see if Lovvo is available in your area, check with The Restless Dreamers Beverage Company.

News you can use

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• Ohio State Buckeye Fans: Buckeye Vodka exists! Really, and it sponsors Ohio State Athletics. (Read more)

• Whiskey-tipplers: Have you tried Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon? It is on my to-taste list. (Read more)

• Booze Co-splayers: Want to be the master whiskey distiller at Buffalo Trace for a day? Then enter this contest pronto! (Read more)

• Beer-lovers: Harlem hops is the first Black-owned craft beer bar in Manhattan, and now it is opening a location in Atlanta. (Read more)

• Those of a certain age: Actor Eric Roberts has a memoir out. Addiction was a huge challenge to the guy many of us saw first as the fiend in “Star 80” and the irrepressible salesman in the “Coca-Cola Kid.” (Read more)

• Rolling Stones fans: iHeart released a podcast with interviews of the band in 1972 while they were touring the United States. “ Stones Touring Party is an all-access pass to the sights, sounds, riots, bombings, drug busts, death threats and other assorted mayhem from this pivotal moment in American history.” Yes, it is free. (Read more)

• Foodies: Insight Editions is releasing Fast & Furious: The Official Cookbook on October 15th. (Read more)

• YUZU fans: “YUZU, the new social app for the Asian American community, is teaming up with Boba Guys to launch a limited-edition drink, the #YuzuYourVote drink, aimed at encouraging young Asian Americans to vote in the 2024 elections.” (Read more)

• Chicago-beer fans: Chicago’s Illuminated Brew Works partnered with Cleveland’s Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick to release a special edition bock beer. (Read more)

• Mezcal fans: Smithsonian magazine has a piece on mezcal’s popularity, which comes with costs. (Read more)

Parting shot: Quite the party at the National Cathedral

The Competitive Enterprise Institute held its annual party recently. It was an open bar reception outside that featured a firey troupe, followed by dinner and endless drinks inside. George Will spoke, as did Magatte Wade, author of The Heart of a Cheetah. And did I mention there were lots of drinks? ;-)