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Alcohol is probably one of the most controversial product in terms of health, age, laws or cause of accidents. 1 - The word “toast,” which means wishing good health originated in ancient Rome. A piece of toasted bread was literally dropped into wine back then. 2 - The soil of one of the vineyards in France is considered so precious that it is mandatory for workers to scrape the soil off their shoes before they leave. 3 - Anyone under the age of 21 should be careful of taking out trash bags in Missouri. If you are under 21 and the garbage contains an empty bottle of alcohol, you can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol. 4 - Most people think that drinking alcohol raises the body temperature. Alcohol actually lowers the body temperature. 5 - Here is a little surprise : The national anthem of United States “The Star Spangled Banner,” was written to the tune of a drinking song. 6 - Although “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...

A French bartender has been convicted of manslaughter after serving a man 56 shots in one sitting, which led to the man’s death. Renaud Prudhomme, 56, downed the shots at a bar called Starter in the central French town of Clermont-Ferrand, as reported by The Telegraph. After returning home, the emergency services were called and Mr Prudhomme died the following day in hospital. Bartender Gilles Crepin, 47, received a four month suspended sentence at a French court on Wednesday and was banned from working in a bar for a year. Crepin’s lawyer, Renaud Portejoie, said his client was not responsible for the Prudhomme’s death, arguing that it was the man’s daughter that had persuaded him to break the record. He also cited Prudhomme’s existing respiratory and alcohol abuse problems. While Crepin is understood to be appealing the ban, he admitted he had made a mistake by displaying the shots record on a noticeboard at the bar. Antoine Portal, a lawyer for Prudhomme’s daughter, said ...

KPI – Key Performance Indicators Key Performance Indicators are used in four main areas: Revenue improvement Cost reduction Process cycle-time improvement Increased customer satisfaction The following are KPI examples from real-life scenarios. Using these KPIs will benefit in reducing overheads, errors, delays and costs. Business Process – Key Performance Indicators The following are KPI examples for gauging business process performance: Percentage of processes where completion falls within +/- 5% of the estimated completion Average process overdue time Percentage of overdue processes Average process age Percentage of processes where the actual number assigned resources is less than planned number of assigned resources Sum of costs of “killed” / stopped active processes Average time to complete task Sum of deviation of time (e.g. in days) against planned schedule of all active projects Service Level Agreement (SLA) – Key Performance Indicators ...

1. There is more to Portuguese wine than just port. While port is what put Portugal on the world wine map, today there are many winemakers producing dry wines -- red, white, rose, and even sparkling wine. 2. A Portuguese dry wine is not port. Even if a traditional Port producer makes a dry wine. What's the difference between port and dry wine? Port is what's called a fortified wine, meaning it has been beefed up by adding a wine spirit, such as brandy, during the fermentation process that turns grape juice into wine. The brandy stops the fermentation cold, before all of the sugar in the grape juice is converted into alcohol. This is why ports are sweet, and a dessert wine. Even though fermentation is halted, the brandy increases the alcohol level of the port, and a fortified wine is the result. The dry wines are fermented dry and are not sweet. No wine spirit or brandy is added. They are made just like any other dry wine. 3. Portuguese wine equals value.   One ad...

Bacardi: Company founder Don Facundo Bacardi Masso bought his first rum distillery in Cuba for 3,500 pesos. Wars, natural disasters, bankruptcy and exile have failed to tame the Bacardí family spirit. Instead, with each knock-back, they have remained strong, determined and passionate. Why? Because they have always believed in the quality of their rum. Their faith was first rewarded with a Gold Medal at the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876 and, since then, BACARDÍ rum has earned more than 550 awards for taste, quality and innovation. Today, according to independent research conducted and audited in May 2012, BACARDÍ is the top-selling and most awarded rum in the world, as well as the world’s most awarded spirit. Want to know why the Bacardi logo is a bat? Bacardi is the only rum that uses a free-tailed bat as its logo. There are two main reasons for this. The first is the bat's relation to sugar cane. Sugar cane is used in the production of Bacardi rum (as w...

Despite our familiarity with Jack Daniel’s, the whiskey, many people don’t know much about the history of the distillery or the man who started it. Jack Daniel’s is more than just a brand; it’s an iconic symbol of Southern charm and hospitality. Jack Daniel’s embodies the spirit of Jack Daniel, the founder and brand’s first master distiller. Jack Daniel’s history can be gleaned from stories about his distillery and the whiskey he made famous around the world. From ironic to just plain strange, these facts about Jack Daniel's Whiskey are sure to stump even the biggest of its fans. 1. Jack Daniel's is made in a dry county It is a little known fact that the county in which Jack Daniel's is produced, Moore County in Tennessee, is a dry county. The laws against alcohol there have been carried on from the 1900s, when the whole state was dry for almost 30 years. 2. There are four versions of Jack Daniel's Most people think of the original Old No. 7 ...

Amazing facts about wine Wine is a very old and complex drink with a long and fascinating history. It will take you years of study to really understand its intricacy and become a wine connoisseur. Today, it’s the occasion to sharpen your wine facts! Still, there are a few facts about wine that everyone can grasp quickly, just in case you find yourself at a posh party and you want to make a good first impression. Well, let’s go together through the most amazing facts about wine and make you wine smart in less than 5 minutes. 1. Drinking wine can improve your sex life This is perhaps one of the most amazing and interesting facts about wine. When drunk regularly it can actually help you boost your sex drive. An Italian study showed that women who have 2 glasses of wine daily, enjoy physical pleasure much more intensely than women who don’t drink wine at all. A very good reason to start drinking wine, isn't it? 2. The world’s biggest red wine consumers are the Chi...

What is it? Bourbon whiskey is America's native spirit. In order to begin to fully appreciate bourbon, its important to know the regulations concerning it manufacture and how they relate to the end product in your glass. Here are the regulations regarding bourbon whiskey and why they matter to you, the consumer. Bourbon must be made from at least 51% corn mash. Corn contributes a noticeable sweetness to the final product, and often makes up a much larger percentage of the mash bill in a bourbon whiskey. Other grains used to round out the mash bill include rye, barley and wheat. Bourbon must be a product of the United States. Some people think that bourbon can only be produced in Kentucky, but that is erroneous. While the vast majority of bourbon is made in Kentucky, any state in the U.S. can produce bourbon. Washington State is eagerly anticipating the upcoming release of Dry Fly bourbon, and Finger Lakes Distilling makes bourbon in New York state to name a few notabl...