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Of all the lies you've told, "I own my own winery" ranks up there with "My girlfriend in Canada invented the idea of emoticons." Today’s grapey Groupon preserves the lie with a personalized pour. For $55, you’ll get $110 toward wine at Casavino Custom Winery, a father-and-son-owned winery that specializes in custom bottles and high-quality varietals. With this Groupon, you can create your own batch, customize labels on pre-made bottles, or apply your value toward a wine tasting.
In order to DIYine, you'll start by scheduling a tasting, where you'll sample up to 40 different varietals to determine your favorite flavor. Next, you'll work directly with Casavino's expert wine-makers on primary fermentation. After your wine is deemed quality and ready for bottling, you'll work with the winery's graphic artist to create a custom label before bottling, corking, and labeling it. Custom wine batches start at $250, but you can always opt to just stick a custom label over a pre-made wine; choose from red ($23), white ($19), fruity and blush ($13), or dessert ($18). You may also use your Groupon toward a wine tasting.
Aside from being a thoughtful gift for special occasions, birthdays, or weddings, Casavino's custom wines are also a perfect outlet for self-expression, self-promotion, and people who waste hours debating which label in the wine store is the prettiest.
Reviews
About.com featured Casavino as the only onsite custom wine making facility in the state, and one Google reviewer gives it five stars:
- This winery is nestled in a gorgeous little town and I highly recommend visiting if you are at all interested in wine! – Christine, Google
- I highly recommend this unique experience for yourselves, or as a gift to a wine lover in your life. The wines are very drinkable, and are similar to comparably priced wines available from local retailers. – About.com
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The History of Alcohol
Recent evidence suggests that humans produced alcohol as early as 10,000 BC, and many ancient cultures have produced signature alcoholic beverages. Here’s a guide to ancient drinking:
China, 5,000 BC: Alcohol was used in China to celebrate a variety of important events like births, conference championships, and the invention of gunpowder.
Egypt, 4,000 BC: Ancient Egyptians believed beer was the invention of Osiris, the god of slurring.
Northern Europe, 550 BC: Vikings drank mead, a honey alcohol made by crying bees. Vikings would frequently hurt those closest to them to produce the saddest bees.
Macedonia, 330 BC: Alexander the Great was known for his drunkenness, though he preferred to be known as "The Inventor Of Smiling."
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