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# Your Beverage Reader
- URL: https://bevnews.net/your-beverage-reader/
- Published: 2026-03-07T11:00:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-07T11:00:55.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

## [Wine Should Be a National Pastime](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ref=bevnews.net#inbox/FMfcgzQfCDXdmRHWfVLnnlFfVCMSBrxK)

The concordance between wine and baseball should drive our efforts to champion the beverage. (Fermentation/Tom Wark0

## [T](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/this-gmail-trick-helped-me-eliminate-80-of-the-spam-in-my-inbox/ar-AA1QxjGQ?ocid=winp1taskbar&pc=oneClick&cvid=1db58d57a7324728bfed504ca243921b&ei=3&ref=bevnews.net)[his Gmail trick helped me eliminate 80% of the spam in my inbox](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/this-gmail-trick-helped-me-eliminate-80-of-the-spam-in-my-inbox/ar-AA1QxjGQ?ocid=winp1taskbar&pc=oneClick&cvid=1db58d57a7324728bfed504ca243921b&ei=3&ref=bevnews.net)

'm sure there are people inundated with more email spam than me, but I also suspect that as a tech journalist, I get more than the average person. Every few hours, I need to delete dozens of messages to keep my inbox under control – many of them unsolicited story pitches. (PocketLint/MSN)

## [What the Numbers Really Say about Gin in the U.S. Market](https://daily.sevenfifty.com/what-the-numbers-really-say-about-gin-in-the-u-s-market/?ref=bevnews.net)

While overall gin volume sales continue to decline, premium-and-above brands are growing, revealing a category in transition rather than retreat (Seven-Fifty Daily) 

## [One last drink with Esther](https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/esther-mobley-wine-writer-21939372.php?utm%5Fsource=marketing&utm%5Fmedium=copy-url-link&utm%5Fcampaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2Qvd2luZS9hcnRpY2xlL2VzdGhlci1tb2JsZXktd2luZS13cml0ZXItMjE5MzkzNzIucGhw&time=MTc3Mjg2MTk1NDcyNw%3D%3D&rid=ZTgzYTg5MzQtYTg2Zi00MWUxLWJlNWUtZmQ0ZjZhYjFlNjRm&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D&%5Fbhlid=ac383e2bc4d91e44b1b3ebf94e3537ca75e0abc4)

In her final installment of the Drinking with Esther newsletter, Esther Mobley, senior wine critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, looks back at how the last decade of California wine has changed her. It's worth a read. 

## [Wine and Fascism](https://robertcamuto.substack.com/p/wine-and-fascism)

How Mussolini's foodie pals helped launch the vino renaissance. (Robert Camuto – Italy Matters)

## [Wine Harks Back to the USSR](https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/03/wine-harks-back-to-the-ussr?%5Fbhlid=eb6a66577c3bb517605d3787bce1485c167fea58&ref=bevnews.net)

The current state of the wine industry displays some interesting parallels with late Soviet-era winemaking. (Wine-searcher)

## [Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps](https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/24/urine-tests-confirm-alcohol-consumption-in-wild-african-chimps/?ref=bevnews.net)

An analysis of 20 urine samples from chimpanzees in Uganda found byproducts of ethanol in at least 17 samples, indicating that apes ingest significant alcohol from the fermented fruit in their diet. (UC Berkeley News)

## ***Your Health***

## [Spring forward: Sleep expert warns daylight saving time raises crash totals, health risks](https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/03/05/save-standard-time/?lctg=7415E454A4F98584243F854238&utm%5Femail=7415E454A4F98584243F854238&active=no&utm%5Fsource=listrak&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=https%3a%2f%2fwww.baltimoresun.com%2f2026%2f03%2f05%2fsave-standard-time%2f&utm%5Fcampaign=trib-baltimore%5Fsun-breaking%5Fnews-nl&utm%5Fcontent=alert)

Get ready to [spring forward](https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/03/04/when-is-2026-daylight-saving-time/?ref=bevnews.net). 

Literally — you can prepare yourself.

“The most important thing to do is get enough sleep. This might mean you go to bed early for several nights prior to the time change,” [Dr. Emerson Wickwire](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/wickwire-emerson/?ref=bevnews.net), psychiatrist with the University of Maryland Medical Center, told The Baltimore Sun.