Donnerstag, 21. Mai 2015
Brace yourselves – there’s a global shortage of prosecco on the way
EMERGENCY: An Italian manufacturer has forecast a ‘global shortage’ of prosecco which will impact stocks in the UK this summer.
Cracking open a bottle of prosecco at every given opportunity is something we pride ourselves on, so warnings of an imminent dry spell are just devastating.
According to Robert Cremonese, the export manager of Italian prosecco producer Bisol, stocks are way down.
‘Last year’s harvest was very poor, and down by up to 50 per cent in some parts, so there is a very real possibility of a global shortage,’ he told The Drinks Business.
‘We’ll find out how big the problem is in August when the brokers release their stock. At the moment we don’t know how much prosecco they’re holding on to.’
How has this happened though, really?
Mr Cremonese says that it’s the greedy wine merchants who ‘hold the power at the moment as they bought all of the stock’.
‘It might turn out that some… Read the full story http://ift.tt/1IN9IxR May 21, 2015 at 04:52PM
Drinking coffee can give you better erections, says study
According to a new study, ‘men who drink the equivalent caffeine level of two to three cups of coffee a day are less likely to have erectile dysfunction.’
Yep. Caffeine builds strong d***s.
The study, released this week by the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, found that men who consumed between 85 and 170 milligrams of caffeine a day were 42 per cent less likely to report erectile dysfunction, than those who didn’t consume any.
Men who consumed between 171 and 303 milligrams of caffeine a day were 39 per cent less likely to report performance issues.
The study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, where erectile dysfunction was assessed by a single question. Caffeine sources in the study included tea, soda and sports drinks, as well as… Read the full story http://ift.tt/1c6PCjF May 21, 2015 at 11:13AM