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Article: To Go Upscale, Put a Cork in It
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- The Washington Post
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- August 5, 2009
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Are beer and wine switching places?
While wine has been slouching in the direction of Joe Sixpack
(think of Two Buck Chuck and boxed varieties), beer has been
putting on airs, trying to move beyond its associations with toga
parties and weekend softball games.
Beer festivals are usually jeans-and-T-shirt events, but
attendees were urged to "dress to impress" for the Savor beer and
food extravaganza at the National Building Museum on May 30. Private
tastings matching beer, cheese and chocolate were dubbed "salons"
at the event.
While some wineries are packaging their finest vintage in cans
and screw-top bottles, small breweries are forsaking the plebian
bottle cap in favor of cork-and-wire ...