Space wine and a coffee alternative

Today's news brings two interesting stories.

Chile's Tremonte vineyard, whose owner is an avid astronomer, has produced a wine barrel fermented with a real meteorite believed to have come from the trans-Martian asteroid belt. Regardless of the flavor, the connection to the great unknown would certainly give consumption of a bottle a great sense of occasion.

Experimenting with ways to branch out from its core service of the morning coffee and fill its quieter hours, Starbucks will be offering beer and wine at a handful of locations. The new menu already exists in Seattle and Portland, and will be shortly expanding to Southern California, Chicago, and Atlanta.