Quick Sips 2/1/12: Tasty Bits from the Web

A wine chiller doubles as a hibernation den for more than 200 slithering snakes. Chicago Tribune

Two East Coast mayors make a friendly football wager. CBS Pittsburgh

California’s ubiquitous white wine grape marks 100 years of growth in the States. Reuters

Touring the vineyards of South Africa. CNN

Imbibe contributor David Wondrich heads to New Orleans to chat about Cuba’s influence on the cocktail world. Nola.com