Quick Sips 1/2/13: Tasty Bits from Around the Web

The quick-fix coffee tool that can help better your brew. New York Times

What’s causing some wine experts to worry that France’s entire viticulture system may be in jeopardy? CNBC

Will a proposed beer merger create a monopoly of macobrews? Marketplace.org

Russia bans beer sales from its once-popular kiosks. Washington Post

A small cherry crop may mean less of Wisconsin’s famed fruit wine and beer. Journal Times