A new crop of Czech whisky distillers belies a complex past, one intertwined in the country's brewing and malting expertise ...

Police investigating a mass methanol poisoning in Brazil have uncovered a clandestine alcohol factory whose products are believed to be linked to the deaths of two people. There has been a total of ...

SAO PAULO -- A surge in methanol poisoning cases in Brazil has prompted police investigations, stoked public fear and altered drinking habits in recent days. The Health Ministry said Friday it had ...

Three people have died and more than 200 others have fallen ill in a wave of methanol poisoning cases stemming from suspected tainted alcohol spreading through Brazil. Bruna Araújo de Souza, 30; ...

Brazilian Health Minister Alexandre Padilha on Friday urged residents to avoid drinking alcohol, particularly distilled spirits, amid mounting cases of methanol poisonings, including one confirmed ...

Bruna Araújo de Souza had been in hospital after ingesting vodka with peach juice A 30-year-old woman has become the third person to die from methanol poisoning in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, as ...

A bar near Sao Paulo’s bustling Paulista Avenue experienced an unusual Friday night recently: not a single cocktail was ordered. Instead, patrons opted exclusively for beer, wine, or draft beer, a ...

When Marcelo Lombardi, 45, complained he was feeling sleepy on a Friday, his family didn’t think much of it. Lombardi often put in long hours running his family’s 17-year-old real estate business in ...

Brazil’s health ministry is warning people to avoid cocktails after tainted liquor killed at least one person, blinded others and fueled a nationwide panic. From chic São Paulo bars to Rio de ...

(Bloomberg) -- Bars and restaurants across Brazil’s biggest state fear they could see as much as a 30% drop in business as a methanol poisoning crisis rocks the alcoholic beverage industry. The ...

A new Barron’s report describes more than 100 cases of suspected methanol poisoning in and around São Paulo, including at least one confirmed death. From upscale bars to beachfront kiosks, Brazilians ...