To celebrate the release of Perrier-Jouët’s Belle Epoque 2002, Japanese art photographer Makiko Takehara has interpreted 20 legendary Perrier-Jouët vintages, from the oldest in Champagne, the PJ 1825, to the first of the new millennium. Her compositions provide a uniquely artistic perspective of each vintage, turning champagne into a work of art.

Here are 10 of them.

If you have the chance to get out to the TWBE nabe this Saturday, a nice benefit is happening at Sucré.  Info is above.

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From Popular Science:

“A synthetic alcohol substitute developed from chemicals similar in composition to Valium could give users the pleasant feelings of tipsiness without affecting the parts of the brain that lead to barroom brawls, crippling addiction, and sleeping in your car.”

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That Mountain Dew label is fresh!

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Just look how bored the kid is.  Monkey Mug

Sounds a lot like me at the age of 4.

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According to India Times, a Russian Professor has evolved a technique that turns alcohol into powder, thereby allowing it to be packed into in pills. This is a really good/bad idea.

“Dry vodka can be wrapped in paper and carried around in a pocket or a bag. Vodka in form of a pill would come in handy at parties when “consumers” would be able to calculate their exact required dosage.”

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If Max Fish and Pianos banged, this would be the spawn.

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This is so awesome! the Disposable Flask, damn I wish I thought of that one. I can not begin to count the number of times I felt ripped off at a concert or sports event for a the price of a drink. Now you don’t have to worry about your monogrammed flask getting confiscated either. Pick up a set of 3 for $15.00. from all places Restoration Hardware!

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Designed by Alexander Purcell, the Sake Bomb is a based on a “juxtaposition of the Fugu Fish (Blowfish),… and a WW II sea mine.”  They come in blue, black, orange, and white, and retail for $98.

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I used to do this on paper cups using a red sharpie.  Cheeming Boey uses a black sharpie on styrofoam cups and the result is much better.

Oh yeah, that’s right.  Because sometimes you gotta get classier than Boone’s or Mad Dog 20/20.

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Here are two awesome gifts from Amron Experimental. They have a lot of really simple designed ideas, it was hard to pick only two.

The Bird Claw wine stopper, buy now for $35.00

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How to open a wine bottle with your shoe!  I would suggest you practice this at home before you bust it out at a party.

I keep ending up on this site which means that it must be a pretty good promotion for a booze brand.  Whether any of the girls or data is actually real (it’s real) is another story but, I bet if you’ve been drinking some DonQ it wouldn’t matter all that much anyway.

Have a look

Just like people, only cuter.

Here is a list of the 20 drunkest animals on YouTube, if you’re into it.

Perfect for the morning when you wake up hungover and all that’s left is warm beer, the internet and luckily enough, ice in the freezer (it all happens!). The video is a bit infomercial but, how else are you going to learn?