This article from CNBC has some interesting tidbits from the past week about some new offerings from beer companies like Anheuser-Busch InBev and Diageo's Guinness with regards to craft brews.

But it also goes into a brief about the damaging effect of the weather on this year's grape crop in Europe. Much like we have dealt with drought-related crop problems in the U.S. this summer and into the fall, European countries have been working through much of the same issues.

What the ultimate price is for the wine from 2012 will not be known for quite awhile, but I have a feeling the same concern there is for beef and grocery prices in 2013 in the U.S., could be the same fate of wine futures in France and Italy.