Chocolate Industry Abuses, Relieved Critics, and Old Whisky
Categories: Talking Points
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1. Bad chocolate. The CNN Freedom Project, a year-long initiative looking into slavery and human trafficking around the world, recently interviewed U. Roberto Romano, one of the filmmakers of The Dark Side of Chocolate, a new documentary about child labor and chocolate production in Africa. Romano's film appears to give lie to the 2001 Cocoa Protocol that companies like Barry Callabaut and Nestle signed pledging to rid the industry of child slave labor. The movie doesn't appear to have U.S. screenings any time soon, but Americans an order a copy of the DVD from the International Labor Rights Forum for a suggested donation of $6.
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| Ernest Shackleton, whisky archivist. |
3. Whisky stunt. Working in a similar vein to Dogfish Head's recreations of ancient beers, a Glasgow-based distillery named Whyte & Mackay says it has replicated the whisky that Ernest Shackleton abandoned under the Antarctic ice a century ago. Three cases of whisky were discovered a while back, but it took years to arrange for it to be excavated, transported, and thawed enough for Whyte & Mackay's master whisky blender to taste. Only two people ― the blender and a whisky writer ― have tasted the two bottles side by side, but they both swear it's an exact copy. Which makes me wonder: Who got to drink the rest?
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