This marks the first edition of AL.com’s Birmingham food news roundup, a newsletter-style rundown of food and drink-related news and culture in the Birmingham metro area. We’ll publish this roundup a few times a week.

Wine Ice Cream? Um, yes please...

Fans of Corbin Farm Winery’s Tuxedo Junction dessert wine are in for a treat. The winery has teamed up with Burnette Farms Market to create a wine ice cream.

Named after the popular sweet table wine with notes of chocolate and caramel, the new Tuxedo Junction ice cream is churned with Burnette Farms handmade vanilla ice cream and chocolate shavings.

The idea for the collaboration came about three weeks ago, when winery owners Matt and Carley Corbin had the idea to do an ice cream social at Corbin Farms. After speaking to Burnett Farms about collaborating on the event, the idea for ice cream was born.

Looking to get a taste? The winery is serving up a scoop over its chocolate molten lava cake. Carley Cobin has also whipped a special Tuxedo Junction wine sauce reduced with cinnamon, sugar, and lemon juice. You can try that lava cake special for $6.95.

In the coming weeks, Corbin Farms will sell half pints of the ice cream for $5.

Burnette Farms Market won’t carry the ice cream (legally, they can’t because of the alcohol content) but you can pick up a pint of their non-alcoholic homemade ice cream for $5.99.

Don’t forget: Rodney Scott’s in Avondale has reopened

Here’s a reminder that Rodney Scott’s BBQ is open again after closing temporarily due to a pit fire in late June. We’re glad everyone was safe.

We’re still sending love to our neighbors over at B’s Cracklin’ Barbecue in Atlanta. Barbecue is a delicious and sometimes dangerous game. Stay safe out there, pitmasters and crew. We need you.

You can get pizza delivered from Naples to Alabama

That’s right. And you don’t have to be (super) rich to do it. Talia di Napoli, the handmade pizza from Naples, Italy that debuted in the United States in March, is now available for delivery statewide in Alabama. The Talia pizzas are hand crafted in Naples and individually flash frozen-- that’s why it’s called a “sleeping” pizza. Talia di Napoli refers to the fairy tale that inspired “Sleeping Beauty.” Dubbed the pizza that “comes to you” by the New York Times, the Talia di Napoli pizzas take about 10 minutes to heat in a 400-degree oven, and come in a six options, including margherita and tartufina (black truffle and porcini mushrooms). The pizzas run from $11.99 to $13.99 each and the minimum order is 5. Sound attractive? You can place an order at https://taliadinapoli.com/.

Talia di Napoli "sleeping" pizzas debuted in the U.S. in March. (Credit: Talia di Napoli)

In not so good news, here are worst Jefferson County restaurant scores for June

Unfortunately, not all news is good news. AL.com went through every restaurant score in June and we made a list of the 10 establishments with the worst ratings. The lowest score on this list was 71.

John T. Edge profiles The Atomic Lounge for Oxford American

But in much better news, one of the South’s most influential voices wrote a profile on Birmingham’s own Atomic Lounge. John T. Edge, author and director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, penned over 3,000 words about the night he spent at one of the city’s favorite cocktail bars, sipping a Legendary Sex Panther for Oxford American.

The Atomic Lounge (Credit: The Atomic Lounge)

He captures drinking as a thing of beauty, and we wouldn’t expect any less. Just read the first graph:

“I clutch my nut tightly. Comforted, I pull the felt orb to my beige tufted chest. Rachael Roberts tells me that this is normal. At the end of a night, she says, it’s common for drunks dressed as squirrels to walk up to the counter, looking for their keys or their phone, but with their costume’s detached acorn accessory still in hand. They connect with their acorn, she says, like you are connecting now. They protect it, and maybe it protects them, like a drinker’s talisman.”

Again, beautiful. Now, maybe Atomic will finally move off the James Beard Award semifinals list.

Here’s where to find some of Birmingham’s best bartenders this weekend

Speaking of drinking, some of the city’s best bartenders will gather in one place on Sunday, July 7. Brought to you by Jess Parsons (Distiller’s Apprentice at Cascade Hollow Distilling Company and former general manager of The Marble Ring in Avondale), Ralph Marion (beertender at Hop City and creator of Beered Black Man) and Dwan Christian (assistant general manager of Dave’s Pub) the “It’s a Bham Thing Family Reunion” kicks off on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Dave’s Pub in Five Points South. Looking to cap off the weekend with a drink? Looks like there will be George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey specials and a keg of the Beered Black Man and Good People Brewing’s limited edition Fudge Brownie Milk Stout (note: If you want to try the stout, it would behoove you to get there early. One keg has been known to sell out in a hour).

"It's a Bham Thing Reunion" kicks off on Sunday, June 7 at 3:00 p.m. (Credit: Facebook)

And finally, a greeting:

Welcome to the first edition of AL.com’s Birmingham food news roundup-- a newsletter-style rundown of food and drink-related news and culture in the Birmingham metro area. We’ll publish this roundup a few times a week. This section of AL.com doesn’t have a creative name yet, but we’re working on it. In the meantime, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Have food news about the Birmingham metro area? Send us a note. Summer menu? Tell us about it. Restaurant opening? Let us know. Think we suck? Keep it to yourself. Send tips to features writer Shauna Stuart at sstuart@al.com. And remember, this project is evolving, so bear with us as it grows.

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Cheers!