Wine Country prepares for another early harvest
Grapes around the North Coast are slowly turning color as a precursor to this year's harvest, which is expected to arrive earlier than usual and deliver a smaller crop than last year. Vineyard managers in Sonoma and Napa counties report that they have seen signs of...
Wine Country prepares for another early harvest
Grapes around the North Coast are slowly turning color as a precursor to this year's harvest, which is expected to arrive earlier than usual and deliver a smaller crop than last year. Vineyard managers in Sonoma and Napa counties report that they have seen signs of...
Online wine trading moves into the Uber era
The growing trend of peer-to-peer online trading, exemplified by the Uber ride-sharing app, has spread to online wine trading. Computer and mobile technology has already enabled service-sector businesses - such as lenders, hotels and taxi drivers - to undercut...
Louisiana: Drizly Brings Alcohol Delivery to New Orleans
Drizly™, the technology company powering fast, convenient beer, wine and liquor delivery for consumers and businesses across the U.S., today announced the launch of its delivery service in New Orleans. Powered by partnerships with Brady's Wine Warehouse and Pearl...
Beer with Lots of Protein – The Moderately Mighty Squirrel
A couple times a year I hear about an alcohol beverage that is somehow, against all odds, "good for you." It happened again this week and so I eagerly rushed to the Public COLA Registry to see what was new. Lo and behold, I found the squirrel. A mighty one - or so it...
Louisville’s ‘Wall Street of Whiskey’ in Flames
On Monday afternoon, a piece of Louisville, Kentucky's rich whiskey history caught fire, leaving preservationists, historians and bourbon lovers wondering what will become of the city's Whiskey Row. Three buildings were damaged in the blaze which broke out at 4:30...
Craft Brewing Has a Sexism Problem (Excerpt)
1978 was the worst year for beer diversity in post-Prohibition America, with only 89 breweries operating in the entire country. Most of those breweries sucked, so a nation addled by other drugs might not have realized that things were starting to look up. President...
Pennsylvania: McIlhinney Comments on Veto of Liquor Privatization Bill
HARRISBURG — Senate Law and Justice Committee Chairman Chuck McIlhinney (R-10) issued the following statement today in response to Governor Wolf’s veto of legislation to privatize the sale of liquor and wine in Pennsylvania: “Governor Wolf’s veto of House Bill 466 is...
On-Premise trends improve in latest 4 weeks through mid-June, despite shift of Father’s Day and slowing off-premise trends
On-premise trends improved during the latest 4 weeks ending June 14th, with traffic down 1.6% vs down 2% for the last 12 weeks (and down 2.7% for the prior 4 week period). The improvement is an encouraging sign as the last week of the period was negatively impacted by...