Craft Distillers should consider bulk buying neutral spirit in order to make themselves "scalable" in the face of increased demand.   Speaking at London's Craft Distillers Expo yesterday, spirits expert and author Ian Smiley said that while it is beneficial for...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to second-guess reductions to a more than $800,000 award of attorneys' fees and expenses for consumers and a winery that successfully challenged New Jersey's allegedly unfair barriers against out-of-state wineries.   The...

On September 30, 2014, the California Governor signed into law Assembly Bill 520, which revises the state's laws on consumer instructional tastings at on-premises licensed retailers (i.e., bars and restaurants). Prior to the revision, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §...

Trends across duty-free spirits markets reversed in 2013 as Asia Pacific reported the sector's first volume declines in five years.   According to new figures complied by the International Wines and Spirits Research (IWSR), the once-leading Asia Pacific duty free...

There are bacteria in wine that may be beneficial for people's health, new research finds.   In the study, researchers in Spain isolated 11 strains of bacteria from wine, including strains of Lactobacillus, which are also found in yogurt, as well as Oenococcus...

Part of the ritual of wine drinking is opening the bottle, teasing the cork from the bottle and pouring that wine into a crystal glass. That's no longer the default, though. First, they came out with fake corks, then screw cap bottles - and, sacre bleu, now some...

That local liquor from the distillery down the road might not be so local. Chances are the brown liquor comes from industrial factories in Indiana, Kentucky or Tennessee and the vodka comes from large ethanol producers.   Those factories churn out millions of...

DRAFT ADVISORY - CONTAINERS, PACKAGING AND PERSONALIZATION OF BOTTLES   Link to Draft Advisory   The Authority is posting the draft of a revised Advisory "Containers, Packaging & Personalization of Bottles" for review and comment from the industry....

While the California wine market continues to prosper in an era of drought and consolidation, a new survey shows top Golden State vintners remain concerned about the future of the $23.1 billion industry, especially among the discerning millennial market.  ...