The Louisiana Legislature may deprive residents from simultaneously snacking and boozing on alcohol-infused ice cream.   The House voted 46-44 Monday (May 5) against legislation that would make it legal for licensed liquor vendors to sell the wine or other...

  South Africa wants to revamp its alcohol tax scheme and possibly move from a system based on product types to one based on alcohol content, in a move to reduce drinking rates and raise revenue, the country's National Treasury said Monday.      ...

America's Beer Wine & Spirits Retailers are toasting bar and tavern owners as American Beverage Licensees celebrates Tavern Month this May. For more than 60 years, local beverage licensees have upheld the longstanding traditions and culture of the American taverns...

Nebraska's top liquor regulator has called for a voluntary moratorium on a new powdered alcohol product that has sent lawmakers in other states scrambling.   The state Liquor Control Commission has asked wholesalers not to import Palcohol, a freeze-dried product...

The battle over the wording of an initiative to turn Oregon liquor sales over to the private sector came closer to being settled Thursday when the state attorney general's office said the ballot should include the phrase "imposes wholesale tax."   Opponents...

Industrial action at western US ports now looks "unavoidable" say opposing sides in the dispute - putting wine shipments in jeopardy.   The union representing port employees at 29 ports along the western coast has agreed to begin negotiations with employers on...

The definition of a mixed drink could change if a new product, freeze-dried alcohol, wins federal approval in coming months. But a Minnesota lawmaker doesn't want to see the powdered substance, known as Palcohol, on store shelves.   Minnesota state Rep. Joe...

Spirits consumption declined in Eastern Europe last year as widespread tax hikes and the black market continued to bite, according to a new report.   Market research company Canadean recently published a report showing that alcohol consumption in the region...

California wine sales rose by 5% in 2013 to capture 64% of total US sales, according to new figures released by the Wine Institute.   In total 215 million cases of wine produced in California were shipped within the US in 2013, up 3% by volume, with an estimated...