A Government pledge to remove one billion units of alcohol from the UK market by 2015 as part of its "responsibility deal" is on course, according to the project's first interim report.   Alcohol-health-warning-la-007Dozens of suppliers, retailers and producers...

Widespread destocking in China and an unfavorable currency exchange impact led to a 7% sales decline, to €6.19 billion ($8.54b), for Pernod Ricard in the first nine months of its fiscal year, but solid progress in the U.S. drove a modest rise in the company’s overall...

California wine shipments within the U.S. were 215 million cases in 2013, up 3% from the previous year, with an estimated retail value of $23.1 billion, up 5%. California wine sales to all markets, both domestic and international, increased 3% by volume to 258 million...

Republican Senate leaders are preparing to unveil their latest plan to overhaul Pennsylvania's Prohibition-era liquor sales system when the Legislature reconvenes at the end of the month. The leading proposal under discussion by Senate leadership would expand beer and...

 “Craft spirits” have gone from obscurity to ubiquity over the past several years. But what exactly defines a craft spirit? With money and reputation riding on the answer, American distillers are struggling to to reach an agreement. Wayne Curtis breaks down the...

A bill filed this week could be a game changer for South Carolina beer breweries.   "It will increase production, right now they're limited to 2,000 barrels of beer a year. This would really raise the stakes to 500,000," Brook Bristow, attorney for the SC Beer...

It looks like powdered alcohol is no longer approved, but we're still wondering how it's made.   The Internet was in a tizzy yesterday over what appeared to be the approval of powdered alcohol, which had the potential to be added to water or food, or snorted....

During March, nine-liter spirits case sales in the control states fell 0.7% compared to same period sales last year. Despite 2013's weak comp, sales during the last month of the quarter waned. Contributing factors may be related to: Easter and Passover being...

The 71st Annual Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Convention & Exposition (WSWA) concluded today with record attendance, impressive keynote speakers and exciting tasting and mixology competitions at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.   General Sessions...