Bartenders Are Doing More Than Taking Orders
Around the neck of every bottle from the fledgling spirits outfit the 86 Co. — the gin, the vodka, the tequila, the rum — is a small glass ridge. To the untrained eye, it looks like a packaging flourish. It is not. The ridge is there to make it easier for a bartender...
FTC study taking aim at online marketing of booze and kids
(Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans this summer to recommend ways that the alcoholic beverage industry can better protect underage viewers from seeing its advertisements online. Distillers, brewers and wineries pour millions of dollars into brand...
Consumer Wine Trends: Americans Drinking More, “Better” Wines
The fundamental consumer base has and will continue to change, and wine marketers and makers can not ignore the new way people drink wine, according the research presented at the Wine Market Council Update on Jan. 18, 2013. Consumers are finding more reasons to...
Per capita Canadian wine consumption now 15 litres a year
Wine producers will be proposing a toast to Canadian consumers: a new study shows wine consumption in this country is growing three times faster than globally and Canada is projected to be the fifth fastest-growing wine market in the next five years. Most of the wine...
Beam to sell several cheaper brands for $65M
Beam Inc., which makes Jim Beam and Maker's Mark bourbon, said Monday it has agreed to sell several of its lesser-known brands to Luxco Inc. for a combined $65 million. The brands include Calvert, Bellows, Wolfschmidt vodka, Dark Eyes vodka, Canada House Canadian, and...
Exclusive: Oligarch Swoops For Vodka Giant
A Russian billionaire-backed fund is in exclusive talks to buy Poland's top spirits firm for nearly £600m, Sky News understands. A fund backed by one of the Russian businessmen who netted billions of dollars from the sale of a joint venture with BP is in talks to buy...
Putting Some Fizz into the Wine Market
When talking about Bordeaux, many Chinese people know it is the most famous luxury wine production and trading base in France. However, when talking about the Champagne region in France, many are unaware that it is the only production region for champagne in the world...
Caricom rum producers in talks with US officials
BRIDGETOWN—Caribbean Community (Caricom) rum producing countries are holding high-level talks with the United States on resolving issues surrounding the rum industry in the region, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart announced. A government statement said that Prime...
Sunday liquor sales battle brewing in Indiana
An effort is afoot to change Indiana's law, but owners of liquor stores say the move would be devastating Indiana is the toughest place in the nation to buy take-home beer or liquor on Sundays. While most states limit Sunday alcohol sales in some ways, Hoosiers face...