The "fiscal cliff" legislation passed this week included $76 billion in special-interest tax credits for the likes of General Electric, Hollywood and even Captain Morgan. But these subsidies weren't the fruit of eleventh-hour lobbying conducted on the cliff's edge --...

After just over a year on the market, newcomer Eppa SuperFruit Sangria has quickly gained traction as a premium option within an expanding Sangria category, hitting 40,000 cases in 2012. Launched in October 2011 by former Bacardi USA marketing execs Raul Marmol and...

Scientists outside Boston are developing a technology that could bring drunk driving to a halt. The federal government and the 16 major automobile makers are funding QinetiQ North America’s $10 million Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) project. "We...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Excuse me, waiter, but why is my caipirinha glowing? Researchers in Brazil say they've found a faster way to age the liquor used to make the country's signature cocktail -- zap it with gamma radiation for a few minutes, rather than let it sit in...

Germany is inextricably associated with beer. Indeed, one is prompted to envision pictures of Oktoberfest, where high-quality beer is served in steins by waitresses wearing the traditional dirndl. However, the beer industry, one of Germany's oldest, is under threat....

If there is a product whose provenance consumers care about, it is wine. There are two methods of classifying wine,cépage and terroir.

In the debate over what marijuana legalization means for Colorado, the best drug-policy brains in the nation say there is one question getting short shrift: If people can more easily toke, does that mean they will drink less? It is, for now, a question without an...

America's wine industry is booming. But a new study from Michigan State Professor Philip Howard shows "industry" maybe something of a misnomer. While you may see a wide variety of American labels at your local wine shop, the vast majority are merely offshoots of mega...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Five inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise are suing a handful of major beer and wine companies, contending that alcohol led to their crimes and that they should have been warned that the beverages can be addictive. The...