EU discovers new way to cure wine hangover with €3m research project
A €3m RESEARCH project by the EU may have found a way to ease your festive hangover by replacing the chemical preservatives in wine that can lead to headaches. European academics, winemakers and food researchers have discovered two extracts contained within wine to...
To Reach Younger Buyers, Vintners Think Outside the Bottle
PERSUADING consumers to drink anything other than bottled wine is an uphill climb. Glass bottles are the gold standard, so newer brands are turning to sleek, eco-friendly containers and promoting them through social media to reach younger wine drinkers. Those...
Tennessee wine-in-grocery-stores advocates say chances for passage better
NASHVILLE — For the seventh year in a row, the Tennessee legislature will consider allowing wine sales in grocery stores, and supporters say they believe it has its best chance of approval. But that doesn't mean passage is a certainty, or possibly even likely, in the...
Champagne market unlikely to pick up until 2014
The Champagne market is unlikely to pick up in 2013 – and not before 2014/15 – according to Dr Steve Charters MW, professor of Champagne management at Reims Management School. Charters blames the eurozone crisis, which he said has significantly impacted the...
WSWA Joins Coalition Calling for Presidential Action to Prevent Strike at U.S. Ports
(WASHINGTON)—The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) has joined a coalition of 107 organizations calling for President Obama to take action to prevent a strike at ports spanning the coast from Houston to Boston. The coalition includes groups whose member...
JP Morgan gives thumbs up to Diageo’s potential $10bn bid for Beam
Two weeks ago, The Sunday Telegraph revealed Diageo held talks with Japanese drinks company Suntory in the spring and summer about them jointly making an offer for Beam, whose bourbon brands include Jim Beam, Marker's Mark and Knob Creek. Yesterday, Matthew Webb, an...
Study shows how red wine compound slows aging
A compound found in red wine, fruits and vegetables can help slow aging by making two anti-aging genes work together better, scientists in Hong Kong report. While they were working in mice, they hope their findings can shed light on efforts to slow aging in...
New competition has hit liquor chain Centennial hardest so far
Centennial Beverage Group plans to reorganize in bankruptcy, but one of the oldest liquor store chains in Texas needs a lot of cooperation from suppliers and the patience of customers to make it happen. The chain has 23 locations under the Centennial, Big Daddy’s and...
Exploring the Alcoholic Beverage Consumer’s Mindset
A new Nielsen Category Shopping Fundamentals study explores the U.S. consumer’s mindset when it comes to purchasing alcoholic beverages. How do they plan? How engaged are they? What influences them? The study’s findings, which span beverage categories and cover...