Central Oslo-based government wine shop Vinmonopolet branches sell around 300,000 litres of alcohol during the year, with 40,000 sold in December. “We see an increase in sales of aquavit in particular in December. But there are considerable sales of sparkling wine in...

Diageo is parting ways with Jose Cuervo, but Diageo North America president Larry Schwartz says his company will look to regain leadership of the Tequila category—either by creating its own brand or acquiring another one. “We’re number-one in 10 categories in North...

For many wine lovers, the news that Robert M. Parker Jr. is planning to sell a portion of his influential newsletter, The Wine Advocate, to a group of Asian investors and step down as editor in chief does not so much signal an end of an era as acknowledges changes...

GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) - New York's wine industry is celebrating a good year, with an early harvest, superb quality, and numerous medals. The New York Wine and Grape Foundation says 17 new licenses were issued in 2012, bringing the number of wineries to 328 with nine more...

The Wine Advocate will also increase coverage of wines produced in Asia, and - according to some sources - will take advertising for the first time. The wine world has been awash with rumour for some months about Parker’s plans for his 35-year-old journal, as reported...

Washington liquor lovers rejoice: Beginning this weekend, you can now have that bottle of Jack or some high-quality Patron delivered right to your door. It’s now legal for liquor retailers to deliver spirits in the state of Washington, granted that the customer is...

BOSTON (CBS) – Wine aficionados in Massachusetts will not be able to shop online any time soon for their favorite vintage. The State House News Service reports that a proposal on Beacon Hill allowing wine deliveries from out of state was gutted and replaced with new...

Beltsville, Md. • Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government’s heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an Industrial Revolution...

Suntory Holdings Ltd., the closely held Japanese whiskey and beer maker, is exploring the possibility of making an offer for the U.S. distiller Beam Inc. (BEAM), according to an official of the Osaka-based company. Suntory has held talks with Diageo Plc (DGE) about a...