Diageo Renews Distribution Agreements with Johnson Brothers and United Brokerage
NORWALK, Conn. and ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Diageo, the world's leading spirits, wine and beer company, and Johnson Brothers and United Brokerage, Inc. of Minnesota, today announced that they have entered into new agreements for North...
Council Moves Closer to Overhauling Liquor Laws
The D.C. Council unanimously passed the first reading of a set of amendment proposals that would overhaul the District's liquor laws at the council's last legislative session for 2012. Toward the end of a marathon legislative session on Tuesday, Dec. 4, the council...
Since liquor sales went private, they’ve risen a bit
Statewide liquor sales by volume rose a modest 2.9 percent through September, the results helped by consumer purchases but pulled lower by a drop in wholesale sales, according to new data released Tuesday by the state Department of Revenue. Liquor privatization in...
Celebrities Who Launched Wines, Beers And Spirits In 2012
As interest in food and drink continues to skyrocket, the phenomenon has kickstarted an unusual offshoot -- extreme food and drink hobbies. How else to explain the explosion of celebrity-backed wine and spirits labels in recent years? It's not your everyday wine...
Winemakers Blend Tradition and Technology
Live video chats where winemakers discuss the nuances of their latest vintages. QR codes on wine bottles that provide food-pairing ideas with a scan of a smartphone. Winery-hosted Twitter tastings where participants try wine at home and then discuss it virtually in...
Sunday liquor sales help fatten Virginia coffers
Alcohol sales are up across Virginia since lawmakers first allowed all state-run liquor stores to open their doors on Sunday. Sales at 339 state-run Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control retail stores shot up by nearly 4 percent since July 1, when the stores were...
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board spent $475K to hype own brands
Although state Liquor Control Board chief executive Joe Conti claimed his agency channeled no resources to promote its eight controversial in-house brands of wine and spirits, records obtained by the Tribune-Review tell a different story. The LCB spent nearly a...
Male and Female Wine Drinkers — Are They Really That Different?
“Women prefer white wine. Men only drink red. Women like sweet wine. Men purchase less wine.” These are just a few of the common myths that arise around wine and gender, but are they really true? One statistic on which we can rely is that the make-up of US wine...
Top U.S. Alcohol Researcher Joins Distilled Spirits Council to Head Industry’s Scientific Affairs Office
WASHINGTON, DC – (drinks media wire) – The Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) announced that one of the U.S. government’s former top alcohol research scientists will head up the industry trade association’s Office of Scientific Affairs and lead a multi-pronged,...