Vintners Face Hurdles Governing Online Sales; Laws Vary by State, County Online sales are expected to grab an increasing share of holiday shopping this season. But one product category remains stubbornly resistant to the trend: wine. While bigger online audiences and...

Eppa SuperFruit Red Sangria is one of those products you didn't know you needed until you try it and find it ingenious. It's a bottled sangria made with organic wine and fruit juices that are not only 1. real, they also 2. come high in antioxidants. For "skinny" drink...

The chairman of the state Liquor Control Board has initiated an internal investigation into how the agency brought eight controversial, in-house brands of wine and spirits to market over the last 21⁄2 years. Joseph E. “Skip” Brion ordered the probe of the LCB‘s...

Diageo Plc (DGE), the world’s biggest distiller, said it can continue to win market share with its high-end spirits brands as it creates more variants of drinks, including Ciroc vodka. Diageo, which has increased its share of so-called super- deluxe spirits to 15...

Shakers Vodka, the Minnesota-made liquor that won numerous awards before its parent, Infinite Spirits Inc., filed for bankruptcy in January, is in new and bigger hands. E. & J. Gallo Winery now owns the Shakers trademark, according the U.S. Patent and Trademark...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republican candidate for governor Pat McCrory is backing off his assertion that government-run liquor stores are part of Raleigh's "culture of corruption" and that the state needs to privatize all liquor assets. "It's not on one of my priorities at...

Voters weigh in on local option elections; Danville prospered from sales ASHLAND —  In the last decade, local option elections have taken place in nearly every corner of the state with communities voting, more often than not, to allow or expand alcohol sales rather...

Brazil ages the stuff of caipirinhas with radiation (AFP) – 3 days ago 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...