ProWein Postponed Until 2021 Over Coronavirus Fears
Worried about the spread of Coronavirus, the global wine event ProWein has postponed its 2020 event by an entire year.
Previously the organization had simply said it would postpone the expo, set for mid-March in Düsseldorf,...
Blanton’s Gold Bourbon is Coming to America
Buffalo Trace has announced the first-ever launch of Blanton's Gold Edition in the U.S.
Normally only available overseas, this single-barrel bourbon, aged between six and eight years, will hit the American market this summer. Blanton’s...
Interview: Catching Up with Coravin
When Coravin launched in 2013, this innovative technology reshaped the wine-drinking experience at home and on-premise. Today the company continues to expand its tech throughout the world of wine. Coravin also recently announced a...
U.S. Spirits Sales Grew in 2019, But Tariff Threat Looms
U.S. spirits enjoyed another banner year in 2019 with sales and volume growth, but the threat of retaliatory tariffs still worries the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS). The council laid out...
Recognizing the Best in Alcohol Marketing
Our 35th
annual Advertising & Promotion Awards celebrate the best design and
execution of branded content in the beverage alcohol industry. These are the
marketing efforts that most effectively and creatively earned the attention of
consumers, distributors and...
Suntory Buys 10% Share of Edrington
The Japanese spirits conglomerate Suntory Holdings has acquired a 10% stake in Edrington, the maker of The Macallan, Highland Park, Brugal and Wyoming Whiskey, among other brands.
This agreement builds on the existing strategic partnership...
Molson Coors Acquires Atwater Brewery
After slowdown in recent time in terms of Big Beer buying up craft breweries, news broke this week that Molson Coors has purchased Atwater Brewery of Detroit.
Atwater will join Tenth and Blake Beer Company,...
Interview: Why Diageo Invested in No-ABV Alcohol
“Wellness” is one of the most talked about consumer trends in 2020. People have become increasingly conscious about what they put into their bodies. A growing offshoot of this cross-category movement is the rise...
How to Retail Wine in 2020
It appears that the long bull market run of wine sales is
beginning to plateau.
In 2018, there was a tiny increase in wine sales, and it seems that 2019 will be rather flat.
Keep in mind...
7 Cocktails for the Holiday Season
With the late Thanksgiving this year and Hanukkah and Christmas
falling in the same week, it’s mayhem this month as people try to get ready for
the holidays. Here are a few festive libations to ease...