9 Alcohol Trends in 2021-22
Alcohol trends have shifted significantly in the past two years. The world of 2019 feels like decades ago. The generational pandemic of 2020 reshaped our lives in a rapid, lasting fashion.
However, not everything from...
How Cheers Liquor Mart Adapted for Success
In addition to profiling our 2021 Retailer of the Year, Gary’s Wine & Marketplace, our editorial team has chosen four other Top 100 winners ranked in our top 20 to highlight. This includes Cheers...
Podcast: Top Alcohol Trends in 2021-22
In part 1 of this two-part podcast series, Editors Melissa Dowling and Kyle Swartz talk about the top alcohol trends affecting all categories of the industry, this and next year.
This includes the hard seltzer...
Our Favorite American Wines for 2021
For our latest wine reviews of 2021, we asked our panel of wine professionals to taste and rate wines from around the United States. This includes states cultivating grapes from coast to coast.
As always,...
Survey: The State of Business in the Beverage Alcohol Industry
As part of our ongoing tracking of the industry, the Beverage Information Group surveys our readers quarterly, collecting trends/sentiment data from distributors, on-premise and off-premise operators about the beverage alcohol industry.
For our first survey...
Our 2021 Retailer of the Year: Gary’s Wine & Marketplace
Gary’s Wine & Marketplace, our 2021 Retailer of the Year, has been a beverage destination in New Jersey for more than three decades.
The business offers a sophisticated curation of wine and other products, coupled...
Interview: City Hive CEO Roi Kliper on Alcohol Ecommerce After Covid-19
Covid-19 sped up the alcohol ecommerce trend already growing before 2020, boosting companies like City Hive. This New York-based business provides an all-in-one ecommerce platform for wine and spirit shops. As the pandemic paralyzed...
Podcast: Wine Needs to Recalibrate
Why aren’t Millennials drinking wine? And why is wine consumption broadly declining?
In this episode, Editors Melissa Dowling and Kyle Swartz interview wine educator and author Marnie Old, who previously served as the director of...
Vodka Trends in 2021
Thanks to the top vodka trends in 2021, this behemoth category survives and thrives — even during the pandemic — with its versatility, mixability and enduring popularity.
At-home consumption spurred sales via takeout cocktails...
Why Single Barrel Tequila is the Next Retail Trend
As store pick whiskeys explode in popularity, beverage alcohol retailers wonder what’s the next category to take off. One potential answer: single barrel tequila picks.
The process with tequila is no different than with whiskey....