How Liquor Stores Adapted to the COVID-19 Crisis
Alcohol remains essential. As states across the country reacted to the coronavirus outbreak by locking down businesses — devastating on-premise — liquor stores wondered whether they, too, would have to shutter. So far, with...
How Can Craft Distilling Survive The Coronavirus?
The U.S. craft spirits industry was booming before COVID-19 gripped hold of the globe. Consumers flocked to distillery tasting rooms across the country. U.S. spirits sales grew 5.3% last year, reaching a record high...
Here’s What Consumers Are Buying from Drizly During the CoronaCrisis
In an age of social distancing and self-isolation, many people have opted for at-home deliveries rather than risk infection by traveling to local stores. This move has increasingly included at-home alcohol orders.
Drizly, the leading...
Pennsylvania Closes All Retail Liquor Stores to Control Coronavirus
In addition to restaurants and bars, the state of Pennsylvania has ordered all retail liquor stores closed in the fight against the spreading Coronavirus.
"This was a tremendously difficult decision to make," the Pennsylvania Liquor...
How To Pair Whiskey (Neat) With Food
When it comes to food, wine and beer have all the fun. Nearly everybody knows what goes with red and white, and beer is pretty tough to mess up. But what about pairing whiskey...
What’s New at Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Barton 1792 and Michter’s
As part of the Bourbon Classic 2020 festival last week, media visited four of the leading distilleries in Kentucky: Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Barton 1792 and Michter’s.
At each stop we caught up with the distillery...
The Wine Industry Could Face Tough Times in 2020
Since the 2019 North Coast harvest, I have reported on the significant shock waves facing the wine industry.
The past decade was generally very positive. The economy remained quite strong, and producers had great depletions...
5 Scotch Trends in 2020
Sales of single malt Scotch rose 9.6% in America in 2019, reaching $925 million total. That represents an $81-million increase over 2018. What’s driving this growth?
Scotch has evolved. For many years this category was...
7 Alcohol Trends at The Sun Wine & Food Fest 2020
The Sun Wine & Food Fest is among the largest and most popular food and drink festivals in Connecticut. Held in an expo hall at the sprawling Mohegan Sun casino, it attracts hundreds of guests who sample...
7 Craft Beer Trends in 2020
How big can the craft beer industry grow?
The number of breweries in America has already surpassed
historic highs. Soon it will eclipse 8,000. Is that oversaturation?
The easy answer is yes.
But the truth would appear different....