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Liquor Stores Exiting the Lower 48 U.S. states

Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd. is moving out of the contiguous United States. The company today announced that it is has acted on the strategy, endorsed by its shareholders in June, of refocussing on its core markets...

West Cork To Re-Release Black Reserve Irish Whiskey

What was supposed to have been a special release is back by consumer demand. West Cork Distillers has announced the re-release of their Black Reserve Irish Whiskey in 2018. After completely selling out of the 4,800...

Bowmore Announces 50 Year Old Whisky

Bowmore Islay Single Malt Whisky has announced the release of Bowmore 1966 50 Years Old. Only one cask of this spirit was set aside in 1966 – the same year that Bowmore was first officially bottled....

Gareth Howells Named Dewar’s North American Brand Ambassador

Dewar’s has announced Gareth Howells as its North American Brand Ambassador. With a background as a beverage director and bartender, Howells brings an "expert’s eye" to the Dewar’s mixology program, the company says. His role...

Orphan Barrel Unveils 25 Year Old Canadian Whisky, Entrapment

Orphan Barrel, Diageo's line of rare whiskeys, has unveiled its 11th release: Entrapment, a Canadian whiskey. Entrapment came to be in 1992, as part of a batch of Crown Royal Deluxe that was left in...

The Best Wines We Drank in 2017

To close out another year of our National Retailer Wine Panel reviews, we asked panelists to recollect the top wines they drank in 2017. These reviews include brief tasting notes and a rating. If...
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Wine Importer Cape Classics Celebrates 25 Years

Cape Classics has announced the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of the importing company’s founding. In 1992, South African Andre Shearer moved to New York and co-founded a fledgling import business...

Spirits Producers Commend Republican Tax Plan

The GOP-written tax plan moving through U.S. Congress towards President Trump's office has earned high marks from organizations that represent spirits producers. The Senate's version of the legislation would lower the excise tax rate for...

Demand for Imported Whiskey is Heating Up On-Premise

Editor's note: As many trends in the alcohol industry begin on-premise, we occasionally bring readers stories from our on-premise sister publication, Cheers magazine.  The enduring brown-spirits boom may have been fueled largely by American whiskey,...

Bacardi Distillery Hosts Benefit Concert and Telethon for Puerto Rico

Bacardi's rum facility will host the United for Puerto Rico live concert and telethon on Sunday, December 10. All proceeds from the fundraising initiative will go directly to organizations benefiting Puerto Ricans impacted by Hurricanes...