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New Tech Prints Customizable Art in Beer Foam

Any way that you can make your beverage stand out in the age of Instagram can boost your exposure, but it’s not easy for operators to make a visual splash with a draft beer. A...

How to Boost Tobacco Sales

This feature ran in our Complimentary Products Guide, which you can still download if you missed it. Most alcohol retailers carry a variety of supplementary products, including food, glassware and gift items (where legal). Tobacco...

Brewers Association Includes Hazy IPAs in 2018 Beer Styles Guidelines

The New England IPA craze is in full swing. Acknowledging this, the Brewers Association, a nonprofit trade group that represents small and independent craft brewers, has included the trendy, hazy take on ales among its official 2018 Beer...

Yuengling Launches New Year-round Golden Pilsner

D.G. Yuengling & Son has expanded its core offerings with its new Yuengling Golden Pilsner. This is Yuengling's first year-round beer to debut in 17 years. At 4.7% ABV and 135 calories, Yuengling Golden Pilsner – an all...

Which Exotic Spirits Will Trend in 2018?

American consumers have developed a thirst for the exotic, and they are searching the globe for new and novel spirits to taste, aided in their quest by innovative producers and importers.The phenomenon is driven...

Buffalo Trace Releases Bourbon Designed By Fans

Consumer customization has come to whiskey. In November 2015, Buffalo Trace Distillery launched its “Craft Your Perfect Bourbon” website in a lighthearted attempt to teach people about bourbon. The interactive experience allowed fans to choose...

The Macallan Unveils New 50 Year Old Single Malt

The Macallan has unveiled a new and very rare limited-edition single malt whisky – The Macallan 50 Years Old - 2018 release. The Macallan 50 Years Old was created at a time when the distillery...

New The Glenlivet Challenges Consumers to Guess its Flavors

Just how good is your whisky palate?  The Glenlivet Code, the newest Scotch release from The Glenlivet, challenges whisky consumers to “Unlock the Taste”  and guess the flavors of the mystery single malt within. The Glenlivet Code...

How a Tuscan Winemaking Family Came to Produce Wines With Prisoners

Feature photo: Lamberto Frescobaldi, president of the Marchesi Frescobaldi group, with two workers in the vineyard on the Gorgona island penitentiary near Tuscany. The Frescobaldi family has been producing Tuscan wines for more than 700 years...
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New Logo Identifies Certified Sustainable California Wines

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) has officially launched a new logo that identifies wines from the state that are "Certified Sustainable California." The logo is a certification program that provides verification by a third-party auditor...