America’s Fastest-Growing Spirits Brands
The 2020 Beverage Dynamics Growth Brands Awards recognize the fastest-growing beverage alcohol brands in the U.S.
With hundreds, if not thousands, of new products coming onto the market every year, how can members of the...
Interview: Our 2020 Spirits Supplier of the Year, Brown-Forman
Brown-Forman is the Spirits Supplier of the Year for our 2020 Growth Brands Awards. This honor reflects the bevy of beverage brands in their portfolio that grew impressively last year.
The timing is apt, as...
America’s Fastest-Growing Wine Brands
In Part 2 of our 2020 Growth Brands Awards, following spirits last week, we look at the fastest-growing wine brands in America.
After 25 consecutive years of growth, total wine consumption fell 0.6% in 2019,...
Interview: Retail Alcohol in the Time of COVID-19
The novel coronavirus has forced a new reality on beverage alcohol retailers. Mostly deemed essential, allowed to remain open, these businesses now operate amidst a spreading, highly contagious pandemic.
At the same time, consumer buying...
9 Vodka Trends in 2020
Vodka is still king of the spirits. For all the press around trendier categories like whiskey or tequila, vodka retains the sales crown. It represents about one-third of spirits volume nationwide.
And vodka is still...
How Does Craft Beer Survive COVID-19?
The craft beer industry was growing steadily before COVID-19. Thanks to the rise of taprooms — allowing breweries of all sizes to generate consistent revenue — the category had found more room to expand....
Q&A: Few’s Paul Hletko on Craft Hand Sanitizer and Surviving COVID-19
Suddenly, craft hand sanitizer is the hottest thing.
Distilleries around the world have contributed in making of these products in defense against COVID-19. While generating cheery headlines, what actually goes into hand sanitizers is not...
The Best Old World Wines to Drink in 2020
For this latest round of Beverage Dynamics wine reviews, we tasked our panel of independent experts to drink and rate Old World wines.
The write-ups below represent a wide range of styles and countries,...
Video: How to Retail Alcohol in Our Changing World
The novel coronavirus has upended our world, and with it the beverage alcohol retail industry. The way that stores operate has changed. So too have consumer buying patterns shifted. Global alcohol producers have had...
Recognizing the Top Alcohol Brands and Trends
EPG Media annually recognizes the fastest-selling spirits and wine alcohol brands, and their top producers, with our Growth Brands Awards. We were set to present these prizes at Las Vegas during WSWA 2020, but...