Why Treasury Wine Estates Invested in AR Technology
Treasury Wine Estates generated buzz this past year with its augmented reality (AR) wine labels. Consumers downloaded an app on their phones to enable the tech, and then pointed their devices at bottles of 19...
South American Wines Continue to Surprise
Many U.S. wine consumers think of South America primarily as a source of solid, inexpensive wines. In the case of Chile, the wines are probably Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc; for Argentina, it’s obviously...
How French Wine Labels Have Changed to Attract U.S. Consumers
French wine labels can confuse or intimidate U.S. consumers. Some labels are dense with words, the varietals are not always clear, and prices can be high. These are drawbacks for Americans who buy based...
What’s Driving Ready-To-Drink Beverage Sales in 2018
The ready-to-drink (RTD) category has come a long way from cheap, sugary, pre-packaged cocktails commonly found on the bottom shelf. From these humble beginnings RTDs have evolved by embracing the craft movement. Now these...
The Guiding Principles that Keep Crown Liquors Competitive
The landscape is drastically changing for independent beverage retailers in Indiana. Now more than ever, it’s become more difficult for retailers to distinguish themselves from the competition and keep up with the state’s constantly...
Southern Glazer’s: A History of Growth
It’s been nearly two years since two of the most respected distribution companies in the alcohol beverage industry joined forces to become Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the largest company of its kind in...
Our Favorite Wines For $20 and Under
There's plenty of delicious wines out there that do not break the bank.
So for our latest round of National Retailer Wine Panel reviews, we asked our panel of wine pros to rate some of...
How You Can Judge Wine Styles By Their ABV
One of the most useful pieces of information on any wine label is hidden in the small print, whether on the front or back label: the percentage of alcohol it contains.
A wine’s alcohol content...
Wine Column: My Return to Pennsylvania Wine
I thoroughly enjoyed my seven-year tenure at the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB), most of it as chairman of a then-$1.7-billion-dollar operation with over 600 stores and thousands of employees.
Never would I have imagined...
The 2018 Retailers of the Year Part 6
Welcome to the final part of our series that recognizes our 2018 Retailers of the Year.
Check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5, which all posted in past weeks. And be sure to...