How Important is Sustainable Alcohol?
Given the current concerns about health brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and growing interest in protecting the environment from climate change, sustainability has become a hot topic. Some suppliers may be quick to...
Interview: How Spirits Brands are Eco-Friendly
While there are numerous entrants to the sustainable spirits category each year, two suppliers that are actively promoting their sustainable practices are featured here. Brown Forman and Neft Vodka are each at different growth...
Podcast: How Alcohol Companies Can Promote Sustainability
In our latest podcast, we examine sustainability movements is in the alcohol industry.
Editors Melissa Dowling and Kyle Swartz sit down with Nick Martin, Executive Director of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable. BIER is a...
10 American Whiskey Trends in 2021
While Covid-19 shut down most of the world in 2020, whiskey aged in rickhouses all the same. The market for American brown spirits hardly cooled off. The boom in consumer interest continued throughout the...
Interview: Kaveh Zamanian, Rabbit Hole Founder and Whiskey Maker
As part of our look early in 2021 at this year's top whiskey trends, we recently interviewed Kaveh Zamanian, founder and whiskey maker of Rabbit Hole Distillery.
Rabbit Hole remains one of the fastest...
10 Craft Beer Trends in 2021
Suffice to say, 2020 did not play out as originally planned for craft beer. Rather than a continued expansion of the taproom boom — which had breathed new life into the category while overall...
Podcast: How Kentucky Spirits Became a Global Powerhouse
Kentucky spirits were not always this hot. Not that long ago, distilleries could not give away bourbon. Now, fanatical fans of brown spirits post in private Facebook groups to help each other hunt down...
Interview: Bourbon Women Association President Maggie Kimberl
The Bourbon Women Association recently named its newest president in veteran spirits expert, speaker and journalist Maggie Kimberl.
Founded in 2011, the association highlights and supports women in the world of whiskey. Kimberl moves into...
The Best Rosé Wines to Drink in 2021
For our first wine panel of 2021, we asked panelists to taste and rate rosé wines.
This remains one of the hottest styles in the industry. The array of rosés wines our panelists reviewed also...
Acme Fine Wines: Innovators in Napa Valley
Shopping at Acme Fine Wines is like buying art. Rather than case displays and aisles of products, this innovative retailer in St. Helena, Napa County, showcases a wall of wines. Around 350 individual bottles...