A Blog about Glogg
It’s been very cold in New England for weeks now, so last night seemed like the perfect time to open up a bottle of Glogg (a Scandavian mulled wine) I bought a few months...
Chatting About Apples
Earlier this week I sat down with Martin Thatcher, the Managing Director of his family's company, Thatchers Cider. He stopped in New York on his way from his home in U.K. to Chicago, where...
Rating the Beer Commercials
During this year's Super Bowl broadcast, Anhsuer-Busch aired three new commercials promoting Budweiser and Bud Light. Two of those three have been getting a lot of press following the game, but for entirely different...
Eddie Russell Promoted to Wild Turkey Master Distiller
Wild Turkey has promoted long-time employee Eddie Russell to head bourbon distiller.
Eddie will work alongside his distillery mentor, and father, Jimmy, a fellow master distiller who has worked at Wild Turkey for 60 years. Eddie is his family's...
Celebrities toast Sundance films with Grey Goose
Grey Goose Vodka continued to host film talent and industry vets in its Blue Door Lounge at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Day three of the Blue Door Lounge included celebratory cocktail receptions for...
Classifying Asian Spirits and Sake
When I was writing the Japanese Imports feature story for our Jan/Feb issue, one of the questions that came up consistently was "Where should sake be placed on the shelf in retail?" Sake isn't...
Filmmaker Ron Howard Receives the Critics’ Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award
Director Ron Howard, left, received the Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award on Jan. 15 at the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Presented this year by actor Chris Hemsworth, right, the third annual Critics'...
If You Can’t Compete on Price…
Last week I was on a Caribbean cruise, visiting Belize, Honduras and Mexico (a great chance to get away from zero degree temperatures in New England). On the ship and in every port were...
Farewell to 2014
As 2015 approaches, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on 2014, which has been a year of change for me and for Beverage Dynamics. When 2014 began, I was the editor of...
Trendspotting Wine Video
In the January/February issue, the Trendspotting column spotlighted a wine retailer who grew his business using P2P loan funding. Below you'll find a video, where Cris Zukowski shares more details of his story: