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North Americans want wines for $60 or less: new research reveals consumer preferences when eating out

The results of a new study into the relationship between food and wine will be unveiled at wine2wine Business Forum in Verona on 14 November 2023. Amongst the key findings are the importance of the food menu over the wine list and a strong consumer preference for simpler wine lists and lower pricing. The study was conducted on behalf of Quench Magazine for wine2wine Business Forum.

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States seek to let teens as young as 14 serve booze in restaurants

WASHINGTON -- As a former bartender and current tipped worker, Trupti Patel knows that customers tend to get grabby when there is alcohol involved.

After working in the food service industry for more than a decade, she is accustomed to dealing with drunk customers who get out of hand, especially if they become belligerent or make lewd comments. But the District of Columbia resident finds it disturbing to think of teens trying to handle the same situation.

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A growing number of US states are working to loosen child labor laws so your next bartender could be an underage teenager

Bars in various states across the country may be staffed by high schoolers as more lawmakers and businesses push to lower the legal age to serve alcohol and bartend.

There are at least nine states -- including Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, New Mexico, Alabama, Wisconsin, and Idaho -- that have enacted or introduced laws that would allow minors ages 14 to 17 to serve alcohol, according to a report from Economic Policy Institute.

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How Spirits Brands Are Playing a Bigger Role in Bar Industry Education

When Pernod Ricard launched BarSmarts Advanced in 2008, attendees were required to pass an online course before attending a daylong seminar where industry notables like David Wondrich and Steve Olson offered spirits tastings and lessons in the fundamentals of drink-making. Now, 15 years, more than 155,000 registrants, and one global pandemic later, it looks quite different.

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State Laws on Alcohol Sales Are Easing

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--In Connecticut, grocers are pushing to be allowed to sell wine and are in turn encountering fierce opposition from so-called package stores. According to The Wall Street Journal, this is just one aspect of a nationwide move "to expand access to booze by changing alcohol regulations--some of which date to the end of Prohibition--that were suspended in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic."

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