Distilled spirits sales increased 2.5% in control states to 50.4 million cases in 2017, according to the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA). It’s the first time ever that spirits volume has exceeded 50 million cases in control jurisdictions, although last year’s gain represented a slight slowdown from 2016’s 2.8% increase.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Despite decades of progress, alcohol-impaired driving remains the greatest single cause of motor vehicle deaths in the U.S., exceeding those from distracted driving and driving while under the influence of drugs.
Nearly 90 percent of boys and almost 65 percent of Indian girls have admitted to drinking alcohol before the age of 18, according to a survey by NGO Community Against Drunk Driving (CADD) in collaboration with the Delhi Police and National Crime Records Bureau.
A man who fell and hit his head after "drinking all night" was correctly refused travel insurance cover, an ombudsman has said. Yet, another man who slipped over in a nightclub's toilets after a drink while on holiday should have been covered.
In a bid to tap into the low-sugar market, Barcelona-based Vita Spirits is to launch a gluten-free vodka in the UK which it claims is the first designed to be mixed with water.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Many football fans will watch the Super Bowl at parties where there will be plenty of food and alcohol. But when it comes time to head home, could an “at home” field sobriety test help you to decide what’s best?
Every year in February, people all over the United States gather with friends and family to watch the Super Bowl. Beyond the game, there’s usually food and, more often than not, alcohol. These parties can be a blast for football fans, but for a person in recovery they can also be a minefield.
In the future, your car might not start if you’ve had too much to drink. Would that development give too much power to a machine, or justify itself by saving lives? The day for that policy decision may arrive sooner than you think.
Boomers are buying less wine. Millennials aren’t picking up the slack. As a result, the growth of wine sales is slowing, while buying patterns are shifting in ways that are sending chills down the collective spine of the U.S. wine industry.
We were warned. The venture capitalist and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen wrote a widely read essay in 2011 titled “Why Software Is Eating the World”. But we didn’t take Andreessen seriously; we thought it was only a metaphor. Now we face the challenge of extracting the world from the jaws of internet platform monopolies.