The list of states still closed to winery direct-to-consumer shipments has dwindled to just four — Utah, Delaware, Alabama and Mississippi — but efforts to open those hit a novel roadblock this year as state capitols were shut down during the initial closures related to the ongoing pandemic.
MIAMI & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (“Southern Glazer’s”)—the world's pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that Rudy Ruiz, Executive Vice President of Emerging Spirits Brands, will be leaving the Company, effective July 3, 2020, to join industry innovator Park Street.
A new report pegs Covid-19-related losses to California’s wine industry at $4.21 billion, equating to the direct and induced loss of 42,376 jobs.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Spirits giant Diageo announced Monday that it’s going green with its newest whiskey-making venture in the Bluegrass State.
Japanese spirits producer Suntory has teamed up with 11 companies on a new joint venture that will develop innovative technology for used plastics.
VICTOR, N.Y., June 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE:STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today its commitment to a multi-initiative social justice action plan aimed to achieve greater equity for African American/Black colleagues at Constellation, within the beverage alcohol industry, and within the communities they operate in.
Smirnoff owner Diageo will halt all advertising on major social media platforms indefinitely from 1 July as the group “strives to promote inclusion and diversity”.
Amazon.com Inc., the Seattle-based world’s No. 1 online retailer, had snatched a clearance to deliver alcohol in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, laying off the groundworks to mark up its first footprints into the world’s fifth-largest economy’s multi-billion dollar sector, a confidential document seen by a press agency reporter had unveiled on Sunday.
Of all alcoholic beverages subject to taxation, stiff drinks—and all distilled spirits—face the stiffest tax rates. Ostensibly, this is because spirits have higher alcohol content than the other categories, like wine and beer.
The thought in the headline crossed my mind, and then we were sent this video from the PourMyBeer people making the case.