The legislature voted on Thursday to bar shops from selling alcohol to people under the age of 18. Bars and restaurants are banned from selling alcohol to minors under liquor licensing rules, but the law does not apply to retailers, who voluntarily agree not to sell alcohol to underage consumers. Under the new law, convenience stores and supermarkets will also have to follow the rule.
Ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, news reports out of notoriously secretive North Korea indicate that the country might have created it’s very own domestic beer, using a so-called exclusive brewing technique.
Recreational marijuana will be sold in a network of standalone stores overseen by the province’s liquor regulator, according to rules announced Monday by the B.C. government.
As alcohol is woven into daily routines and social lives, health authorities are warning that just a few drinks a night could actually be a form of chronic alcoholism.
LONDON: Scientists have discovered the oldest beer-making facilities in Greece dating back to the Bronze Age, dispelling the notion that the ancient Greeks only indulged in wine.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala State Beverages Corporation (KSBC) will soon install bottled alcohol and beer vending machines near select outlets. H. Venkatesh, KSBC chief, said the move would do away with long queues in front of liquor shops.
FAIRBANKS — A bill aimed at letting alcohol distilleries continue mixing cocktails drew heavy public support at a hearing Saturday in Juneau.
When Tomas Josas and his business partner named their company "Prohibicija" (prohibition), little did he know that the irony would soon backfire.
With a history dating back over three centuries, South Africa's world-renowned wine industry has long been the domain of generations of just a few elite white families. But the emergence of a crop of new black players such as winemaker and owner of Aslina Wines, Ntsiki Biyela, is changing the makeup of the industry that is among the world's top 10 wine producers.
Irish drinkers are easing off on the booze, a study revealed on Tuesday. Researchers found three quarters of us are “much more aware” of the dangers of over indulging – a 6% increase on last January.