The Commerce Ministry has proposed to restrict and reduce the amount of tax-free alcohol and cigarettes passengers can buy at duty-free shops while returning from an overseas trip.
When Greg Suellentrop, Anheuser-Busch's director of brewing and quality, joined the company in 1989 as an experimental brewer, the company's portfolio was composed predominately of seven beers.
American wine and spirits importers are shaken by the possibility that the Trump administration may impose additional tariffs on the European Union.
Violent uprisings in the Middle East and a populist US president vowing to put “America First”. Historian David Charlwood looks back 100 years to the global situation of 1920 and finds remarkable parallels with the present…
People who consume either modest, or what some may even consider not-so-modest, amounts of alcohol every week have a lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with never drinkers, and higher levels of alcohol consumption are associated with greater protection up to a limit of 20 drinks per week, according to a new analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
Can a drunken driving conviction in Pennsylvania trigger a lifelong federal ban on possessing a gun? Under certain circumstances, yes, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has decided.
For years the ability to hop across the channel to buy cheap wine and beer has been one of the advantages of being in the EU. But as we approach Brexit, what will change?
Ander Mendez and his friends were hoping they’d struck it rich when they came up with the idea of selling alcohol-infused gummy bears — until they found themselves in the sights of sweet giant Haribo.
At the stroke of midnight on January 16, 1920, Prohibition went into effect. The so-called “Noble Experiment” outlawed the production, importation, transportation and sales of “intoxicating liquors” for almost 14 years, until its repeal on December 5, 1933.
Did you know that an important goal of alcohol regulation is a "level playing field" for business licensees? Do you know why it's crucial for public health and safety?