Wine shipments increased 1.3 percent in the United States last year, continuing a more than 20-year expansion for the sector even as it undergoes tremendous changes in the way wine is distributed and sold.
The state of the wine industry is good, but a researcher told attendees of the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento to “fasten your seat belts” for the future.
Danny Brager, senior vice president with research firm The Nielsen Co., discussed trends in the industry ranging from sales channels to packaging and demographics.
The road to Lehigh University’s indefinite ban on hard alcohol at fraternity events has been coming for some time in the wake of incidents at other universities, including Lafayette College, as well as incidents at the school in Bethlehem.
If you were to compile a list of the Top Ten Things to Unnerve Plane Passengers, having armed police enter the cockpit moments before take-off, handcuff the pilot and lead them away on suspicion of being drunk would have to rank pretty high.
It may not be the 1920s, but headlines across the whisky industry and Canadian news sites have been reporting ‘prohibition-style raids’ of whisky by the government in British Columbia's bars.
New York-based private equity firm Verus Investment Partners has sold the 156-year-old Pittsburgh Brewing Company to an undisclosed buyer.
Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a town-hall-style meeting of parents and community leaders at the Bear Creek School in Elizabethtown, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today unveiled a new public awareness campaign designed to spark conversations about alcohol use between parents and their elementary to middle-school-aged children.
During the 2017 legislative session, the Wyoming Legislature made changes to liquor laws that affected the establishments statewide. Under the new laws, buildings rather than rooms are licensed. Several issues have arisen regarding the change in wording.
The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control (DLC) is known as a national award winner when it comes to public safety and regulatory efforts that have a positive impact on the community.
Another way the DLC works for residents is by offering exclusive access to rare, hard–to-get, high-end products.
A tax on sugary drinks introduced by the Government last year could increase alcohol consumption in some groups, a survey suggests.
The levy on sugary drinks may have unintended consequences on the nation’s shopping habits, researchers found.