EDINBURGH -Scotland is reportedly gearing up for a notable 30 per cent hike in the lowest price of alcoholic beverages, a move aimed at tackling alcohol-related problems.
An Oregon Health Authority official apologized after the agency suppressed a report that raising taxes on beer and wine wouldn't significantly reduce the public costs of hard drinking.
Efforts in New York state to legalize wine sales in grocery stores have been fiercely opposed by liquor store owners for nearly two decades. The issue is back again this year.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Liquor and alcohol tax initiatives are not new in our state.
This legislative session, several new bills are bringing different tax proposals. One of them would tie the tax rate to the price of the alcohol.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RADD Ohio has announced a new partnership with Music & Event Management Inc. (MEMI) in 2024 in the form of onsite promotional signage, commercials to run at onsite televisions, clickable logo on website, live activations at concert events, and e-newsletter banner ads in Southwest Ohio that appeal to young adults ages 18-25.
La Tour d'Argent, the historic Parisian restaurant that served as the inspiration for Chef Gusteau's in "Ratatouille," has found itself at the center of a perplexing caper.
A recent inventory of the restaurant's wine cellar -- which boasts over 320,000 wines, some dating back to 1870 -- revealed that 83 bottles had gone missing since inventory was last conducted in 2020.
The government has opened a consultation on whether digital age verification should be used for alcohol sales in convenience stores and for home delivery.
The role of the consultation, which closes on 30 March, will examine whether technology has a place in age restricted sales of alcohol in retail and hospitality, as well as whether to "amend legislation in order to specify that for sales of alcohol that do not take place face to face, age verification should take place at the point of delivery as well as sale."
Our relationship with alcohol remains complicated. We acknowledge the dangers that drinking presents -- from health effects to underage drinking to drunk driving deaths -- but the party keeps rolling. We even glorify alcohol consumption. Anderson Cooper downed a shot of tequila on live television to celebrate the New Year, and it's possible that few people gave it a second thought.
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today announced that Rodrigo Diaz is the new executive director of the agency.
Additionally, the Board announced that Doug Hitz is the agency's new deputy executive director, and Jason Worley is the new chief counsel of the PLCB.
Total wine category sales were expected to have fallen by 2% to 4% in volume 2023, according to preliminary figures published in Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) 2024 'state of the US wine industry' report.