Employees at a vineyard in the heart of California's wine country discovered with dismay on Wednesday that one of their giant tanks had opened — and Cabernet Sauvignon was gushing out.
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.
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.
American alcohol producers say President Donald Trump’s tariffs on European wine and whiskey have hamstrung the U.S. alcohol industry and threaten tens of thousands of jobs.
Craft beer has seen explosive growth in the past few years. According to the Brewer’s Association, retail dollar sales of craft beer increased 7% in 2018, up to $27.6 billion, and now account for more than 24% of the $114.2 billion U.S. beer market.
The number of Americans drinking wine dropped for the first time since 1994, according to industry tracker IWSR.
In December, Congress extended tax cuts for craft brewers through 2020. The gesture was a boon to the state’s breweries, which often operate on precarious margins.
Indonesia is clamping down on imports of European wine, spirits and dairy products in an escalating dispute over the Asian country’s palm oil.
Last month, Total Wine & More appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in its battle against minimum pricing rules in Connecticut.