The ground is, in fact, floating. It's a peat bog on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and it's from here that Hofmann, the co-founder of Seattle's Westland Distillery , is taking an unusual step for America's booming spirits industry: making a whiskey whose "terroir" literally involves local dirt.
While much of the country sees the Senate’s tax reform bill as greedy, the tax-strapped booze industry is toasting with the good stuff right now. The drinks world received significant tax cuts and important federal definitions.
Robots may soon have a bigger role in some of the world's most prestigious vineyards, after successful trials in Bordeaux and Portugal this year, including at Château Clerc Milon, owned by Baron Philippe de Rothschild.
Irish whiskey has emerged from a long slumber to become one of the hottest categories in spirits, boasting an almost unmatched rate of growth. But will the sector’s current structure safeguard its future success?
A major Spanish brewer is acquiring a minority stake in one of Colorado's best-established craft-beer makers, suggesting that it has an eye on selling Avery's products internationally.
GRAND RAPID, MI - The distillers of finely crafted spirits, Breakfast Gin and Breakfast Rye, are caught up in a name-calling fight for their not-just-for-breakfast drinks.
Makers of Breakfast Gin are trying to stop Grand Rapids' Gray Skies Distillery's December launch of its latest whiskey, Breakfast Rye.Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday forcefully disputed charges that it tried to stifle competition by giving away nearly $1 million in refrigeration and beer-dispensing equipment to Boston-area bars and liquor stores in 2014 and 2015.
The Scotch Whisky Association has welcomed the UK Government’s new Industrial Strategy and its creation of the Food and Drink Sector Council, which aims to address the “challenges and opportunities” resulting from Brexit.
A growing trend for healthy living and teetotalism, particularly among young adults, is continuing to drive sales of low alcohol wine, according to BMI Research, with a number of retailers working to bolster their ranges.
In this column, we would like to discuss beer. Why beer, of all of the economic topics dominating the news?