Beer drinkers in China -- and in Chinese restaurants around the globe that sell brands like Tsingtao -- may end up bearing the cost of a trade probe that’s shaking the barley market.
Cannabis legalisation presents a “long-term risk” to the alcohol industry in the US and could be consumed in “new occasions that alcohol cannot and will not play”, according to a recent report.
In the world of wine, "terroir” (pronounced "ter-war”) is a term used to describe the conditions in which a vine grows that then translates into the unique character of the final product — a delicious wine with complex flavors influenced by the soil and climate in which the vine was grown.
Last year was the best in a decade for Heineken, the world’s second-largest beer maker. One of the big drivers was its alcohol-free Heineken 0.0, which was launched in the summer of 2017, and is now seeing sales grow at a double-digit clip.
The liquor store of the future is called SmartAisle, and it’s here, and you can try it out—at least if you’re near one of five California BevMo locations piloting the new technology between now and the end of March.
The US became the first billion-pound export market for Scotch whisky in 2018, as global value and volume exports reached a record high, according to the latest figures.
National Beer Wholesalers Association recently released the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for January 2019. The index surveys beer distributors’ purchases across different segments and compares them to previous years.
The Distilled Spirits Council reported its ninth straight year of record spirits sales and volumes on Tuesday. Supplier sales were up over 5.1 percent, rising $1.3 billion to a total of $27.5 billion, while volumes rose 2.2 percent to 231 million cases, up 5.0 million cases from the prior year.
While mezcal remains tiny compared to its better-known cousin, Tequila, its consumption has risen dramatically over the past five years, with 288,000 cases depleted in the U.S.
For the past several years, as the movement to legalize marijuana spread across the country, Mark Gorman heard a familiar refrain emerging from advocates who are supporting measures to approve medical or recreational cannabis use.