Normally this time of year in Napa and Sonoma is bustling with visitors — reservations are hard to come by, tasting rooms are elbow-to-elbow and hotels are fully booked.
If Sonoma County is known for anything, it’s wine. So it’s no surprise that many are wondering what impact the recent wildfires had on the North Coast wine industry.
E-commerce retail sales are approaching $400 billion dollars, but a mere 0.2 percent of beer - or about 3.5 milli
Charles Ireland, general manager for Great Britain, Ireland and France, said the move would be counterproductive because Treasury takings from Scotch fell when the Chancellor imposed a 3.9 per cent tax rise earlier this year.
As American drinkers lose interest in beer, the marijuana market is exploding.
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BENGALURU - The fight for the top spot in the Indian liquor industry, the third largest in the world, is now turning out to be a see-saw battle, with United Spirits — owned by the world's largest spirits maker Diageo — edging past Pernod Ricard, the second largest in the world.
The devastation caused by wildfires in Northern California is also impacting the large wine industry in that region.
Less than three months after MillerCoors CEO Gavin Hattersley implored beer executives to come together and fight back against the continued pressure from wine and spirits companies, two more beer CEOs have joined the conversation and are echoing his thoughts.
Multiple wildfires spread across large portions of Napa and Sonoma counties Sunday night and early Monday morning, forcing thousands from their homes, burning hundreds of structures and scorching tens of thousands of acres.