Berkshire Hathaway vs the Three-Tier System
Berkshire Hathaway vs the Three-Tier System The Warren Buffet-owned McLane food distribution company moves forward with its quest for a Texas wine distribution license. Source: Wine-Searcher By Liza B. Zimmerman 05-Jun-2017 While it’s debatable whether the US’s three-tier, wine-distribution system may be outdated and inefficient, most of the industry players in Texas […]
Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age
Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age Source: Medical Xpress June 1, 2017 Lithuania on Thursday banned alcohol advertising and raised the legal drinking age to 20 from 18 as part of efforts to curb consumption in one of the world’s hardest-drinking nations. The measures, which also include a ban on […]
Beer sales slide as global alcohol consumption falls
Beer sales slide as global alcohol consumption falls Source: FT by: Scheherazade Daneshkhu, Consumer Industries Editor June 3, 2017 People are drinking less, according to industry figures that make sobering reading for brewers and distillers banking on growth from rising numbers of youngsters reaching legal drinking age. The global market for alcoholic […]
NFL Lifts Liquor Ad Ban, Raising Pressure on Beer
NFL Lifts Liquor Ad Ban, Raising Pressure on Beer Source: AdAge By E.J. Schultz June 03, 2017 The liquor industry is finally ready for some football. Whiskey, vodka, rum and other spirits will be allowed to advertise in NFL games this season for the first time according to new league rules that give […]
Optimism welcome change for Whiteclay
NE: Editorial, 6/2: Optimism welcome change for Whiteclay Lincoln Journal Star By the Journal Star editorial board June 2, 2017 One month has passed since the last beer was sold in Whiteclay. In that time, it has seen plenty of changes. The thousands of cans of beer sold per day, drunks passed out […]
MA: State alcohol task force hears calls to overhaul regs
MA: State alcohol task force hears calls to overhaul regs Sentinel & Enterprise By Amanda Burke June 2, 2017 LEOMINSTER — The complex jumble of state laws governing alcohol sales and distribution is poised for a shakeup. Testimony given at a Thursday public hearing suggests a long road ahead for regulators whose new statutes […]
ustralia: Long-held alcohol study in NT finds social clubs can help reduce harm in Aboriginal communities
Australia: Long-held alcohol study in NT finds social clubs can help reduce harm in Aboriginal communities News By Alyssa Betts June 1, 2017 A landmark study on alcohol in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, which was kept under wraps, found well-managed social clubs can reduce harm associated with drinking. Those seeking access to the […]
Europe: Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age
Europe: Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age Medical Xpress June 1, 2017 Lithuania on Thursday banned alcohol advertising and raised the legal drinking age to 20 from 18 as part of efforts to curb consumption in one of the world’s hardest-drinking nations. The measures, which also include a ban on alcohol […]
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016 Fortune By John Kell June 1, 2017 2016 isn’t a year that the beverage alcohol industry will be toasting. On Thursday, industry tracker IWSR reported that Americans consumed less alcohol in 2016 than the prior year, with volume slipping by 3.5 million nine-liter cases last year […]
Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition?
Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition? The groundbreaking “Maine law” laid the groundwork for other states to experiment with temperance laws Smithsonian By Kat Eschner June 2, 2017 On this day in 1851, the state of Maine passed a law banning the sale of alcohol. Four years later, 3,000 rioters […]