Why Women Drink More White Wine

Why Women Drink More White Wine Women seem to have a thing for white wine, with many drinking it almost exclusively. What’s at the root of this love connection? Wall Street Journal wine columnist Lettie Teague explores. Source: WSJ By LETTIE TEAGUE March 2, 2017 THERE’S A TRUE love connection between white wine and women. […]

Tennessee: New push for Sunday wine and liquor store sales

Tennessee: New push for Sunday wine and liquor store sales Source: WBIR Andrew Weil and Brittany Bade March 02, 2017 There’s a new push in Tennessee to remove some of the restrictions surrounding when liquor stores can operate and when wine can be sold in grocery stores. Proposed legislation by Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and […]

Australia: State of the Industry Report highlights strong off-premise growth

Australia: State of the Industry Report highlights strong off-premise growth   Source: TheShout By Andy Young 03/03/2017   The 2016 Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA) and IRI State of the Industry Report will highlight strong off-premise growth in Australia.   ALSA and IRI held a pre-launch briefing in Sydney earlier this week, to give a […]

Anheuser-Busch InBev Needs to Make Consumers Drink Beer Again

Anheuser-Busch InBev Needs to Make Consumers Drink Beer Again   Brewer’s strategy of consolidating the global beer industry and cutting costs is almost out of road   Source: WSJ By STEPHEN WILMOT March 2, 2017   A stale beer market leaves the investment case for Anheuser-Busch InBev, which brews seven of the top 10 global […]

Vodka recalled due to high alcohol content

Vodka recalled due to high alcohol content   Source: The Canadian Press March 3, 2017   Some bottles of vodka are being recalled in Ontario because the alcohol content is about double what it should be.   The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says labels on one batch of Georgian Bay Vodka shows 40 per […]

Intellicheck’s Reseller Agreement with Alcohol Industry Associates Marks Another Milestone in Growing National Adoption of Age ID

Intellicheck’s Reseller Agreement with Alcohol Industry Associates Marks Another Milestone in Growing National Adoption of Age ID   Expert Alcohol Licensing, Compliance and Employee Training Company Will Offer Intellicheck’s Industry Leading ID Authentication Technology Solution   Business Wire February 28, 2017 JERICHO, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. (NYSE MKT:IDN), an industry leader in delivering real-time threat […]

Alcohol and caffeine created civilization: Column The craving goes deep into our past.

Alcohol and caffeine created civilization: Column The craving goes deep into our past.   USA Today By Chelsea Follett February 28, 2017 No two drugs have defined human civilization the way alcohol and caffeine have.   Nature created both to kill creatures much smaller than us — plants evolved caffeine to poison insect predators, and […]

Your state is soaking you for beer money

Your state is soaking you for beer money   Source: MarketWatch By JASON NOTTE Mar 1, 2017   There are a whole lot of taxes behind the price of your six-pack of beer. But how much you pay depends largely on where you live, and how beer-friendly your state is in general.   Before you […]

Anchorage land-use specialist tapped to head Alaska’s alcohol and marijuana office

Anchorage land-use specialist tapped to head Alaska’s alcohol and marijuana office Alaska Erika McConnell, a longtime employee of the Municipality of Anchorage, will be the next director of the office that oversees regulation of alcohol and marijuana laws in Alaska.  McConnell currently works as a special assistant to the director of Anchorage’s Office of Economic and Community […]