Grapes of wrath: French wine industry angry at plans for bigger pregnancy health warnings on bottles
Grapes of wrath: French wine industry angry at plans for bigger pregnancy health warnings on bottles A quarter of French mothers-to-be continue to drink alcohol Source: The Telegraph David Chazan 24 JANUARY 2017 The creators of some of France’s finest wines are up in arms over a government plan to double the […]
Daddy, Where Does Alcohol Come From?
Daddy, Where Does Alcohol Come From? Source: The Chuck Cowdery Blog January 23rd Alcohol, specifically ethanol, is the stuff we drink. Beer, wine, whiskey, vodka, tequila, schnapps, it doesn’t matter. The alcohol itself is all the same. But where does ethanol come from? Yeast. Yeast make alcohol. How they do it […]
New York: Liquor, too? Cuomo’s movie plan not limited to beer, wine
New York: Liquor, too? Cuomo’s movie plan not limited to beer, wine Source: D&C Jon Campbel Jan. 20, 2017 Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to allow movie theaters to serve alcohol wouldn’t limit them to just beer and wine, despite the governor saying otherwise. Tucked into Cuomo’s $152.3 billion state budget proposal was […]
Popular whiskey lands man in hot water with liquor control agents
Popular whiskey lands man in hot water with liquor control agents Source: Penn Live January 20, 2017 A bottle of coveted whiskey has a York County man facing a misdemeanor count of sales of liquor without a license. Officers from the state Bureau of Liquor Control say they responded to an ad […]
Sepa accused of ‘being in bed’ with the whisky business
Sepa accused of ‘being in bed’ with the whisky business Source: The Herald January 21st SCOTLAND’S environmental watchdog has been accused of being “in bed” with multinational companies after inviting the whisky industry to help appoint a senior pollution regulator. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) brought in the Scotch Whisky Association […]
Britain pays second highest tax rate on beer in the whole of Europe amid calls for cuts
Britain pays second highest tax rate on beer in the whole of Europe amid calls for cuts Drinkers in Germany and Spain – two of the cheapest countries – are charged around 4p per pint in tax Source: The Mirror BYSTEPHEN HAYWARD 21 JAN 2017 Million of beer drinkers are being urged […]
Vermont: Gov. Scott wants new oversight of liquor, lottery, labor
Vermont: Gov. Scott wants new oversight of liquor, lottery, labor Source: Burlington Free Press April McCullum Jan. 17, 2017 Gov. Phil Scott wants to reshuffle the structure of state government by combining labor and economic development issues under one roof, merging the state liquor and lottery offices, and creating a new more powerful agency for […]
New York: NY governor proposes allowing beer, wine in movie theaters
New York: NY governor proposes allowing beer, wine in movie theaters Source: WHAM January 18th 2017 A new proposal in the 2018 New York state budget would allow movie theaters to serve wine and beer. It would establish a Motion Picture Theater Alcohol permit and would include some restrictions. Governor Cuomo released the plan Wednesday […]
Minnesota: House panel takes first step to end Sunday liquor sales ban
Minnesota: House panel takes first step to end Sunday liquor sales ban Source: RiverTowns By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger Jan 18, 2017 The long-running debate over Sunday liquor sales in Minnesota is back with renewed strength to strike down the century-old ban. “We are going to pass Sunday liquor sales out of the House this year,” […]
The Problem of Binge Drinking
Key Points for Alcohol Policy from Surgeon General’s Report: The Problem of Binge Drinking By Pamela Erickson In November 2016, the Surgeon General released a major report entitled, “Facing Addiction in America, the Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health.” It is a major work on the issue of substance misuse that […]