Power of Parents targets millennial parents with bite-sized approach

Power of Parents targets millennial parents with bite-sized approach   MADD August 3, 2016 We have so many lessons to impart to our children.   Eat your vegetables. Keep your hands to yourself. Treat others as you wish to be treated.   And, most importantly, be safe. Please, above all, be safe, we tell them […]

Tell Consumers How Many Calories There are in Alcohol

Tell Consumers How Many Calories There are in Alcohol   Source: nytimes.com The Editorial Board July 29th   The average 12-ounce beer has 153 calories, slightly more than a can of Coca-Cola. But the typical beer drinker probably doesn’t know that, because regulators have long exempted alcohol producers from stamping their products with the kinds […]

Secret to a happy marriage? Maybe drinking alcohol, study says (Additional Coverage)

Secret to a happy marriage? Maybe drinking alcohol, study says (Additional Coverage)   Source USA Today Ashley May EDT August 3, 2016   A new study says older couples who drink together are happier than couples where only one person drinks.(Photo: Monkey Business Images Ltd, Getty Images/Monkey Business)   Date nights including the occasional wine […]

6 member communities selected for ITGA / RRForum Alcohol Responsibility Program

6 member communities selected for ITGA / RRForum Alcohol Responsibility Program   Source: Responsible Retailing Forum August 2, 2016   ITGA and the Responsible Retailing Forum have selected six ITGA member communities to participate in the development of an Alcohol Responsibility Program for ITGA members:   1.         California Polytechnic State University / San Luis Obispo […]

Drinking wine could be secret to happy marriage – study

Drinking wine could be secret to happy marriage – study   Source: Decanter August 2, 2016   Married couples get on with each other better and for longer when both partners enjoy a drink, suggests a new study.   Sharing a good bottle of wine over dinner is already one of the events to treasure […]

Nearly half Chinese imported wine drinkers purchase online

Nearly half Chinese imported wine drinkers purchase online   Source: Drinks International By Christian Davis 02 August, 2016   Almost half of Chinese imported wine drinkers purchase wine online, according to a new Wine Intelligence report.   The Wine Intelligence Online Retail & Communication in the Chinese Market 2016 report says 49% of Chinese urban […]

Amazon starts alcohol deliveries to Prime Now customers in Twin Cities

Amazon starts alcohol deliveries to Prime Now customers in Twin Cities   Source: startribune.com Evan Ramstad July 29th   Amazon.com Inc. started delivery of beer, wine and liquor in the Twin Cities Thursday in partnership with Surdyk’s Liquor & Cheese Shop, a fixture in northeast Minneapolis for eight decades.   By noon, the flow of […]

Texas: Warren Buffett versus the three-tier drinks system

Texas: Warren Buffett versus the three-tier drinks system   Source: R Street Josiah Neeley July 13th   In Texas, as in much of the nation, alcohol is regulated under the so-called “three-tier system,” which requires alcohol manufacturers, distributors and retailers to be separate and independent from each other.   Texas, however, takes this requirement to […]