Portman Group slams sports sponsorship study
Portman Group slams sports sponsorship study Source: The Spirits Business by Amy Hopkins 25th February, 2016 The Portman Group has hit out at a new study that claims to link alcohol sponsorship of sport and “risky drinking” among children and adult athletes. The study, titled ‘Association Between Alcohol Sports Sponsorship and Consumption: […]
Minnesota: Minnesota Legislature unlikely to address ban on Sunday liquor sales this year
Minnesota: Minnesota Legislature unlikely to address ban on Sunday liquor sales this year Source: MinnPost By Briana Bierschbach 02/24/16 Once again, Sunday liquor-store sales supporters will push to lift the ban, and individual legislators are hoping to make a few smaller tweaks. The 2015 legislative session was mostly a victorious one for […]
Oklahoma: Liquor store owners start push for state question on alcohol laws
Oklahoma: Liquor store owners start push for state question on alcohol laws Source: Tulsa World February 24, 2016 Frustrated with other modernization efforts, an industry group representing Oklahoma liquor store owners has launched its own push to get a state question on the November ballot to change the state’s alcohol laws. The […]
Will Russia Lift the Ban on Selling Alcohol Near Schools?
Will Russia Lift the Ban on Selling Alcohol Near Schools? Source: Newsweek By Damien Sharkov 2/24/16 The Russian Ministry of Trade is working to overturn a ban on selling alcohol near schools, believing the law had only resulted in financial losses for state and business, national daily Vedomosti reports. New regulation was […]
Sweden limits hand sanitizer sales because of alcohol-craving teens
Sweden limits hand sanitizer sales because of alcohol-craving teens Source: RT 25 Feb A disturbing trend among Swedish teenagers of drinking anti-bacterial hand wash for its alcohol content has forced pharmacies to put them behind the counter. Police asked chemists in the Varmland region to remove the hand gels from shop floors […]
Bartenders Name Drinks After Presidential Candidates and the Results Are Hilarious
Bartenders Name Drinks After Presidential Candidates and the Results Are Hilarious From Rubio on the Rocks to Trumptini: The best of the presidential candidates, in liquid form Source: Daily Meal Hannah Hoskins Feb 24, 2016 In the heat of the presidential candidates’ campaigns, where everything is becoming ferociously competitive and aggressive, we […]
Australia: Sydney wants to keep on partying, despite crackdown on alcohol abuse
Australia: Sydney wants to keep on partying, despite crackdown on alcohol abuse Source: USA Today Lauren Williams February 23, 2016 A crackdown on alcohol abuse is sparking a backlash by defenders of this city’s party-on culture. About 15,000 people protested last weekend against controversial new laws aimed to curb violence and problem […]
Oklahoma: Liquor store owners, distributors fight proposed Oklahoma ballot question
Oklahoma: Liquor store owners, distributors fight proposed Oklahoma ballot question Source: News OK Brianna Bailey February 22, 2016 Oklahoma liquor store owners and a group representing two of the state’s largest liquor distributors have filed legal challenges to a proposed state question on wine and full-strength beer in grocery and convenience stores. […]
United Kingdom: Alcohol IS bad for your health… EVEN in moderation: Just one glass a day ‘increases the risk of various cancers’
United Kingdom: Alcohol IS bad for your health… EVEN in moderation: Just one glass a day ‘increases the risk of various cancers’ Until recently science-backed wisdom was alcohol in moderation could actually be good for our health But new public health advise is that there is no ‘safe’ alcohol limit – with […]
How Winston Churchill Drove Us To Drink
How Winston Churchill Drove Us To Drink The British wartime PM was a stalwart drinker and supporter of drinking and the drinks industry, believing Prohibition an ‘affront’ to mankind. Source: The Daily Beast Noah Rothbaum February 20th For many years, if you asked a bartender (or a drinks writer for that matter) […]