Beer consumption in Australia is falling at a remarkable pace

Beer consumption in Australia is falling at a remarkable pace   Source: Quartz Ashley Rodriguez November 05, 2015   Foster’s may still bill itself as being Australian for beer, but these days that’s not saying much.   While beer accounted for about three quarters of the alcohol Australians drank in the 1960s, it now makes […]

Drink firms’ efforts to fight alcohol abuse ‘have not worked’

Drink firms’ efforts to fight alcohol abuse ‘have not worked’   Scathing independent report claims four-year ‘responsibility deal’ between government and drinks industry has harmed public health   Source: The Guardian Denis Campbell Health Policy Editor 7 November 2015   Reliance on voluntary action by alcohol firms to tackle drink-related harm has been a failure, […]

New Dutch Guide Advises Not To Drink Alcohol

New Dutch Guide Advises Not To Drink Alcohol   The Spirits Business By Annie Hayes November 5, 2015 The Health Council for the Netherlands has released a new set of guidelines recommending that people abstain from alcohol altogether or drink no more than one glass per day.   The new guidelines are now being translated […]

Here are the countries where people drink the most

Here are the countries where people drink the most   Tech Insider By Lauren F. Friedman November 4, 2015 A new OECD report on the health of a subset of nations around the world includes this table on how much alcohol people consume in different countries.   The chart shows the liters of “pure alcohol” […]

Customers camp out for sale of premium liquors

Customers camp out for sale of premium liquors   Global News By Nadia Stewart November 5, 2015 CANADA – A hearty group of keen customers are braving the rain and chilly nights, camping outside the BC Liquor Store in Oakridge, for a chance to snag some premium liquor.   This Saturday marks the liquor store’s […]

OR: Proposed ballot measure would allow grocers to sell liquor

OR: Proposed ballot measure would allow grocers to sell liquor   Daily Astorian By Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press November 5, 2015 The proposal, which could go before voters in the 2016 election, would end the state’s monopoly that dates to the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.   PORTLAND — A group backed by […]

VA: Miss Virginia Begins Elementary School Visits in Partnership with Virginia ABC to Teach Students about Living Alcohol and Drug Free

VA: Miss Virginia Begins Elementary School Visits in Partnership with Virginia ABC to Teach Students about Living Alcohol and Drug Free   Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control November 5, 2015 RICHMOND – Miss Virginia, Savannah Morgan Lane, this week began visits to Virginia elementary schools to let the state’s youngest pupils know how important […]

IL: Officials OK liquor displays storewide for Naperville

IL: Officials OK liquor displays storewide for Naperville   Chicago Tribune By Susan Frick Carlman November 5, 2015 Shoppers soon can expect to find a few suggestions for what to serve with this roast or that piece of cheese at some Naperville grocery stores.   Officials this week cast a divided vote to relax the […]

How Millennials Are Changing Wine

How Millennials Are Changing Wine   They’re the reason you use emojis instead of email and Snapchats instead of real chats. But will millennials also upend the wine establishment? As Lettie Teague discovers, this relationship status is complicated.   Source: WSJ By Lettie Teague Nov. 5, 2015   “SO MANY MILLENNIALS ARE interested more in […]