Amazon’s One-Hour Alcohol Delivery May Be a Headache for Startups (blog)
Amazon’s One-Hour Alcohol Delivery May Be a Headache for Startups (blog) Wall Street Journal By Lizette Chapman September 1, 2015 For on-demand alcohol startups, Amazon.com Inc.’s recent move into the one-hour booze-delivery business may be sobering. As Amazon experiments in Washington–the only state in which it now holds a liquor license–and evaluates the […]
An on-demand alcohol delivery company just raised $4.5 million
An on-demand alcohol delivery company just raised $4.5 million C|Net By Max Taves September 1, 2015 Saucey expands beyond California roots as Silicon Valley-backed startups try bringing the liquor store to you. You can get almost anything on-demand: Weed, cars, massage therapists. Now booze is just the latest thing Silicon Valley believes consumers […]
Bartending book with drink names like ‘stripper mom’ pulled by N.H. liquor commission
Bartending book with drink names like ‘stripper mom’ pulled by N.H. liquor commission Source: Washington Post By Elahe Izadi September 3 The popular bartending guide includes more than 2,500 drink recipes. Among them are the “panty dropper” and the “stripper mom.” Which, yikes! Why is this news, though? Well, because the New […]
Texas: TABC Deems Crowlers Illegal For Retail Beer To-Go
Texas: TABC Deems Crowlers Illegal For Retail Beer To-Go Source: Houston Press By Phaedra Cook September 2, 2015 Many craft beer fans are well acquainted with growlers, reusable bottles-normally made of amber glass-that bars, grocery stores and beer specialty shops fill with beer on draft for patrons to take home. Crowlers (short for […]
These Boston bars are charged with taking bribes from a beer distributor
These Boston bars are charged with taking bribes from a beer distributor Source: The Boston Globe By Amanda Hoover 09.02.15 After nearly a year-long investigation, the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) has cited a handful of Boston bars with violating state laws that prohibit breweries and beer distributors from bribing bars to carry […]
Bar gimmicks slammed for ‘reckless’ promotion
Bar gimmicks slammed for ‘reckless’ promotion Source: The Spirits Business by Amy Hopkins 2nd September, 2015 Trendy bar gimmicks such as serving cocktails in milk bottles and plastic bags, vodka-infused lollies and giant Martini glasses have come under fire for the “reckless” promotion of alcohol. The New South Wales Office of Liquor, […]
United Kingdom: Drinkers ‘subsidising’ non-drinkers by £6.5 billion a year
United Kingdom: Drinkers ‘subsidising’ non-drinkers by £6.5 billion a year A drain on taxpayers? Drinkers pay their dues three times over, new study claims Source: The Telegraph By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor 3 Sep 2015 Drinkers are “subsidising” non-drinkers to the tune of £6.5 billion a year, according to a provocative […]
On-demand Alcohol Delivery Startup Saucey Drinks To $4.5 Million In Seed Funding
On-demand Alcohol Delivery Startup Saucey Drinks To $4.5 Million In Seed Funding Source: TechCrunch Sarah Buhr September 1, 2015 Los Angeles-based on-demand alcohol startup Saucey has delivered good times in a bottle since 2013 but held off raising VC funding till now. The service just pulled in $4.5 million in seed money to […]
Wine Glasses Slim Way Down
Wine Glasses Slim Way Down Sommeliers say razor-thin rims bring the wine closer; 30% to 50% lighter Source: WSJ By Ellen Byron Sept. 1, 2015 Phew! Lifting a wine glass is getting easier. Wineglass makers are slimming down their already delicate stemware, promising that the feel of a lighter glass will […]
Alcohol addiction is ruining older lives, too
Alcohol addiction is ruining older lives, too Source: The Guardian Clare Allan 1 September 2015 Problem drinking among older people is on the increase, with an estimated 20%-25% of over-65s drinking at unsafe levels, according to research published last week by the institute of psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience at King’s College London. Moreover, […]