Craft Beverage Expo Returns to Louisville
The Craft Beverage Expo, created
for independent beverage producers five years ago, is returning to Kentucky on
December 3-5. I recently spoke to Executive Director Kellie Shevlin about the
show and what attendees can expect to experience...
Walmart Introduces Beverage Alcohol Pickup Services
As Amazon and Big Box chains across the country improve their alcohol offerings, Walmart has officially launched beverage alcohol pickup services.
The company is also looking to expand its direct-to-consumer alcohol deliveries.
Customers in 2,000 locations in 29 states...
U.S. Beer Volume Continues Decline, According to 2019 Beer Handbook
Overall beer consumption continued to slide, with total volume decreasing 1.3% to 2.77 billion 2.25-gallon cases in 2018, according to the Beverage Information Group’s 2019 Beer Handbook.
This marks the sixth consecutive year of declines in...
Jim Murray Names 1792 Whiskey Best in World in 2020 Whiskey Bible
And the whiskey markets will shift.
The longtime influential spirits writer Jim Murray has announced details from his 2020 "Whiskey Bible." This popular annual book includes his ratings of whiskeys from around the globe, culminating in...
Interview: Maker’s Mark’s Jane Bowie on Innovating Bourbon
Maker's Mark Distillery, which is not necessarily known for new products, last month announced its first-ever nationally available limited-release bourbon. With the (long) name of Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 2019 Limited Release: Stave...
Organic Vs. BioDynamic Wine: What’s The Difference?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, all farming was organic by today’s standards. Nowadays, the norm in commercial agriculture is to boost crop productivity with chemicals, hormones and genetically modified organisms.
In conventional grape growing for...
