7 Alcohol Trends at the 2019 Sun Wine & Food Fest
Curious what consumers like? Go to the source.
The Sun Wine & Food Fest is a multiday consumer show at Mohegan Sun, a sprawling Connecticut casino. Hundreds of attendees sampled 1,000+ varieties of wine, beer,...
On-premise Beverage Trends for 2019
Editor's note: As so many alcohol trends start at bars and restaurants, we occasionally cross-post content from our on-premise sister publication Cheers.
New Year, new predictions for the beverage industry. The “trendologists” at AF &...
8 American Whiskey Trends in 2019
No question about it: American whiskey is in a new golden era. Category sales have reached heights unseen since the 1960s, the last time brown spirits boomed. But that prior golden period came before the...
DISCUS Report: Legal Pot Does Not Affect Alcohol Sales
Should alcohol retailers, producers and distributors worry about legal cannabis siphoning off sales? Not according to the Distilled Spirits Council.
Sales of distilled spirits have not shown a negative impact in the first three states that...
Caesar’s Takes Off Under New Family Ownership
Growth came fast for the Gordin family and their new venture. In 2013 they bought Caesar’s Wine & Liquor, an 8,000-square-foot shop in Arlington, TN, just outside of Memphis. In the five years since,...
A Deep Dive into Bulgarian Wine
The wines of Bulgaria have long been defined by big, bold reds, both traditional varietals such as cabernet sauvignon and merlot, as well as indigenous grapes like mavrud and Melnik. But the country’s fresh,...
Sparkling Wine’s Growth: By The Numbers
The champagne and sparkling wine category keeps growing.
Overall consumption is up 56% in the past decade, and shows no signs of slowing. Last year the segment grew 5.8% in the U.S. to reach more...
3 Emerging American Whiskies
What’s hotter than American whiskey? The category is amidst another golden era. Newer brands like Angel’s Envy and High West have exploded in popularity, while classics such as Buffalo Trace and Four Roses have...
The Most Important New Products from 2018
This guide contains more than 150 products that were released or redesigned during 2018, sorted by category. This database includes the product’s supplier, MSRP and a description.
American Whiskeys
Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon 2018
Bacardi
$199.99
Seven-year-old...
How to Pair Sushi and Cocktails
Everybody knows to order sake with sushi, but what about craft cocktails?
The mixology movement is such that bartenders nearly everywhere now know how to whip up cocktails to a culinary degree. This includes at...
