Interview: Our 2020 Spirits Supplier of the Year, Brown-Forman
Brown-Forman is the Spirits Supplier of the Year for our 2020 Growth Brands Awards. This honor reflects the bevy of beverage brands in their portfolio that grew impressively last year.
The timing is apt, as this...
America’s Fastest-Growing Spirits Brands
The 2020 Beverage Wholesaler Growth Brands Awards recognize the fastest-growing beverage alcohol brands in the U.S.
With hundreds, if not thousands, of new products coming onto the market every year, how can members of the trade keep up...
America’s Fastest-Growing Wine Brands
In Part 2 of our 2020 Growth Brands Awards, following spirits last week, we look at the fastest-growing wine brands in America.
After 25 consecutive years of growth, total wine consumption fell 0.6% in 2019, according...
Interview: Retail Alcohol in the Time of COVID-19
The novel coronavirus has forced a new reality on beverage alcohol retailers. Mostly deemed essential, allowed to remain open, these businesses now operate amidst a spreading, highly contagious pandemic.
At the same time, consumer buying patterns have changed due...
How Does Craft Beer Survive COVID-19?
The craft beer industry was growing steadily before COVID-19. Thanks to the rise of taprooms — allowing breweries of all sizes to generate consistent revenue — the category had found more room to expand. For many of...
5 Cinco de Mayo Cocktails
Cinco de Mayo will not be the same this year, since many in the U.S. are still sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if we can’t go out, let us raise...
The Best Old World Wines to Drink in 2020
For this latest round of Beverage Wholesaler wine reviews, we tasked our panel of independent experts to drink and rate Old World wines.
The write-ups below represent a wide range of styles and countries,...
Video: The 2020 Growth Brands Awards
EPG Media annually recognizes the fastest-selling beverage alcohol brands and top producers with our Growth Brands Awards. We were set to present these prizes at Las Vegas during WSWA 2020, but obviously that did...
Q&A: Few’s Paul Hletko on Craft Hand Sanitizer and Surviving COVID-19
Suddenly, craft hand sanitizer is the hottest thing.
Distilleries around the world have contributed in making of these products in defense against COVID-19. While generating cheery headlines, what actually goes into hand sanitizers is not so obvious.
For...
How One Scotch Brand Attracts Both Mixologists and Sippers
Few Scotch brands have captured a wider demo that Monkey Shoulder. This blended whisky brand from William Grant & Sons launched in 2005 with the objective of attracting mixology use. In this goal it...
