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How a Mother-Daughter Partnership Formed Vintage Longbottom Wines

Kim Longbottom was pregnant with her daughter Margo in 1998 when Kim co-founded Australia’s Henry’s Drive Vignerons with her husband Mark. Twenty-one years later, that daughter joins the company as her mother’s new business partner....

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...

What’s Driving The Global Whiskey Boom On-premise?

Editor's Note: As so many beverage alcohol trends begin at bars and restaurants, we occasionally cross-post content like this from our sister publication, Cheers, which covers the on-premise scene. Enjoy! Whiskey is truly a global...

Previewing the 2019 Kim Crawford Vintage

You can expect more of the same from Kim Crawford in 2019 — and that’s a good thing. Now a name brand, this New Zealand company was launched in 1996 by Kim and Erica Crawford. It...

The 2019 Beer Growth Brands: What’s Driving the Category

We calculated our annual Beer Growth Brands Awards a bit differently in 2019. This year we polled beverage alcohol retailers and other industry professionals about what brands and companies sold the best in 2018, while...

How Has Rabbit Hole Distillery Emerged in a Crowded Whiskey Market?

The number of whiskeys on retail shelves and back bars has never been higher. So how does a new distillery stand out amidst the brown spirits boom? Founded in 2012, Rabbit Hole Distillery was already...

7 Emerging Mezcals and Tequilas

The increasing popularity of craft tequila has helped fuel the mezcal movement. Below we look at seven mezcal/tequila brands on the rise. 1) Mezcal El Silencio Launched in 2014, this brand has grown thanks to a...

4 Beverage Alcohol Retailers Who Are Top in America

This summer, we counted down the top five retailers on our Top 100 list, culminating in the Retailer of the Year award for Twin Liquors. Below, you can read about the other four retailers...

Labor Day Cocktail Ideas

It seems way too soon to be talking about Labor Day, but it’s never too soon to discuss Labor Day cocktails. Here are a few recipes to take you and your guests into the...

Forecasting Napa and Sonoma’s 2019 Vintages

Recently there has been an amazing bull-market run for wines from Napa and Sonoma valleys. Can that continue with the 2019 vintage? I have just returned from winery visits to California’s north coast, and there is...