Cannabis Regulation in 2018
The movement to legalize cannabis continues to gather steam throughout America.
Four more states, plus the District of Columbia, approved recreational pot by way of voter referendum in 2014. These gains increased the number of...
Talking Beer Trends with the Yuengling Sisters
Pictured atop from left: Sheryl, Jennifer, Wendy and Debbie Yuengling, sixth-generation decedents of David Gottlieb Jüngling, the founder of D. G. Yuengling & Son in 1829. Jennifer is VP of operations at Yuengling, while...
Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione on Craft Beer’s Struggles and Future Growth
Dogfish Head has remained a pioneer in the craft beer industry since opening in Milton, Delaware in 1995. Now available in 31 states, the brand has grown considerably in recent years, setting new volume...
The Fastest Growing Spirit Brands and Top Trends of 2017
Keeping up with hundreds (if not thousands) of new product releases every year is a daunting task for retailers. How can members of the trade know which products to stock, which to drop and...
How a Tuscan Winemaking Family Came to Produce Wines With Prisoners
Feature photo: Lamberto Frescobaldi, president of the Marchesi Frescobaldi group, with two workers in the vineyard on the Gorgona island penitentiary near Tuscany.
The Frescobaldi family has been producing Tuscan wines for more than 700 years...
Interview: The Pros of Vertical Integration For Legal Cannabis Companies
Sunday Goods is a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Arizona. They serve medicinal patients and caregivers (Arizona does not permit recreational pot, which failed in state referendum last year). They also grow, sell...
Brown-Forman Recognizes Distributors in ‘Road to 150’ Program
Brown-Forman has officially announced the top performing distributors for its annual “Road to 150” program.
These national awards recognize Footprint, Select, and Prime Divisions, as determined by market size, annually. The Footprint Division went to...
Which Exotic Spirits Will Trend in 2018?
American consumers have developed a thirst for the exotic, and they are searching the globe for new and novel spirits to taste, aided in their quest by innovative producers and importers.The phenomenon is driven...
Interview: Lab Owner Scott Begraft on Testing Legal Cannabis
Among the benefits of legalization is that consumers can buy cannabis they know is free of toxins and not dangerously potent. This need for government-approved “safe” pot has sparked a rise in cannabis testing...
What’s Next for Tequila in 2018
When you can sell twice as much as you have, you can be sure what you’ve got is hot.
That’s what happened recently at Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits in Annapolis, Maryland, when owner David...
