Oklahoma Law Change Prompts New Distributorships
A recent change in Oklahoma law has reshaped the state's distribution landscape.
Technically the state had for many years run a four-tier system, with brokers a legally separate entity. However, legislation passed last year in the...
Is Craft Beer Approaching a Bubble?
While craft beer continues to sell well, there are potential signs of trouble ahead.
Growth has slowed. After posting years of double-digit sales gains, the category has recently settled into a pattern of single-digit increases....
The 2018 Beer Growth Brands: 4 Trends Driving Beer/FMB Sales
The 2018 Beer Growth Brands look back at what brews sold best in 2017, a year when the category again slipped slightly.
Certain parts of the industry lagged. Macro brands continued to recede. Modern consumers, ever...
Announcing the Inaugural Top 100 Off-Premise Retailer Awards
Coming to Louisville for its third year on June 10-12, 2019, the Beverage Alcohol Retailers Conference is for the first time including the Inaugural Top 100 Off-Premise Retailer awards. The conference will conclude with...
5 Emerging Tequila and Mezcal Brands
Tequila is on fire.
The category grew 6.1% in the U.S. in 2017 for a total of 17.3 million 9-liter cases, according to the Beverage Information and Insights Group. As recently as 2012 tequila was...
Trends Driving Flavored Malt Beverages in 2018
So-called “malternatives” first appeared in the beer aisles in the 1980s, when changes in the tax code undermined the market for wine coolers and opened an opportunity for malt-based drinks that could qualify as beer...
Why Have Scotch Sales Fallen Flat?
It's boom time for most brown spirits — but not Scotch.
The category is the rare whiskey/whisky that's not rapidly rising in America. Overall, Scotch's sales volume was down 1.5% in 2017 to 9.29 million...
Gin Trends in 2018
Variety is the spice of gin. Novelty in styles and flavors has driven interest—and sales—in the category.
“We carry 37 different gins at Lizz’s Wine & Spirits,” says Aaron Wells, proprietor of the Oak Ridge,...
South American Wines Continue to Surprise
Many U.S. wine consumers think of South America primarily as a source of solid, inexpensive wines. In the case of Chile, the wines are probably Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc; for Argentina, it’s obviously...
What’s Driving Ready-To-Drink Beverage Sales in 2018
The ready-to-drink (RTD) category has come a long way from cheap, sugary, pre-packaged cocktails commonly found on the bottom shelf. From these humble beginnings RTDs have evolved by embracing the craft movement. Now these...
