What is Craft Tequila in 2019?
What is craft tequila?
Craft is a term tossed about by marketers, producers and consumers, but there are no laws regulating its use for beverage alcohol, and no real consensus as to what craft actually...
What’s Driving Imported Whisky Sales in 2019
The brown-spirits boom is worldwide. The quality and diversity of whisky distilled across the globe have never been higher.
Consumers have caught on. U.S. drinkers who first tried whiskey through the red-hot bourbon movement are...
Meet Dan McKee, the New Master Distiller at Michter’s
Dan McKee has big shoes to fill.
In April he received promotion to Master Distiller at Michter's Distillery in Louisville, following the retirement of one of his mentors, former Master Distiller Pamela Heilmann. Heilmann set...
11 Alcohol Trends to Watch in 2019-20
Consumer tastes never settle. They gradually change in subtle shifts and evolutions. And they can vary greatly from state to state, and across the country. That’s why Beverage Dynamics polls its readers each year...
Supreme Court Nixes Tennessee Residency Law in Win for Total Wine
Big-Box chain Total Wine scored a large victory today when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Tennessee law that requires someone live in the state for two years before becoming eligible for a...
Top Sparkling Wine Trends in Summer 2019
As sparkling wine’s year-round popularity continues to increase, producers are taking notice and promoting their bubblies for the summer months.
Special bottles. Recipes for summer cocktails featuring their products. Partnerships with summer events. All reinforcing...
Why Wine Packaging has Evolved
The way we drink wine is changing.
More consumers today are on the go. Places where they want to drink — at parks, beaches, pools — do not always allow glass packaging. And people now...
Why Rum is Poised to Take Off
“There is real excitement in the premium rum space,” says Sean Yelle, category director, dark spirits, at Campari Group, whose portfolio includes Appleton Estate and Wray & Nephew.
That’s due to a confluence of factors,...
The 2019 Spirits Growth Brands — America’s Fastest-Growing Spirits
Distilled Spirits sales continued their two decades of steady increases in 2018, with whiskey sales continuing to rise among all sub-categories.
This year’s list of Growth Brands winners includes 71 spirit brands in four categories:...
The 2019 Wine Growth Brands — America’s Fastest-Growing Wines
The U.S. wine market marked its 25th consecutive year of growth in 2018, reaching 348.8 million 9-liter cases. As with recent years, it was a modest increase—1.2%, according to the Beverage Information and Insights...
