The Top Gin Trends in 2024
Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. But based on the number of new craft gins and unique expressions hitting the market,...
Alabama ABC: Provide, Protect, Produce
Constant improvement. That single goal is at the core of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board’s mission. Despite the Montgomery-based agency’s recent leadership transition, its focus and commitment to outstanding service remains at...
7 Beverage Alcohol Trends for 2024
Trend picks and predictions for 2024 began rolling in late last year, and we’ve poured over numerous reports. One thing everyone seems to agree on: No-/lo-alcohol drinks are here to stay.
Not only are they...
Realignment at the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division
As an agency that has been around since the repeal of Prohibition, the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) has undergone many changes throughout the years — and 2023 was no exception.
Until recently, the agency...
Growing Black-owned Beverage Alcohol Businesses
Black-owned brands have grown in size and number in the alcohol industry in recent years, thanks to successful leaders who have given advice and uplifted others.
Perhaps the most well-known example is Uncle Nearest Premium...
Virginia ABC Named StateWays 2023 Overall Best Practices Winner
Accountability, service, integrity, and performance excellence. These are the values that the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Virginia ABC) strives to uphold in everything that it does. The agency has 4,947 employees spread across...
The 2023 Beverage Alcohol Retail Technology Buyers Guide
Even as we move beyond the tech boom years from the Covid-19 era, using the right beverage alcohol retail technology remains important. The pandemic taught scores of consumers how to order all manners of...
NABCA Earns Great Place To Work Certification
With more than 40 employees and an 86-year history as an integral player in the beverage alcohol marketplace among industry trade organizations, the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA) recently became certified as a...
Our Wine Supplier of the Year Constellation Brands
The Constellation Brands wine portfolio is looking a little smaller these days. After all, the company sold more than 30 wine brands to E. & J. Gallo Winery in 2021, and in October of...
A Lifetime of Service: Fred Wooton Becomes NABCA Chairman
Fred Wooton is widely known among colleagues as “The Commissioner of Change.” Currently serving as Commissioner of the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (WVABCA), he has devoted his entire professional career to the...
