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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 StateWays Magazine Control State Best Practices Awards launched in 2015 to recognize control state agencies that lead the industry in innovation, education and enforcement. Best Enforcement Program Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services By Krystina Skibo In the...

In this episode, we begin with Cheers Editor Melissa Dowling discussing her time at Tales of the Cocktail 2023, the enormous and long-running bartender conference in New Orleans, as well as several notable alcohol events she...

For this panel, we asked members of our wine trade tasting panel to sample and rate American wines. These could be any style from anywhere in the country. As always, these selections include brief tasting notes,...

With Covid-19 now firmly behind us, 2023 can feel like the pandemic hangover year for beverage alcohol retailers. Gone are those boom years spurred by on-premise lockdowns and panicked consumer buying. Bottom lines have...

Things could not be going better for the American whiskey category. It’s firing on all cylinders as an ever-diversifying consumer base snaps up all kinds of new styles from producers both big and small. “We’ve...

With mocktails continuing their recent momentum, here are 15 nonalc mixed-drink recipes for spirit-free sipping. Cure for the Winter Blues 3 tsp. Element blueberry rosemary shrub2 tsp. Royal Rose Maine blueberry syrup1 tsp. Owl & Whale...

If you haven’t heard much about singani, you might very soon. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (TTB) earlier this year officially recognized Bolivian singani as a unique...

In this episode about alcohol sales data and statistics, we sit down with NABCA President and CEO Neal Insley, NABCA Sr. VP Trade Relations and COO David Jackson and Campari America General Sales Manager...

For this panel, we asked our wine panelists to taste and rate South American wines. These can be any style and from anywhere in the popular region. As always, these selections include brief tasting notes,...