Podcast: Whiskey and Tequila Trends and Travels
What's the latest trends in whiskey and tequila, two of the hottest alcohol categories? Editors Melissa Dowling and Kyle Swartz recall what they observed in these two trendy categories during several recent media trips...
Our 2023 Spirits Supplier of the Year: Brown-Forman
Brown-Forman Corp. has seen a lot in 153 years, from World Wars, Prohibition and pandemics to what it calls “the dark ages for dark spirits.” That’s the period from 1965 to 2000, when sales...
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...
The 2023 Wine Growth Brands Awards: The Top Bottles
After some slight ups and downs during the first three years of the pandemic, total wine consumption took a dip in 2022. It decreased 1.1% last year to 344.1 million 9-liter cases, according to...
How to Fix Legal Cannabis
Recreational cannabis sales have started in Connecticut. After lagging behind our New England neighbors for several years now, my home state finally has operational dispensaries. The number of people driving across state lines into...
Diageo Names New CEO
Diageo has named a new Chief Executive Officer following the announced retirement of CEO Ivan Menezes.
Menezes has decided to retire from his top post and depart from the Diageo Board on June 30, 2023,...
What’s Next for THC and CBD?
nnabis is red hot these days, even as it hangs in a precarious balance between state and federal legislation. Despite this, THC and its milder, fully legal counterpart, CBD, continue to boom with consumers...
NABCA Names Schlauch Chair-elect
Becky Schlauch, Administrator, Montana Department of Revenue, Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, was voted incoming chair-elect to the NABCA Board of Directors. She will assume her responsibilities in May 2023, when current Chair-Elect Fred Wooton, Commissioner...
Interviews: Brown-Forman and Constellation Talk ESG
As we continue our coverage of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) in the alcohol industry, we recently spoke with representatives from two global industry leaders, Brown-Forman and Constellation Brands.
How Brown-Forman Embeds ESG Into Values...
Drizly, Gopuff Form Alcohol Delivery Partnership
As alcohol ecommerce continues to evolve rapidly post-Covid, Drizly (now owned by Uber) and Gopuff have announced a new partnership.
This collaboration brings the full Gopuff assortment of beer, wine and spirits to Drizly's beverage...
