RTDS Embrace Craft
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...
Best in Class: OLCC is Overall Best Practices Awards Winner
Despite the constantly changing landscape of control state agencies, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) always manages to stay several steps ahead of the game. By reevaluating its processes and developing innovative programming, the...
Changing with the Times
Making important system changes at one of the largest purchasers and sellers of beverage alcohol in North America isn’t easy. But the folks at the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board are continuing to bring their...
Increased Governance in Iowa
Constant improvement: it’s something that’s essential in all business industries, and it’s a core philosophy of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD). For years, the agency has demonstrated its ongoing ability to identify and...
Live from ProWine China in Shanghai
ProWine China’s 2018 expo was held in November in Shanghai, where more than 18,000 visitors and 750 exhibitors from 39 countries gathered at one of Asia’s largest wine trade shows. I attended the show...
Balancing Conflicting Priorities
Control states often juggle many conflicting priorities. In addition to being large revenue generators for their respective states, control states are generally charged with overseeing enforcement and education as well. As Director of the...
The Advisory Committee Weighs In
How are the control states investing, changing and innovating in the present in order to advance their future value? And how are supplier partners assisting (or sometimes leading) in that effort? To find out,...
Summer Sparklers Heating Up
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...
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...
Talking Whiskey With Eddie Russell
What’s more traditional in the world of whiskey than the Russell family at Wild Turkey? You might say that bourbon is in their blood, this multigenerational team of master distillers. Today, Eddie Russell and...
