Drinkhacker

JULY 25, 2024

Rias Baixas is ground zero for the grape, and today we look at the wine from three different angles, specifically three different subregions within Rias Baixas: O Rosal, Soutomaior, and Val do Salnés. Let’s see what these wines can do. Let’s see what these wines can do. Ready to get nerdy on Spanish albarino?

Wine 105

Wine Alcohol 105

Cheers

MARCH 22, 2024

We asked the our national wine panel to taste and rate Old World wines from this past year. As always, these selections include brief tasting notes, a rating and the wine’s retail price (which can vary from store to store and market to market). Four Stars (91-86): A very good wine and an excellent value.

Wine 97

Wine Bottling Alcohol 97

VinePair

APRIL 10, 2024

With a terroir similar to that of its more famous neighbor to the west, France’s tiny Jura region lives in the shadow of Burgundy, but offers memorable white wines that deserve consideration in their own right. I prefer the latter, which is the way we drink most white wines, and there are some truly exciting examples in the list below.

Wine 105

Wine Infusions Alcohol 105

VinePair

MAY 16, 2024

Anyone keeping up with the wine world is probably familiar with the consistent drum of negative data and hyperbolic headlines suggesting the industry is on death’s door. The report sounded alarm bells for many in the business, driving home that consumer demand for wine is dwindling in favor of RTDs, spirits, and cannabis.

Wine 109

Wine Club Alcohol Bottling 109

VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

Like the white wines of Greece, the red wines are underappreciated and perhaps even more obscure. Outstanding quality with amazing value,” Kamal Kouiri, wine director and a managing partner in Molyvos , a leading Greek restaurant in New York, says of Greek wines in general. So, what unifies the red wines of Greece?

Wine 101

Wine Alcohol Bottling 101

VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Although last year’s domestic alcohol sales were pretty grim, most are referring to 2023 as a reset year for the U.S. alcohol industry. Consequently, this marks the first year in nearly 30 years that the industry saw a slip in spirits, beer, and wine sales. division at IWSR Marten Lodewijks. The future of the U.S.

Alcohol 96

Alcohol Inventory Beer Wine 96

VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

In recent years, the non-alcoholic (NA) space has exploded in breadth and depth. Overall, we determined that the bitter profile of aperitifs lends itself best to an NA format, as it’s seemingly easier to mimic without alcohol. Now that you’re up to speed, here are the 24 best non-alcoholic drinks brands for 2023.

Alcohol 98

Alcohol Zero-Proof Aperitif Mocktails 98

VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Understanding wine is often about comparisons: If you’re not familiar with a certain variety, what does it remind you of? The issue is tannins, the chewy, often “dusty” remnants of the grapes that coat the mouth, give red wines structure, and make them worthy of aging. Those young California Cabs are quite tannic. Plenty of time.

Wine 103

Wine Alcohol Bottling 103

Cheers

JANUARY 26, 2024

Why does the wine category struggle with Millennials and Gen Z? The wine industry had been on an upward trajectory since 1997, averaging growth levels over 2% through 2018, according to data from The Beverage Information Group , the data partner of Cheers magazine. But the rate of growth has decelerated since 2004.

Wine 92

Wine Alcohol Promotion Promoter 92

VinePair

JUNE 12, 2024

Summer is fast approaching, which means coolers around the country will soon be filled with rosés and crisp white wines to fend off the season’s inevitable heat. But this year, some wine-lovers will swap out the typical bottles of Sauvignon Blanc and Chablis for… red wine? So what makes a red wine chillable?

Wine 116

Wine Bottling Alcohol Promoter 116

VinePair

JUNE 5, 2024

The red wines of Portugal are a melange of relatively unfamiliar grapes, often joined together in blends that distinguish the country from so many other wine regions where single-varietal wines dominate. Some of the wines are still labeled as such.

Wine 98

Wine Bottling Alcohol 98

VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Since launching in 2007, Josh Cellars has become the fastest-growing premium table wine brand in the U.S., Founded with the mission of providing consumers with quality Napa Valley wines at a more accessible price, the brand immediately made a splash with its $10 to $20 price tags. What’s driving Josh’s success? Bottled at just 13.5

Wine 110

Wine Bottling Bitters Alcohol 110

VinePair

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a growing trend toward leaner red wines that are less dominated by oak and high levels of alcohol. With that in mind, the red wines of Austria should be near the top of your list. Indeed, Austrian Blaufränkisch, while familiar to serious wine enthusiasts, deserves much broader recognition.

Wine 88

Wine Bottling Alcohol 88

VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you like big, dense red wines, Syrahs from the West Coast should be on your radar. While the New York State wines I tasted from the Finger Lakes and Long Island are generally light in color with red fruit flavors and robust acidity, West Coast Syrahs are dominated by dark fruit notes with hints of smoke and meat and a good deal of oak.

Wine 105

Wine Alcohol Bottling 105

VinePair

JANUARY 3, 2024

They’re all names for the same grape, and you’re likely to see them all on Pinot Noir wine labels from Trentino-Alto Adige, the most northern wine region in Italy. The region — Alto Adige is in the north and Trentino is in the south — borders Austria and Switzerland, and German is often spoken in Alto Adige and used on wine labels.

Wine 105

Wine Alcohol Bottling 105

VinePair

JULY 25, 2024

The much-anticipated summer Olympics are kicking off in Paris this week and, given the host city, there’s almost as much discourse around the event’s food and wine as the games themselves. So how can you replicate what’s arguably one of the world’s best wine-drinking destinations at home? That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

Wine 88

Wine Bottling Bar Alcohol 88

VinePair

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

so much of the world of wine is centered around red blends. If you make wine outside the region’s set of rules you cannot put said appellation on the label. Here in the States, and in most wine regions outside Europe, the rules are much more lenient. Monkey Jacket 2021 This wine is so cool.

Wine 105

Wine Live Music Live Music Alcohol 105

Imbibe Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

So we added a little section for snacks and drinks, and these were non-alcoholic drinks when we started. We got our beer and wine license for off sale around 2014. Then in 2019, we moved to the new location because we wanted to have a bar. And that proved to be very popular. Around 2017, we got our spirits license.

Club 226

Club Beer Bar Bottling 226

VinePair

APRIL 17, 2024

Now, despite its fickleness , it’s planted across the globe and is one of the most common wines seen in shops and on by-the-glass lists. After tasting hundreds of wines from all over the world, it’s clear to us that some regions have Pinot’s balance on lock. This wine is incredibly warm and inviting. In the U.S.,

Wine 124

Wine Bottling Alcohol 124

VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

Merlot, one of Bordeaux’s most important red wine grapes, is finally making a comeback here in the U.S. after being trashed by Paul Giamatti’s wine snob, Miles, in “ Sideways.” With soft tannins, supple fruit, and notes of blueberry and plum, Merlot is known as an easy-drinking wine. And it’s a success.

Wine 106

Wine Bitters Bottling Alcohol 106

Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Wine is an excellent base for cocktails. However, if you want to up the ante, use high-end wines to make your seasonal beverages extra special. Marketview Liquor should be your first stop for some of the most sought-after rare wines on the market at affordable prices. Mike and his staff have never looked back.

Wine 56

Wine Liquor Mixologist Customer Service 56

VinePair

JUNE 4, 2024

percent ABV Funny Water , carving a new niche in non-carbonated alcoholic drinks that, unlike wine or most cocktails, aren’t too strong. Seeking new audiences, companies are packaging hard teas, alcoholic refreshers, and fruit-infused vodka waters that deliver flavor, not fizz, making for smoother drinking.

Vodka 111

Vodka Alcohol IPA Zero-Proof 111

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 23, 2024

Surprisingly, Scotch whisky imports comprise only 2% of the Indian whisky market, as India is also amongst the world’s major whisky manufacturers, producing 189 million cases of whisky in 2019. Piccadily’s first bottling, the Indri Trini expression is named for the triple cask maturation, using ex-bourbon, ex-wine, and PX sherry casks.

Liquor 105

Liquor Alcohol Rum Bottling 105

Cheers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Diageo North America has acquired Ritual Zero Proof Non-Alcoholic Spirits. Since its launch in Chicago in 2019, Ritual has grown rapidly and is now the number-one non-alcoholic spirit brand in the U.S., Ninety-four percent of non-alc buyers also purchase beer, wine or spirits containing alcohol, and annually, U.S.

Zero-Proof 79

Zero-Proof Aperitif Alcohol Beer 79

VinePair

MARCH 8, 2024

As red wine skews toward lighter-bodied, low-alcohol, chillable expressions , there’s an opposite movement gaining steam in the world of white wine. This up-and-coming category has become a secret weapon for somms looking to provide their guests with complex white wines at a solid price point.

Sommelier 116

Sommelier Wine Bottling Bar 116

VinePair

JUNE 19, 2024

The wine industry often likes to categorize products into neat little boxes. Even the radical natural wine movement that broke drinkers’ preconceived notions of what wine can be depends on categorization to some degree — where would it be without “ orange wines ” and “ chillable reds ”?

Wine 105

Wine Bottling Alcohol 105

Cheers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

We polled our beverage alcohol retailers, bar and restaurant operators and other industry professionals to find out. launched in 2019, is now available in 18 international markets. an alcohol-free malt beverage with 69 calories per bottle— in early 2019. The leading hard seltzer in the U.S., into “L0VE.L0VE.”

Beer 86

Beer Waitstaff Promotion Promoter 86

Cheers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As a category, growth has slowed pretty substantially over the last 12 months as the overall spirits industry has also seen some softness,” says Zachary Poelma, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits SVP supplier strategy & insights. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar and chef Guy Fieri launched Santo Spirits tequila in 2019.

Tequila 102

Tequila Liquor Vodka Alcohol 102

VinePair

JUNE 16, 2024

S’well: 2016-2019 Many credit S’well with transforming the water bottle business into one driven largely by appearances. S’well changed that, debuting a variety of tall, screw-top vessels that mimicked the silhouette of wine bottles. It also didn’t hurt that S’wells were perfect for inconspicuous alcohol consumption.

Bottling 98

Bottling Wine Alcohol 98

VinePair

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Last October I attended a Syrah-themed wine dinner at Brooklyn’s Gus’s Chop House. The dinner’s emphatic title captures the fervor that many wine lovers feel for this variety. These wines might not be for everyone. California producers like Pax Wines , Arnot-Roberts , Peay Vineyards , Edmunds St. Thankfully, some U.S.

Wine 105

Wine Bottling Alcohol 105

Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Check our top gin lists from 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , and 2022. You can also search multiple stores at wine-searcher to find the best prices on all these products and more. We sampled plenty of outstanding gins over the last year, and with this feature we profile the greatest hits of 2023. Need more picks? 86 proof. $35

Gin 124

Gin Bottling Alcohol Whiskey 124

Spiritz

MAY 28, 2024

Whisky and especially Scotch whisky continues to be the backbone of the spirits segment in both Indian and global travel retail and according to Pl Insight, whisky is the preferred alcoholic beverage for Indian nationals in global travel retail, says Clarisse Daniels, Regional Director, Global Trave Retail - Whyte & Mackay.

Alcohol 110

Alcohol Wine 110

Spiritz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The categories they were tasked with adjudicating ranged from individual excellence to corporate leadership, product debuts, and standout performances in the hospitality, travel retail and alcoholic beverage industries. The Product Debut of the Year category showcased nominees across different segments such as spirits, wines, and beers.

Hospitality 111

Hospitality Promotion Promoter Sommelier 111

VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Once popular IPA variants that emphasized rye, wheat, or wild yeast have mostly vanished; session IPAs lost their low-alcohol luster; and abrasive imperial IPAs faced a harsh truth. “In Dry-hopped sour ales, milkshake IPAs, red IPAs, quadruple IPAs, wine-IPA hybrids, India pale lagers, citrus IPAs, coffee IPAs! Who is Brett?

IPA 119

IPA Beer Bitters Alcohol 119

VinePair

JUNE 12, 2024

But despite the pink drink’s ubiquity, a vastly different style of wine was rumored to be on the rise and ready to challenge rosé’s claim to the summertime throne: Lambrusco. And compared to 2016 , interest in the sparkling red wine remained flat year-over-year. Was it really poised for a takeover, though?

Vodka 98

Vodka Liqueur Muddling Wine 98

Cheers

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It also has a Wine, Beverage and Hospitality concentration in its Bachelor’s program, which has sent dozens of graduates specializing in beverage operations out into the industry. The restaurants feature craft cocktail lists as well as innovative wine programs. 5-Day program every winter.

Sommelier 80

Sommelier Hospitality Craft Cocktails Alcohol 80

Cheers

APRIL 3, 2024

With the celebrity alcohol brands trending heavily , Jamie Foxx and WES Brands have teamed up to launch BSB Whiskey. million cases in 2023, up from 14 million cases in 2019,” says Lauren Kiyak, SVP of marketing at WES Brands. This is a flavored whiskey with cinnamon and brown sugar. depletions reached 18.25 per 750-ml.

Whiskey 67

Whiskey Alcohol Bottling Wine 67