VinePair

JANUARY 19, 2024

Go to any bottle shop these days and you’re bound to be greeted by a respectable section devoted to non-alcoholic offerings. Beer has arguably pulled off the NA feat best, cracking the zero proof code and producing genuinely drinkable options that resemble real styles. But what of wine?

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VinePair

JANUARY 3, 2024

And while the non-alcoholic beer and spirits categories have been churning out solid options for years, the non-alcoholic wine space is relatively new. Read on for the 10 best non-alcoholic wines we tried this year. If you’re embracing temperance, you might be in search of some booze-free substitutes.

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Dry Atlas

JUNE 5, 2024

By Charlie Friedmann, Co-Founder and President of Proxies “Not wine. But if Proxies aren’t wine, does that mean they’re not non-alcoholic wine either? What is non-alcoholic wine? What is non-alcoholic wine? Typically, non-alcoholic wine is made by first making wine, then dealcoholizing it.

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VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

Alcohol is under scrutiny from regulators, public health experts, and the media. On the broad message — that alcohol has a place in society, and that it can be consumed at safe levels — the industry largely agrees. Earlier this year, two of the most important alcohol companies in the U.S. Or is it at war with itself?

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Dry Atlas

MAY 15, 2024

I worked for 30 years in food and wine, first with Food Network chefs, then as the co-founder of a winery and French wine importer in Oregon. I was still a winery co-owner when, five years ago, I completed a 30-day alcohol challenge. I felt so completely better that I knew I never wanted to return to daily wine drinking.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 26, 2024

Some genuinely unfortunate news from Averie Swanson, owner of Keeping Together , the beer brand founded in Chicago that’s working to open a space in Santa Fe, NM. They actually sat down with the offending customer and had a beer together. You’ll get Dovetail beer and four samples of landjaeger, so how can you pass that up?

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VinePair

AUGUST 27, 2024

The same goes for alcohol. Although the beer and spirits industries have long come to terms with this reality, wine is still attached to this unsubstantiated belief that a glass or two a day is good for your health. So why is wine clinging to this health halo when there’s so much more to appreciate about it?

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

His intimate Los Angeles bar, Alma’s Cider & Beer , which opened in 2021, is a 558-square-foot jewel box bathed in three shades of blue, decorated with quirky dioramas and a chandelier evoking flying saucers. A person-by-person palate shift helps Alma’s cultivate a customer base crossing over from sour ales or natural wines.

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Dry Atlas

MAY 1, 2024

For millennia, wine has held a cherished place in human civilization, intertwining itself with our rituals, celebrations, and daily lives. Beyond its sensory pleasures, wine acts as a social lubricant, a marker of status, and a symbol of the communion between the land and the people who nurture it. What is non-alcoholic wine?

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

APRIL 8, 2024

It’s also the final day of relevancy for the many eclipse-themed beers that have emerged over the last few months. See ‘ya in 2044, all you beers named Path of Totality! This year’s Iowa Beer Bracket came down to beers from Big Grove and Singlespeed. ” Apparently that’s verboten.

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VinePair

AUGUST 16, 2024

Needless to say, the company is very bullish on craft beer, but it’s also very bullish on its original focus: cannabis. For a long time now, the alcohol industry has viewed cannabis as a threat to its bottom line, but the truth is, on-premise liquor sales are likely to remain unscathed by the growing weed industry. Tune in for more.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Intrigued by the growing presence of Slovenian wine on store shelves and wine lists, we dove into the category in our March/April 2024 issue. Daniel Lukin-Beck, general manager of Vinum Imports , which has specialized in wines from the country for more than 20 years, offered an introduction in our “5 to Try” column.

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Dry Atlas

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Beer, one of the oldest and most popular drinks in the world, has been around since as early as 9500 BC. The main ingredients in beer are water, malted barley, hops for flavor, and yeast for fermentation. Different cultures have created many types of beer by varying these ingredients and brewing methods.

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Cheers

MAY 17, 2024

Long known for its wine business, and more recently, spirits and ready-to-drink beverages, Gallo is now getting into beer. “Today’s consumer is shopping brands, flavors, and occasions across beer, wine, spirits, and RTDs. . Gallo Winery to reflect its expanded coverage in beverage alcohol.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

You may have noticed the increasing prevalence of wines from regions like Galicia or Catalunya on wine lists, or even the spate of locales leaning fully Spanish. In our March/April issue , Jennifer Fiedler explores the growing wave of Spanish wine bars and restaurants. The following are Spanish wine bars on our radar.

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Spiritz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) has called all the countries to levy higher taxes on alcohol to encourage healthier behaviour across the nation states. At least 148 countries have applied excise taxes to alcoholic beverages at the national level, according to new data from the WHO. The new data set revealed that around 2.6

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VinePair

JANUARY 23, 2024

From microbrew soaks to full-on sudsy retreats, beer spas were once a stateside novelty and a travel wellness destination for those visiting Eastern Europe. They seek to offer bathers beer’s purported wellness benefits (more on that in a minute), but also to share the relaxing experience with a larger audience.

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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.

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VinePair

JANUARY 24, 2024

As the category of non-alcoholic beverages continues to expand, it can be easy to get lost in the sea of booze-free wine, beer, and spirits. But amongst the ruckus, there’s a simple non-alcoholic option with a long history in the category that deserves to be on your radar: verjus. appeared first on VinePair.

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Booze Business

JULY 9, 2024

The alcohol industry stands out as it undergoes changes that are not only fundamental but also unique, driven by changing consumer preferences, technological advancements, and shifting demographics. One of the key factors driving the non-alcohol trend is the ‘sober curious’ movement. Dry January is a good example.

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Cheers

APRIL 30, 2024

The Boston Beer Company — makers of Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard and Dogfish Head — has debuted a new nonalcoholic beverage (<0.5% This fruit brew combines the flavor attributes of nonalcoholic beer and fruited seltzer water, the company says. ABV) with General Admission.

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VinePair

JANUARY 11, 2024

Unlike wine enthusiasts, beer nerds face one particular restriction when they get their hands on a grailed bottle of suds: There’s really no saving it for a special occasion. Does Beer Expire? No, beer doesn’t expire per se. Oxygen Oxidation is also generally seen as having a negative effect on beer, and rightfully so.

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VinePair

AUGUST 12, 2024

From German Wegbier , open-container beer drunk on Berlin streets and en route to Bavarian biergarten, to cross-continent rail journeys, Europeans love to combine the necessity of travel with the pleasure of a good glass. But it’s a vital part of the culture in Germany, where 84 percent of beer is consumed packaged rather than on draft.

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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.

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Dry Atlas

AUGUST 7, 2024

As the founder of Third Place Bar, a dynamic series of alcohol-free pop-up events in New York City, Sam is a champion for non-alc options in social settings. Unified Ferments Snow Chrysanthemum This laid-back, sophisticated kombucha is described as resembling an orange wine—and I can see why. Super crushable.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

While alcohol consumption is up during the holidays, it may be time to rethink your relationship with alcohol for the month of Dry January. For some people (such as regular drinkers who maybe partied a little too hard in December), it’s abstaining from alcohol through the entire month of January in order to reset.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

Wine tourism is a bonafide industry. But beer tourism? Even then, taking a vacation devoted to beer is a harder thing to justify. Nonetheless, there are stellar breweries around the country that bring beer nerds to their taprooms every year to score their most coveted releases. Curating such a list is no small feat.

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VinePair

MARCH 11, 2024

Despite the bleak forecast for much of the global wine industry, Americans still love their red, white, and rosé. imported a whopping 456 million gallons of wine, accounting for roughly 17 percent of the world’s total wine imports. This region also consumed the least amount of wine per capita at 0.37 In 2021, the U.S.

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Spiritz

JUNE 25, 2024

When it comes to wine, at present, consumers have a strong preference for red wines followed by white and sparkling wines. And when we speak about Indian wines, we can definitely see a trend in people drinking more and more premium wines produced in India. Does colour matter? There is more: the price.

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Dry Atlas

JULY 31, 2024

By Mike Gurr, Vice President of Operations at Gruvi For 15 years, I was deeply immersed in the world of craft beer. My trajectory in the beer industry—marked first by unbridled enthusiasm, a period of stagnation, and then great uncertainty—in many ways mirrors the industry’s own evolution.

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 6, 2024

It’s a fascinating book that includes instructions for “how to extract a milky white substance from the rays of the moon” and “viper wine is made thus.” Thankfully for us, Ben was inspired to create not a better viper wine but rather the world’s first non-alcoholic distilled botanical spirit.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s safe to say that the craft beer boom has now reached nearly every corner of the globe. This year’s list of the best beer destinations recognizes cities with up-and-coming craft scenes, many of which have exploded in recent years. Head to the taproom for crisp, low-ABV brews marked by notes of tropical fruits and citrus.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 7, 2024

Most of us who love alcohol beverages enjoy attending tastings at expos, restaurants, wine and liquor stores to taste and discuss aromas amd flavors of beverages. Many attendees also belong to beer, wine, or whiskey clubs. Beer glasses: Certain shapes have become identified with specific beers since the medieval era.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 5, 2024

This is the perfect time to mention the ICBG’s January project to keep some cash flowing through small breweries around the state during what is traditionally beer’s slowest month. Each week, the owners of the two most dynamic Illinois beer fridges will win a $50 gift card to a local brewery. Seldom Beer Co.

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2024

The most exciting challenge in years to the most boring part of the beer industry has ended. In only two years, the Blue Cloud Distribution team stood up a malt alcohol distribution network across 18 states,” a Pepsi executive told Brewbound in a statement. Translation: This wholesale juice ain’t worth the squeeze, we’re out.

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VinePair

MAY 2, 2024

. “I had the idea to ask the question ‘why does Chinese baijiu have a very particular concentration of alcohol, either 38-42 percent, 52-53 percent, or 68-75 percent?'” So, I put a drop of beer on my hand to see the contact angle.” Rather, their findings showed a series of plateaus.

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Dry Atlas

JULY 31, 2024

By Mike Gurr, Vice President of Operations at Gruvi For 15 years, I was deeply immersed in the world of craft beer. My trajectory in the beer industry—marked first by unbridled enthusiasm, a period of stagnation, and then great uncertainty—in many ways mirrors the industry’s own evolution.

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