From a top-selling shandy to a surprisingly complex pilsner and a creamsicle IPA, these are the beers buyers are recommending ...

Truchard Vineyards has announced the promotion of Justin Sandoval to director of sales, where he will oversee both direct-to-consumer (DTC) and national wholesale sales. Over Sandoval’s three-year ...

Thanks to advancements in technology, newer models of mechanical harvesters are helping producers harvest higher-quality grapes. Photo courtesy of Riboli Family Wines. The stereotypical image of a ...

In May 2024, the U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance (USAPA) hosted their annual conference, Alcohol Policy 20, in Arlington, Virginia, gathering hundreds of state and local organizers, researchers, ...

My current position is shared by many doctors, scientists, and public health researchers with decades of expertise in the field. Take the measured words of Dr. Gregory Marcus, MD, a cardiologist and ...

A sparkling wine’s dosage or liqueur d’expedition —the final adjustment made to a traditional-method sparkling wine before bottling—is almost always communicated as a number: grams per liter of sugar.

The guidelines were set by the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association (JSLMA). In 2021, its members unanimously adopted voluntary standards: To be labeled Japanese whisky, a spirit must contain ...

How Grapes Respond to Botrytis. According to Dario Cantù, Ph.D, a professor of viticulture and enology at UC Davis, the wet-to-dry conditions that Kracher describes give the grapes a chance to resist ...

It was 2018. The EU had just imposed a 25 percent tariff on American whiskey in retaliation for tariffs imposed by the United States on European steel and aluminum imports.. In the tumultuous years ...

The conflict came to a head on March 27, when Mexican authorities raided the Jalisco home of Grover and Scarlet Sanschagrin, the founders of Tequila Matchmaker, an organization advocating for greater ...

For a select group of dialed-in wine professionals, it’s common knowledge that the South African wine industry is booming. Today, the wines aren’t just good, “the wines are some of the greatest values ...

But, for Massachusetts retailers like Nergaryan, the success vanished almost overnight. In a regulatory whiplash, state regulators issued new guidance in May 2024 that banned the sale of any ...