Monthly Archives: May 2014

What We’re Reading, May 19, 2014 —

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Club Where Ben Hogan Learned to Play May Become a Distillery Glen Garden Country Club, Fort Worth, where golf legends Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson learned to play, is under contract to Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co.. Firestone’s owners say … Continue reading →

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World Drinks Less Wine, But Price Goes Up

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

The world isn’t drinking as much wine as it has, the International Organization of Vine & Wine said yesterday. Consumption worldwide fell in 2013 to 238.7 mhl, a drop of 1% from the year-earlier level, Jean-Marie Aurand, director general, said. … Continue reading →

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What We’re Reading – May 13, 2014

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Long Before Jack Daniels, George Washington Was a Whiskey Tycoon Smithsonian has a great feature on George Washington’s Distillery at Mount Vernon. It notes our first President “was a man of innovation, who rarely let an opportunity slip by.” So … Continue reading →

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What We’re Reading

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

‘Jacksons View Themselves as Farmers First,’ Focused on Sustainability, But Run 9th Largest U.S. Wine Business Chris Rauber, a reporter for the San Francisco Business Times, spent a day at Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens north of Santa Rosa, chatting … Continue reading →

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