Monthly Archives: February 2018

What We’re Reading —

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

A-B Wants in on Sacramento’s Booming Craft Beer Scene About a half-dozen large blue shipping containers sit arranged in a square behind a chain-link fence on the corner of L and 19th streets in Sacramento. Stacks of wooden barrels perch … Continue reading →

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F.Y.I. —

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Most Americans Look to Exercise Programs, Not Doctors, for Weight Loss Fifty-six percent (56%) of Americans believe exercise programs are the best resource if looking to lose weight while 28% believe a physician is best, according to a new survey from … Continue reading →

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Wine Industry’s 20-Year Growth Period Coming to End

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

For 2018, Rob McMillan, senior vp, Silicon Valley Bank and founder of the bank’s wine division, writes in the bank’s just-

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Greek life membership linked to binge drinking, marijuana use in later life

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Nearly half of residential fraternity members had symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD) by age 35, and new study finds.  It adds that living in a fraternity or sorority at college is associated with

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Wyoming House Spikes Liquor Tax Hike

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

The bill would have increased the liquor tax to 20.6% from 17.6%.  It was rejected, 38-22.

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Smith Story Names Springboard California Broker

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Smith Story Wine Cellars, the first U.S. winery to be successfully crowd-funded, named Springboard Wine Co. its exclusive broker.

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