Author Archives: Joel Whitaker

Pernod Ricard’s Safe Night Program is About More Than reducing Impaired Driving

Pernod Ricard USA launched a comprehensive, community-based pilot program in Dallas that aims to create safer nights out through a variety of measures, including reducing binge drinking and impaired driving, and improving safety for women. The Dallas-based “Good Neighbor Initiative” … Continue reading

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Hard Seltzer Craze Spurred Demand for Fruit, Botanical Flavors

Consumers preferred crisp, refreshing hard seltzers with fruit and botanical flavors during the summer months, says Messina Truttman, VP-sales and marketing, Beck’s Flavors. “The top two factors that consumers say they pay importance to when buying hard seltzer are flavor and … Continue reading

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What We’re Reading —

“That Night Was Scary.” Pearl Harbor Remembered Eighty years ago, Chuck Cowdery’s father was at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, a 21-year-old private in the U.S. Army.  Here’s what happened on the morning of the attack, according to an account Cowdery’s … Continue reading

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100% Cork Survey Reveals That Cork Closures Seal 91% of the World’s Top Wines

I was sitting at the bar of the Seattle Westin hotel a couple of weeks ago and asked for a glass of wine.  The bartender grabbed a well-known brand’s bottle, twisted the cap and poured.  “I didn’t know they (I … Continue reading

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Kaulua Offers $25,000 to a Couple that Goes 30 Nights Internet-Free

The #KahluaStirItUpChallenge is calling on couples to stir up their evening routines for the chance to win $25,000. All they have to do is go 30-nights without internet. Nearly half of Americans spend five to six hours2 a day on their … Continue reading

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Heaven’s Door Spirits Releases The Bootleg Series Vol III

The 2021 Bootleg Series release features a cask strength 13-year-old Kentucky Bourbon, finished in Vino de Naranja Casks. Native to Southern Spain, these casks are used to age an exclusive type of white wine utilizing a fully natural process that … Continue reading

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