Category Archives: Wine

NY Gov. Plan Makes It Easier for Theaters to Sell Beer, Wine, Spirits

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Currently, movie theaters must have full kitchens and tables inside the screening rooms to sell alcohol to adults. 

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Maryland Legislator Indicted for Bribery for Cannabis, Liquor Licenses

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Cheryl Glenn, a long-time member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore, has been charged with bribery and wire fraud for backing legislation related to cannabis,

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BevMo! Names Josiah Knutsen CEO

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Knutsen, who has been senior vp-merchandising, succeeds Domitri Haloulos who has led the company over the past four years. Haloulos is returning to the consumer packaged

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Georges Duboeuf Dies from Stroke at 86

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

One of the great wine merchants of the 20th Century, Dubouef enthusiastically promoted a little-known ordinary red wine called Beaujolais Nouveau into a global phenomenon by

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What We’re Reading —

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Can Cocktails of Convenience Win Consumers Over? There was something new and unusual among the flights of whiskey and gin at this year’s American Craft Spirits Association tasting competition: coolers full of cans.

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A Third of Adelaide Hills Vineyards Lost in Australian Fire

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

California wildfires largely spared vineyards in recent years, but news reports from Australia indicate that as much as a third of

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