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/01 Oct 2021

KAPPY’S BOB SELBY NAMED THE MARKET WATCH RETAILER OF THE YEAR

Bob Selby, CEO of Massachusetts-based Kappy’s Fine Wine & Spirits was named the 2021 Retailer of the Year at the MARKET WATCH Leader Awards dinner in New York on September 30. This was the 38th year for this prestigious event that recognizes the most progressive wine & spirits merchants in...

/28 Sep 2021

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HEINEKEN SPREADS REFRESHING HOLIDAY CHEER WITH A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF BEER

This holiday season, Heineken is spreading cheer over holiday beers by offering consumers a chance to win a lifetime supply of Heineken beer. Beginning Oct 1, the on- and off-premise Scan-to-Win consumer engagement promotion featured on eye-catching POS, encourages consumers to purchase a Heineken Original and register for their chance...

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/01 Dec 2021

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BEYOND CHARDONNAY…GET OUT OF YOUR WHITE WINE COMFORT ZONE

by SEEMA TIKARE I only drink red wine,” is something all of us in the wine industry have heard many times. And I totally get it — red wines are easier to choose, don’t need to be chilled and can be very satisfying. The lovely, aromatic Pinot Noirs, the chewy,...

/01 Dec 2021

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by LEW BRYSON In September, I took part in a blind tasting of three single malt whiskeys with another whiskey writer. We didn’t know the brand, type of barrel they were aged in, or where they came from. The first smelled cleanly of caramel, malt, and some crisp apple, without...

/01 Dec 2021

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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH-EGGNOG

by PINK LADY Is there any drink we more deeply associate with the 25th of December here in the U.S. than eggnog? To the uninitiated, learning about the antique practice of making cocktails with eggs can seem a bit weird, and some among us will never adjust to the idea....

/01 Nov 2021

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STOCK This STUFF

by KIRSTEN AMANN As 2020 showed us, not even a global pandemic can deter the good people of Massachusetts from having a tipple. 2021 has seen a more hybrid period of socializing in and out of the home, but Bay State drinkers have not given up on the wine and...

/01 Nov 2021

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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: CURAÇAO COCKTAILS

by PINK LADY If you love cocktails, you most likely know your way around a bottle of curaçao. In the U.S. you can find this orange liqueur at most liquor stores in its natural clear hue or in the more vibrant blue form, which is simply the former dyed with...

/01 Nov 2021

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MIGHTY SQUIRREL BREWING

by ANDY CROUCH Massachusetts breweries have long pushed the envelope when it comes to ingredients, brewing practices, and marketing efforts. Some of these have been great successes (Boston Beer’s perennially popular Utopias on the positive side versus the company’s garlic beer on the not so positive side). When it comes...

/05 Oct 2021

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THE END OF AN ERA

by KIRSTEN AMANN Mark Fisher has been a fixture of the beverage alcohol business in New England for forty years. Since 2OO6 he has been President, Sales & Marketing of Martignetti Companies, the largest distributor in New England, and the 6th largest distributor of wine and spirits in the United...

/05 Oct 2021

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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: THE APPLEJACK RABBIT

by PINK LADY We love to drink applejack any time of year, but it feels especially cozy to do so in the fall here in New England. The leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping, and autumn pastimes are back, like Sunday brunching, corn mazes, apple picking, and day drinking as...

/04 Oct 2021

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MOREY-SAINT-DENIS GRAND TOPONYMY II

by HARVEY FINKEL In this second installment on the origin of Burgundian place names, focusing on the grand crus of the Côte d’Or, we shall begin our march southward, entering Morey-Saint-Denis. We might recall that our journey began in Gevrey-Chambertin in this space of the August, 2O2O, issue of this...

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