RUBIN BROTHERS HONORED
RUBIN BROTHERS HONORED as MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITALITY HALLof FAME RECIPIENTS On Monday November 17 some very special people in the foodservice industry were honored as Hall of Fame recipients at the 19th Annual Massachusetts Hospitality Hall of Fame Awards Dinner sponsored by the National Restaurant Association (NRA). This dinner has been... Read More
Beam Global Spirits & Wine
Beam Global Spirits & Wine has added communications veterans Paula Erickson and Dan Cohen to its communications team. As vice president of global external communications and brand public relations Erickson assumes responsibility for the Beam Global corporate and brand communications strategies. As a brand Public Relations manager, Cohen represents Courvoisier... Read More
The CURE for the WINE HANGOVER BLUES?
NO ONE LIKES A HANGOVER – they’re awful. But even the savviest and most cautious of wine enthusiasts can succumb to overindulgence with the result being the dreaded wine hangover. Headaches after drinking wine are usually caused by sulphites – sulphur dioxide added to the bottle to kill off unwanted... Read More
FRENCH WINE EXPORTS GO DOWN the DRAIN
WHAT IS BECOMING OF THE ONCE INFALLIBLE French wine industry? Things are appearing increasingly grim for the coming year after exports fell by 15% in volume and 12% in value in October the industry’s export body has warned. The October figures were the latest from France’s Fédération des Exportateurs de... Read More
TOBACCO SALES ALL BUT STUBBED OUT
IT’S BUTT’S OUT TIME IN BOSTON. In December Boston health regulators banned cigarette sales in drugstores and on college campuses, giving the city some of the most stringent antismoking laws in the nation. The rules, approved unanimously by the Boston Public Health Commission, mean that starting in February, about 75... Read More
SEEKING a LIFT FROM LIQUOR
ACROSS THE COUNTRY state budgets everywhere are desperately in need of additional revenue. In New Hampshire, the hope is that a change in the way liquor is sold will generate much needed funds to help with the $25O million deficit the state is facing. New Hampshire State Liquor Commissioner Mark... Read More
EXTREME FEST
THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXTREME BEER FEST will take place on February 2O and 21 at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama at 539 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. BeerAdvocate founders and brothers Jason and Todd Alström will once again showcase creative brewers and beers that push the boundaries... Read More
NEW TANKS at HARPOON BREWERY
THE HARPOON BREWERY has installed two 5OO barrel unitank fermenters in front of their South Boston brewery. The tanks which stand 38 feet high, 12.5 feet wide, and weigh 28,OOO pounds, are the largest to be installed in the brewery’s history, twice the size of any other tanks at Harpoon.... Read More
“CAKE-OFFâ€
Bacardi Gold Rum and where to eat’s second Annual Rum Cake Competition held a final “cake-off” at the Prudential Center Mall in Boston on Saturday December 13. The winner of this year’s competition was Emily DeLois Pastry Chef from Vignola and Cinque Terre in Portland Maine. Bakers’ names and restaurants of... Read More