MORE BENEFITS to MODERATE DRINKING
It’s a modern day version of the chicken and the egg question: do moderate drinkers live longer because they are a healthier demographic in general or does light consumption actually add to longevity? A new study has found that moderate drinkers are wealthier, more educated and less likely to be... Read More
A DRINK to KEEP YOU ALERT?
In general, having a drink or two a day is widely accepted as having moderate health benefits. But could it actually help retain cognitive function? New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that moderate alcohol intake offers long-term cognitive protection and reduces the risk of dementia... Read More
OBITUARY – JIMMY BEDFORD
JIMMY BEDFORD, former master distiller of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, died Friday, August 7. He was 69. His body was found outside a barn at his farm in Lynchburg. The apparent cause was a heart attack. Bedford started at the distillery in 1968 and worked in the yeasting, fermenting, milling and... Read More
W.J. Deutsch & Sons
Jean-Francois Bonneté has been appointed Senior Vice President of Spirits, heading up Deutsch’s new spirits division. The former President-CEO of Mystique Brands LLC and the prior Director of North America for Cognac Ferrand, Bonneté brings more than twelve years of experience in the US spirits industry.
Bacardi Limited
Michael J. Dolan and John S. Galantic have been elected as Directors to the Board. They will take the places of JAY MCDOWELL and GUY PEYRELONGUE, who are retiring. Dolan, who retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Viacom, Inc. in December 2OO6, currently serves on the... Read More
William Grant & Sons
Jonathan Ashworth has been hired as Commercial Director for Stolichnaya Vodka. The company took over distribution for the brand from Pernod Ricard in several markets, including the US, last year and Ashworth is a former member of Pernod Ricard’s Stolichnaya Brand Organization team. Ashworth previously worked at Allied Domecq Duty... Read More
The MILLION DOLLAR WINE BOOK
Got an extra million dollars lying around? You can always buy a book on wine. Weighing in at 66-pounds, and set to be released in the spring of next year, Wine Opus will list the world’s top 1OO wineries. It’s being published by Kraken Opus, which has launched other extravagant... Read More
WINE and DRUGS: NOT a GOOD PAIRING
This gives new meaning to the expression “counterfeit wine”. Bulgarian customs officers have seized more than 7OO liters of concentrated cocaine worth an estimated €1O million (US$13.94 million) found concealed in over 1OOO wine bottles. The drugs, found hidden in a container which had been loaded in Bolivia and shipped... Read More
PUT a ZORK in IT
Once opened, resealing a bottle of bubbly with its cork has long been impossible . . . until now. The world’s first resealable, reusable and recyclable sparkling wine closure has appeared on the market. Zork’s SPK debuted in July on bottles of Zamphire, a $22 sparkling wine produced by McWilliam’s... Read More
A NEW KIND of CORK
Portugal-based wine cork giant Amorim’s new closure, called Acquamark, has been developed to provide winemakers with a clean natural cork stopper at a competitive price. It will be targeted at the “high volume end” of the wine industry, the lower to middle price brackets of the sector that account for... Read More