HARPOON BREWERY
Company veteran Charlie Storey has been promoted from Senior Vice President of Marketing to President. In his new role, he will oversee marketing, retail and festival enterprises, have general management responsibilities and assist co-founder and CEO Dan Kenary on strategy and business development. Also Harpoon brand manager CHRIS BONACCI, will... Read More
HESS FAMILY WINE ESTATES
HESS FAMILY WINE ESTATES ADRIENNE GEHER has been selected as Field Sales Manager in the newly formed Northeast Sales Division covering six key states from her Boston base. Her previous experience includes service as an on- and off-premise sales consultant in Boston with Classic Wine Imports, a division of Martignetti,... Read More
CHAMPAGNE REDUX
REIMS Champagne, the region, is well named. Rolling fields of vines extend from horizon to horizon under a sky so wide one can track approaching rain squalls. Here and there the expanse is punctuated by villages with evocative names: Bouzy, Dizy, Cramant, Moussy, Billy-le-Grand. The River Marne flows serenely, indifferent... Read More
PINK LADY’S ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH – THE AIR MAIL
IF WE LUPEC LADIES know one thing to be true it’s that Champagne makes everything better. Pour a little into your orange juice and your sad, late breakfast is magically transformed into brunch – the most fabulous of meals. The simple popping of a cork signifies celebration. Holidays are all... Read More
BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
AS ONE of Italy’s original five magic DOCG wines, Brunello di Montalcino has assumed classic status on the US market. Despite having recently been rocked by scandals involving fraud and adulteration, Brunello has bounced back and remains a standard bearer of Tuscany’s vinous greatness. It’s a wine that strongly appeals... Read More
HORIZON BEVERAGE DONATION TO THE MRA
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, a reception at the South End restaurant Boston Chops celebrated Horizon Beverage Company’s landmark $8OK scholarship donation to the Massachusetts Restaurant Association Education Foundation (MRAEF), the largest donation in the organization’s history. The program included a check presentation to the MRAEF by Horizon Beverage representatives and... Read More