ZONIN
The Italian wine company has hired MEGHAN CAREY as New England Regional Manager. She has extensive experience on both on the supplier and distributor sides, having worked for Winebow, Farrell in Vermont and Ruby Wines.
CONSTELLATION BRANDS
SUSAN SOMERSILLE JOHNSON, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of SunTrust Banks, Inc., has been elected to serve as a member of the board.
DEEP EDDY VODKA
MATTHEW PECHMAN has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing. In this role he will be responsible for the leadership, development and execution of marketing strategy, programing and innovation for the entire Deep Eddy portfolio. Most recently, Pechman was Vice President, Marketing and Innovation at Infinium Spirits. He also held... Read More
THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION
ANN OBENCHAIN has been named Marketing Director. In this role, she will develop and lead the strategic direction of all BA marketing activities, including membership, key events such as the Great American Beer Festival, sales of Brewers Publications titles and communications to support association priorities.
HEAVEN HILL GOES FOR A TASTE OF IRELAND
THE IRISH WHISKEY category has been on fire for the last few years and Heaven Hill is counting on a bit of that Irish luck coming its way in the near future. The Kentucky-based drinks company has purchased Carolans liqueur and Irish Mist liqueur and whiskey from Gruppo Campari. According... Read More
A $91OO OOPS
SHOULD THE opportunity arise to taste a rare and coveted dram of 1878 Macallan it’s best to make sure it’s the real deal. A Chinese tourist recently made news when he dropped a cool $91OO for a glass of the legendary Scotch at the Hotel Waldhaus am See in Switzerland... Read More
SHARPEN THE BRAIN WITH ALCOHOL?
ALCOHOL IS OFTEN credited with a wide range of possible health benefits but memory retention is not one of them. If anything, too much indulgence typically has the exact opposite effect. However, according to a recent study published in the journal SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, drinking can actually improve memory. In the... Read More
CAN WINE CUT THE RISK OF DIABETES?
RAISE A GLASS (yet again) to the preventative health properties of grapes! A University of Denmark study of 7O,5OO people has found that men who drink three to four times a week slash their risk of Type 2 diabetes by 27 percent, compared to those who drink less than one... Read More
WINE MAY PREVENT DEMENTIA
by HARVEY FINKEL, MD DEMENTIA has become an enormous worldwide burden: medical, economic, personal. Many of those afflicted would still be in their productive years. No resolution is in sight. We are avid for anything that might reduce the toll. Dementia is a progressive brain dysfunction chiefly attacking memory and... Read More
ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH – THE BROWN DERBY COCKTAIL
by PINK LADY NATIONAL BOURBON HERITAGE MONTH is upon us! Exactly ten years ago the US Senate passed a bill declaring September the month to celebrate Bourbon as our “Native Spirit”. It passed with unanimous support — oh my, how times have changed! Early distillers preferred rye as their spirit... Read More