A NEW LOOK FOR BEAM
Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. has new corporate branding in anticipation of becoming an independent publicly traded spirits company, to be renamed Beam Inc., early in the fourth quarter. The new logo features the single word “Beam” in the signature red script of fourth-generation distiller James B. Beam, whose... Read More
THE HIGH TECH BOUNCER
Getting carded used to be a straightforward process. You handed over your ID, it was looked at and you were either served or not served based on the bartender’s discretion. But beyond minors trying to get into a bar, one of the big problems operators have long contended with is... Read More
JIM BEAM SUPPORTS THE TROOPS
Master Distiller Fred Noe, seventh-generation Jim Beam family distiller, and musician Kid Rock recently presented Jim Beam’s $1OO,OOO donation to Amy Palmer, COO of Operation Homefront, backstage before Kid Rock’s concert in Tinley Park, Illinois. Since forming a partnership in 2OO8 with Operation Homefront, provider of emer-gency financial aid and... Read More
SOBIESKI VODKA + BRUCE WILLIS = FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION
Sobieski Vodka is teaming up with actor Bruce Willis to support the Fisher House Foundation, a public/private partnership that supports the United States military and their families in times of need. From now until September 2O12, for every bottle of Sobieski Vodka purchased in the United States a portion of... Read More
TESTING DATES ANNOUNCED
The Center For Wine Origins Wine Location Specialist Certificate Program, developed by Master of Wine Sandy Block, has announced testing dates of JANUARY 6 to 8, 2O12. Registration is open to approved sommeliers, chefs, wine educators, beverage directors, and retail beverage directors. There is no registration fee to take this... Read More
WINE CATCHES UP WITH BEER
The wine industry is surely raising a glass to this. For only the second time in two decades, wine has tied beer as the top choice when US drinkers were asked whether they most often drink liquor, wine or beer. Gallup now finds nearly as many drinkers naming wine (35%)... Read More
A $1,OOO,OOO MALFUNCTION
They say there’s no point in crying over spilt milk. But how about shedding a tear for $1 million worth of spilt wine? Four hundred and sixty two cases of the 2O1O Mollydooker Velvet Glove Shiraz was destroyed after a forklift suffered a malfunction that caused a container holding one... Read More
THE UNSTOPPABLE MARCH OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Global warming is not being kind to the vineyards of Napa Valley. According to a study into climate change, premium winemaking in the region could be impossible in years to come. Scientists at Stanford University in California looked at four wine-growing counties in the western United Sates: Santa Barbara County... Read More
OBITUARY: FRANK B. SOUSA, Jr.,
FRANK B. SOUSA, Jr., 65The President of Colonial Wholesale Beverage Co. passed away unexpectedly on July 25. Born in Fall River, Mr. Sousa graduated from Coyle-Cassidy High School in 1963 and from Boston College with an Accounting degree in 1967. He started with Colonial Wholesale Beverage in 1963, and in... Read More
OBITUARY: EDWIN H. NIELSEN
EDWIN H. NIELSEN, 93Edwin H. Nielsen, the great-grandson of Bacardi founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó, has passed away in Spain. Born in Santiago de Cuba and raised and educated in the United States, Mr. Nielsen served heroically in World War II and received four medals: the Bronze Star, Purple Heart,... Read More