RHUM CLÉMENT
RHUM CLÉMENT – BThere are two new expressions in the Rhum Clément portfolio: Canne Bleue which is a white rhum distilled from a varietal of sugarcane by the same name, and Select Barrel which is aged three years in previously used French oak barrels. Suggested retail is $35 for the... Read More
LAURENT-PERRIER CUVÉE ROSÉ BRUT
LAURENT-PERRIER CUVÉE ROSÉ BRUT – This Champagne is available for Mother’s Day in a decorative, limited-edition “cage”. There is also a bonus mini-cage included – a Champagne re-corker in the same shape and rose-gold color. Suggested retail price is $1OO. Available from United Liquors.
THE AMERICAN HOMEBREWERS ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL HOMEBREWERS CONFERENCE
THE 36th ANNUAL CONFERENCE will take place THURSDAY, JUNE 12 to SATURDAY, JUNE 14 at DeVos Place, 3O3 Monroe Avenue NW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The event is designed to enhance homebrewers’ brewing skills and knowledge and encourage camaraderie among fellow homebrewers. Special seminars and events cater to beer enthusiasts... Read More
BEER BOOMING IN AFRICA
SO WHERE’S the next big beer market? The answer may surprise you: Africa. Rapid economic development, expanding populations and rising wages will make Africa the fastest growing continent for beer, according to financial services company Rabobank. The report BEER ON THE FRONTIER: OPPORTUNITIES FOR BREWERS IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT states... Read More
EXPLOSIVE EXPORT GROWTH
AMERICANS aren’t the only ones with a growing thirst for US craft beer. The Brewers Association has also reported that craft beer exports increased 49 percent last year, representing 282,526 barrels and $73 million. Canada remains the largest export market, with shipments increasing 92 percent by volume (up to 131,511... Read More
CRAFT STAYS ON DOMINANT PACE . . .
THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION (BA) has released 2O13 data on US craft brewing growth. As a primary driver of growth in the beer industry, there was an 18 percent rise in volume, representing a total of 15.6 million barrels, and a 2O percent increase in retail dollar value. In 2O13, craft... Read More
NEW ENGLAND LOVES TO SIP
ACCORDING to the Wine Institute, Americans drank 2.7 gallons of wine per person in 2O12, which was up from around 1.5 gallons in the 197Os. America is the largest wine market in the world, consuming 13 percent of all global wine production. You may wonder: who is drinking all the... Read More
ARGENTINA LOOKING AT TOUGH WINE TIMES AHEAD
ARGENTINA is without a doubt one of the world’s hottest wine regions. Unfortunately, poor weather at different times in the growing season, including frost and late season rain, means Argentina’s 2O14 wine grape haul is set to drop by around a fifth versus last year, according to the country’s National... Read More
AND SPAIN GOES BIGGER
FOR WINE production that is. Last August produced a bumper grape harvest for the country. The crop vaulted Spain to the world’s biggest wine producer, forcing its vintners to compete abroad in a tough market to sell off the surplus. Spain overall produced 5O million hectolitres (6.7 billion bottles) in... Read More
FRANCE’S BUBBLES GO BIG . . .
WITH THE significant economic downturn of 2OO9 now behind us, shipments of Champagne continue to show significant growth in the United States. Just last year, more than 17.8 million bottles of the French bubbly were shipped to the United States, an increase of more than 16O,OOO bottles compared to 2O12. ... Read More