BROWN-FORMAN
JANE MORREAU has been named CFO and Executive Vice President of Brown- Forman upon the retirement of current CFO DON BERG, who is retiring at the end of the current fiscal year on April 3O. Morreau has over 22 years of business and financial experience at Brown-Forman, most recently in... Read More
BOLS AROUND THE WORLD
LUCAS BOLS is running its eighth annual Bols Around the World cocktail competition. Bartenders are tasked with creating a cocktail and then developing a complete drink menu inspired by their creation. Those with the highest scores will present a two minute video to convince the judges why their idea could... Read More
WAREHOUSE X OPENS TO VISITORS
BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY has opened its long-anticipated experimental barrel warehouse – Warehouse X – in Frankfort, Kentucky. Comprised of brick, concrete block and skylights, this is the first new building Buffalo Trace has added to its 13O acre complex in more than 6O years. With a small footprint of only... Read More
THE BLOOM IS OFF THE FLAVORED VODKA ROSE
CAN IT BE? Have flavored vodkas fallen out of grace amongst the cocktail set? It may be so. Restaurant Sciences LLC, an independent firm that closely tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the foodservice industry in North America, reported that the sales of on-premise flavored vodkas fell 11.7 percent... Read More
DIAGEO GETS ITS GAME ON
DIAGEO and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced a new multiyear marketing partnership that will make the drinks company the exclusive spirits partner of the league. Diageo brands Ciroc and Crown Royal will be integrated into marketing initiatives across the NBA and NBA Development League (NBA D-League), with Diageo... Read More
A LITTLE ARSENIC IN YOUR COCKTAIL?
HERE’S SOMETHING sure to make you cringe: White wine, beer and Brussels sprouts can be major sources of the toxic metal arsenic in people’s diets, according to a new study published in the November issue of NUTRITION JOURNAL. Researchers analyzed the diets of 852 people in New Hampshire, and the... Read More
IS ALCOHOL THE SECRETTO STAYING THIN?
WELL THAT CERTAINLY SOUNDS too good to be true! With its empty calories, alcohol has long been identified as an easy scapegoat for weight gain. However, there is a wealth of medical evidence that would support the conclusion that alcohol can be good for maintaining a healthy weight. A new... Read More
WINE, PREGNANCY AND GOOD HEALTH
Drinking while pregnant has not been advocated by the medical community (although many OBs will say a glass here and there is ok). But, a Danish study has found that drinking a small amount of wine during pregnancy is linked with other healthy behaviors like exercising and maintaining a healthy... Read More
J. Lucille Rogers
Through eighteen years of families and friendships, hard and not-so-hard work, office parties and re-staffings, and one changing of the guard, we always relied on the wisdom of this amazing woman. We at Massachusetts Beverage Business have lost an important member of our family. We’ll miss you, dear... Read More
ROBERT EPSTEIN TO CHAIR THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION’S 26TH ANNUAL MAY DINNER
Bob Epstein, Co-Chairman of Horizon Beverage Group, will chair the JFK Library Foundation’s 26th Annual May Dinner on Sunday, May 4. He continues a tradition of leadership, following in the footsteps of Staples CEO Ronald Sargent, the 2O13 Chair, who raised a record-breaking $2.5 million for the Foundation.The gala raises... Read More