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
ANCHORS AWAY FOR ANCHOR BREWING
ANOTHER MAJOR acquisition has taken place in the beer world. Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing will be sold to Japan’s Sapporo Holdings Ltd. in a deal worth about $85 million. The 121-year-old San Francisco brewery is the latest independent brewer to be purchased by a much larger beer company, part... Read More
THE PAIRING OF BEER & FOOD
THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION (BA) has expanded its online CraftBeer.com Professional Beer & Food Course to nearly 1OO pages and now offers four supplemental digital videos to showcase the practices featured in the course. Co-authored by BA Executive Chef Adam Dulye and Julia Herz, craft beer program director of the BA... Read More
SESSION BEERS
by ANDY CROUCH FROM NEAR OBSCURITY to something to be laughed at to rising phenomenon to mainstream stability, session beer has experienced a roller coaster of emotions on its way to general acceptance among beer drinkers. Americans have never been great about limiting their alcohol consumption or even spending much... Read More
CASAMIGOS BIG PAYDAY
DRINKS COMPANY Diageo has agreed to buy ultra-premium tequila brand Casamigos for $7OO million, part of a larger push to increase its exposure to the tequila market. Diageo will pay the amount upfront to acquire Casamigos, co-founded by actor George Clooney, and said it would also pay a potential $3OO... Read More
TULLAMORE DEW RISING
TULLAMORE DEW has joined an elite club as volume sales in 2O16 climbed 7.2% to propel the Irish whiskey brand over the key threshold, with 1.O4 million nine-liter cases shifted globally in 2O16, according to Brand Champions data. A focus on the on-premise with the “Dew and a Brew” activation... Read More
M.S. WALKER
TOM CONTE has been appointed as the company’s first Director of On-Premise National Accounts. Most recently he served as Regional Sales Manager and Director of National On-Premise accounts at Serralles USA, and will be spearheading sales efforts with national bar and restaurant properties for M.S. Walker’s growing portfolio of nationally-represented... Read More
BROWN-FORMAN
The drinks company has named TOM VERNON as Woodford Reserve Global Brand Ambassador. Additionally JACKIE ZYKAN has been certified as Master Taster of Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky. Vernon first joined Brown-Forman in 2O12 as part of the bartender education team before accepting the role of American Whiskey Ambassador... Read More
THE WINEBOW GROUP
ARJUN DEWAN has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Wholesale East, overseeing the Northeast, New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets. Dewan was previously Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Northeast. Prior to joining The Winebow Group in 2O16, Dewan held senior management roles for distributors in New York... Read More