BEAM SUNTORY
VINCE AMBROSINO has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer. Previously he was the Executive Officer & Division COO of the Global Business Development Department at Suntory Holdings, the parent company of Beam Suntory. Prior to joining Suntory Holdings in 2O15, Ambrosino spent... Read More
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV
The brewer has named MICHEL DOUKERIS as its new zone president and CEO. He is replacing JOAO CASTRO NEVES who is stepping down in the wake of sliding sales in the US market. Doukeris previously headed up the company’s Chinese and Asia Pacific operations, helping to expand Budweiser globally and... Read More
THE MR. BOSTON APP
THE MR. BOSTON website has now been made into an app, available for both iOS and Android users. In 2O16 the company launched mrbostondrinks.com with every recipe from the Mr. Boston Official Bartender Guide since the first edition was printed in 1935. In total, 1O,54O historical recipes have been digitized,... Read More
PARTYING OPOSSUMS
OPOSSUMS, as it turns out, enjoy a drink . . . or three. Well, one intrepid opossum in particular that is. The thirsty marsupial made his way in to a Florida liquor store over Thanksgiving and managed to down an entire bottle of Cognac. A liquor store employee found the... Read More
THERE ARE NO RHÔNE WINES FROM MOËT
FOR THE RECORD, Moët Hennessy does not produce any wine from the Rhône. Therefore it was surprising for the company to learn that a Chinese wine company was selling Rhône wines it claimed were made by Moët Hennessy. The wines in question, purported to be Côtes du Rhône, were being... Read More
THE DAREDEVIL PARISIAN WHISKY HEIST
RARE WINE and spirits remain a top target for thieves who can re-sell their contraband on the black market for staggering prices. The most recent heist happened in November in Paris and is considered to be one of the largest whisky thefts on record. A team of burglars struck at... Read More
EMOTIONS & LIBATIONS
A DRINK IS A DRINK, right? Well yes and no. While a 12-ounce beer, 5.5-ounce glass of wine and 1.5-ounce shot of whiskey (for instance) are all considered equal in terms of alcohol content, a new study shows that the effect they have on us differs in terms of emotions. ... Read More
CANCER FIGHTING ALCOHOL JELLY
WHEN IT COMES to research involving alcohol and health they are usually related to benefits derived from consuming beer, wine or spirits. Now a new study shows that using pure alcohol just may be successful at killing cancer cells. A jelly-like implant filled with pure alcohol could be a powerful... Read More
THE WORLD’S OLDEST WINE
THERE’S VINTAGE WINE and then there’s old wine. Really, really old wine. Wine that was around before the pyramids of Egypt old. Of course it’s just traces of wine so not drinkable but still, it’s very old! Eight thousand-year-old earthenware jars containing residual wine compounds were recently found in two... Read More
CHEESE WINE GLASSES . . . THEY’RE A THING
LAST YEAR saw the introduction of Cheez Whiz glasses – little shot glasses carved out of cheese designed to hold a shot of wine. Although it was widely mocked the fad still went viral on social media. Things have been taken up a notch this year with the limited release... Read More