SHARPEN THE BRAIN WITH ALCOHOL?
ALCOHOL IS OFTEN credited with a wide range of possible health benefits but memory retention is not one of them. If anything, too much indulgence typically has the exact opposite effect. However, according to a recent study published in the journal SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, drinking can actually improve memory. In the... Read More
CAN WINE CUT THE RISK OF DIABETES?
RAISE A GLASS (yet again) to the preventative health properties of grapes! A University of Denmark study of 7O,5OO people has found that men who drink three to four times a week slash their risk of Type 2 diabetes by 27 percent, compared to those who drink less than one... Read More
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