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Newcastle Summer Grilling Recipe Series

Just in time for summer, Newcastle Brown Ale is releasing a series of grilling recipes in partnership with MasterChef Season 7 champion, Shaun O’Neale. Before appearing on the hit FOX cooking competition show, Shaun was a DJ performing at some of the biggest music festivals and nightclubs around the country....
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Red Stripe’s Escape To Jamaica Sweepstakes

This spring, Red Stripe is leveraging the brand’s global Reggae platform through its “Escape to Jamaica” sweepstakes program that will send five lucky consumers and a guest to Reggae SumFest in Montego Bay from July 20 through July 24. Throughout the U.S., consumers will be prompted to enter for the...
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BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO

AS ONE of Italy’s original five magic DOCG wines, Brunello di Montalcino has assumed classic status on the US market. Despite having recently been rocked by scandals involving fraud and adulteration, Brunello has bounced back and remains a standard bearer of Tuscany’s vinous greatness. It’s a wine that strongly appeals...
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Climbing Mt.Kilimanjaro

by MAIA GOSSELIN Not many people can check climbing Mt.Kilimanjaro off their bucket list. But that’s exactly what Dennis Occhipinti, General Manager of Blanchard’s in Brockton, and Bill Ehrhardt, Vice-President Retail for Horizon Beverage Company, have done. Not to mention raising $22,5OO for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the process. The...
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THE STYLISH WINES of CASTELLO DI MONSANTO

IT WAS APPROPRIATELY Valentine’s Day, 2O14, on which Laura Bianchi returned my visit of 18 years ago to Castello di Monsanto. This prime estate near Poggibonsi in Chianti Classico was a wedding gift in 1961 from Laura’s grandfather, Aldo, to her parents, Fabrizio and Giuliana. But it wasn’t a prime...
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STOCK THIS STUFF

By CHRIS MAGGIOLO We just blinked and the holiday season is fast upon us. Patrons are rapidly gearing up for full-bodied red wines, hot buttered rum and warm mulled cider – and all those trinkets and trimmings which pair with them so well. As your customers contemplate unique gifts for...
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WACHUSETT BREWING COMPANY@2O

Wachusett BrewING is celebrating its 2Oth anniversary in November. A lot has changed since founders Ned LaFortune, Peter Quinn and Kevin Butler left their fledgling careers in engineering and biology to embark on an ambitious dream: to open the first craft brewery in Central Massachusetts. “We really had no right...
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TOM & JERRY

WITH THE HOLIDAY season and chilly weather upon us who doesn’t want to cozy up a with a warm, frothy cup of eggnog? Although this might be the perennial holiday drink of recent decades, during the Golden Age of cocktails another drink was really all the rage. Tom & Jerry...
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This Stinks…!

BEER CONSUMERS have never before enjoyed such a wide selection of different styles from so many breweries from around the globe.  In terms of flavor, aroma, body, and balance, we live in a time of unparalleled quality in the production and enjoyment of beer.  With this exciting exploration comes questions...
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THE BLOOD & SAND

IF SCOTCH is your favorite dram, chances are you like it for its peaty notes and robust, “can’t turn down” flavor. You are most likely accustomed to drinking it on the rocks, maybe with soda, or, if you’re a single malt aficionado, with just one rock or a splash of...
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Absent Friends

MASSACHUSETTS now has 5O licensed wineries, extending from the tip of Cape Cod to the Berkshires. All but a couple are active. The curve has been steadily upward, both in number and in quality. In fact, I find the quality nowadays of winemaking by beginners without formal training vastly better...
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