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/15 Aug 2016
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Red Stripe Is Jamaican Beer Again!

HEINEKEN USA celebrates the official First Run of Red Stripe to come off the line in Jamaica. Following the acquisition of a controlling stake in October 2015, HEINEKEN has been working towards repatriation of the production of Red Stripe beer from North America back to the brand’s home country, Jamaica....
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/15 Aug 2016
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Strongbow Invites Consumers To Make The Most Of Harvest Season

This fall, Strongbow Hard Apple Cider invites shoppers to add more flavor to their harvest season with Strongbow’s award-winning range of flavors. The comprehensive program will incorporate national TV spots, social media support, interactive applications that will deliver local tips to find great fall experiences, sampling and exclusive offers and...
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/29 Mar 2013
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CAVA from CODORNÍU

A considerable proportion of the world’s high-quality, traditional Champagne-method bubblies are made in Spain, where, if they conform to geographical, viticultural and vinification regulations, they are called Cava, a term derived from “cave”. Cava is generally well priced, and encompasses a wide range of quality. The US imports close to...
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/29 Mar 2013
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THE TEQUILA SUNRISE

While tequila is beloved by the LUPEC ladies, it isn’t a spirit that saw play pre-Prohibition.  One cocktail that came to be not before but because of the Noble Experiment is the Tequila Sunrise. With stateside boozing illegal, where else were wealthy and fashionable Angelenos and Hollywood stars to booze...
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/28 Feb 2013
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ALSACE DON’T GET NO RESPECT

The good wine folk of the region avoid the adjective Alsatian, preferring the awkward use of the noun, Alsace, as adjective, i.e., “Alsace wine” in fear of confusion with the British term for German shepherd.  They should be reassured: their wines are not dogs. I like to imagine that Rodney...
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/28 Feb 2013
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A LOOK AT STYLE AND BEERS FOR SPRING MARKET

From the earliest days of commercial brewing, consumers have relied on an informal patchwork of descriptions to differentiate the beers available to them.  If one brewer’s beers were deemed too smoky, people knew and told one another.  If another brewer had managed to produce a stable product capable of lasting...
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/26 Feb 2013
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EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF IRISH WHISKEY

Last October, three Irish distillers were sitting on the stage at WhiskyFest New York.  The audience: very serious aficionados who’d paid hundreds of dollars to be there.  The deep subject: Understanding Irish Whiskey.  Colum Egan of Bushmills was leading the audience through a tasting of Bushmills 21 year old.  Don’t...
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/26 Feb 2013
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A DRINK WITH . . . IAN STANCZYK + TJ CONNELL

The summer before entering business school, Ian Stanczyk decided to do a “fun” project: build an iPhone app that would tell him when his bartender friends were working.  An early iteration of the app was called “Boston Flip”, after Stanczyk’s signature cocktail at the time.  After a few months, he...
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/31 Jan 2013
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A DRINK WITH . . . TJ DOUGLAS

TJ DOUGLAS, along with his wife Hadley, has changed the way people shop for wine. Their two Urban Grape locations (Chestnut Hill and Boston’s South End) could be mistaken for retail boutiques, not liquor stores.  Sleek, stylish and sophisticated, the Urban Grape is among a new wave of small stores...
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