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If you’ve ever worked with the Horizon Beverage Group, you’ve likely heard President Robert Epstein talk about his company’s mantra of “providing luxury goods with Tiffany service”.  With a sparkling new facility in Norton, the company has polished its delivery and reporting systems with impressive results – 99.96% efficiency to... Read More

 WE’VE asked and they’ve answered.Are craft brands taking over?  Is everything going to end up on tap?  From what they wish would go away, to what they’re most excited about, think of this as your cheat sheet to trends.  We uncover what’s hot and what’s not in beer, wine and... Read More

We LUPEC ladies like old things:Vintage hairdos, classic cars and of course endangered cocktails.  It is this penchant for the past that made us particularly delighted to develop a cocktail for a recent event at the Gibson House Museum.  The Gibson House is essentially a Victorian time capsule right in... Read More

Georges Duboeuf, “le roi du Beaujolais”, paid a visit bearing samples of his latest array of wines, the esteemed 2O11 vintage, and to celebrate with William Deutsch the 3O years that Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits has been Duboeuf’s US importer. Duboeuf has carved a remarkable career. Born in 1933... Read More

Big imported beers had a few rough years adjusting to the surge of craft beer (which continues, of course), a harshly reset economy and consumers who seemed to be re-evaluating what they wanted from a beer.  Did they want a badge, or a new flavor, or a prestige buy, or... Read More

Flavanols, one of the groups of polyphenols found in red wines, cocoa, green tea, and some fruits, have been demonstrated in numerous studies, both of populations and in the laboratory, to be correlated with good health, mental and physical fitness, and long life. They benefit the heart and arteries and... Read More

Portugal is the world’s tenth largest wine producer but, outside of Port, its wines remain somewhat of a mystery in the US.  About fifteen years ago I devoted considerable effort to importing and marketing Portuguese wines here because of the challenge of representing a country with a rich heritage and... Read More

KIRSTEN AMANN, BRAND CHAMPION for FRATELLI BRANCA, LUPEC LADY and WRITER EXTRAORDINAIREIt’s hard to pigeonhole Kirsten Amann as just one thing.  She’s known as the bartender’s best friend in her role as Boston’s brand ambassador for the bitter, cultish Fernet Branca liqueur.  She writes a cocktail column in this publication... Read More

With the holidays upon us,who doesn’t want to raise a glassof something elegant and sparkly? And for those mornings after you’ve had one too many, make no mistake –   Champagne can sub in beautifully for a Bloody Mary as a hangover cure. As Charles H. Baker, Jr. wrote in “The... Read More