Jan 2, 2025 · Spirits 5 Cocktail and Spirits Industry Trends to Watch in 2025. Between greater scrutiny of celebrity spirits and the looming threat of a trade war, these are the trends and issues the industry will be talking about in the year ahead

Jan 6, 2025 · Wine 5 Wine Industry Trends to Watch in 2025. From tariffs to climate change, the wine industry will face significant challenges in the year ahead, but changing consumer preferences could also bring opportunities

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Nov 4, 2024 · Update: Since publishing this article, now-President Donald J. Trump signed a series of executive orders effectively dismantling federal diversity efforts and targeting private companies with DEI policies. Many corporations have responded by rolling back their DEI programs and removing DEI messaging from their websites.

Jan 9, 2025 · Contributing editor Joshua M. Bernstein is a beer, spirits, food, and travel journalist, as well as an occasional tour guide, event producer, and industry consultant.He writes for the New York Times, Men’s Journal, New York magazine, Wine Enthusiast, and Imbibe, where he’s a contributing editor in charge of beer coverage.Bernstein is also the author of five books: Brewed Awakening, The ...

Oct 17, 2024 · The map of world whiskey has been steadily expanding.In the 2024 World Whisky Awards, over 40 countries competed—twice as many as a decade ago—with entries from Sweden to South Africa.. Investment has followed. The Diageo-backed drinks business accelerator Distill Ventures took on Australia’s Starward in 2015 and invested $10 million in Denmark’s Stauning Whisky, which launched ...

Nov 11, 2024 · My current position is shared by many doctors, scientists, and public health researchers with decades of expertise in the field. Take the measured words of Dr. Gregory Marcus, MD, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at University of California, San Francisco, speaking about moderate alcohol consumption on KQED’s Forum in September: “The current evidence for health and harm is fairly ...

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Jan 13, 2025 · Back in 1970, Clausthaler took a punt on launching the first non-alcoholic beer brand in the U.S. After that, O’Doul’s came along in 1990 from Anheuser-Busch, with little of interest happening in between. To say it was a slow start for non-alcoholic beer is an understatement.

Jan 22, 2024 · To find a winery in California specializing in Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel is hardly a challenge in today’s wine landscape. But for wine professionals and collectors, Ridge Vineyards sits at the top. “Ridge is so American and so itself and so unabashedly Californian in a very balanced and beautiful way,” says Ryan Mullins, a sales consultant for the Atlanta division of …