There is a bright spot in the wine business, and it is largely unsung by many industry members. While alcohol consumption ...

Tequila and mezcal have paved the way for another Mexican spirit to grow in the United States, and sotol is indeed on the ...

Tariffs, policy shifts, and rising costs are forcing U.S. importers, distributors, and buyers to rethink their wine pricing ...

Courtney Iseman is a drinks writer and consultant based in New York City. She is level-one certified in spirits education by ...

In many ways, 2025 turned out to be the challenge everyone expected. Tariffs, and their resulting effect on the economy, rattled bars and brands both: prices rose, access to various supplies was ...

2024’s wine trends are being shaped by values rooted in equity and resourcefulness. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock. Inflation, declining sales, labor shortages, climate crises—the wine world had plenty ...

Is the wine industry finally turning a corner? Photo credit: Adobe Stock. The perennially anticipated Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) “State of the U.S. Wine Industry” report, published today, comes on the ...

Breweries are putting infrastructure in place to make it possible for fans to order their beer from anywhere in the country. Photo credit: iStock. Summer vacationers stream to Rhode Island’s sandy ...

From a cask-aged London dry to a micro-batch gin distilled in Mexico City, these are the gins bartenders are most excited about. Photo credit: Adobe Stock. There was a time when gin was the spirit of ...

This article was originally published in April 2024 and has been updated. Such has been the passion for tequila amongst U.S. consumers that in 2023 it surpassed American whiskey in overall popularity, ...