Category: Editor’s Picks
Will California’s Bad Crop Yields Lead to Wine Pricing Pressure?
The 2015 vintage on California’s North Coast (which includes Napa and Sonoma Valleys) is quite beautiful, but extremely tiny. And what was so surprising about the …
6 Historical Events that Shaped the Alcohol Industry
Note: this piece is part of Cheers’ sister publication Beverage Dynamics celebrating 80 years of print. Click here for the full 80th Anniversary Feature. The history of alcohol in …
Here’s How Absolut Plans to Push Premium Vodka in 2016
Vodka is supposed to be dead. Millennials much prefer whiskey to the white spirit. Then why did Pernod Ricard host a holiday party to celebrate Absolut …
Q&A with Ninkasi Brewing’s Co-Founders About Testing the Limits of Beer
Since opening almost a decade ago, The Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, has expanded four times. Today, the brewery employs 107 people and features a 90-barrel brewing …
9 Cocktails that Can Spread Some Holiday Cheer
Holiday season is a time for merriment. And what better way to capture that feeling than by serving your customers or guests some seasonally appropriate cocktails? So here …
2016 Alcohol Trends on Display at DISCUS Holiday Event
Alcohol trends of 2016 were the theme of the annual Distilled Spirits Council Holiday Event. Everything from Jägermeister and Serpent’s Bite, to Laphroaig and Macallan, showcased …
Moonshine University Opens Registration for 2016 Courses
Moonshine University in Louisville, Kentucky, offers students the chance to learn the art and science of the distilling industry, through professional education. Courses are now open for …