Cheers

Sharp, clean flavors are upping interest in alcohol-free beverages.

Imported beer shrinks as a category as leaders Corona and Heineken have a rough year.

Operators tap growing interest in imported light and craft beers.

The fastest-selling spirits and wine brands in the U.S.

The venerable French spirit finds new fans when included in innovative and traditional cocktails.
The cocktail revolution has left its mark all over the spirits business. The resurgence of gin and the reawakening to rye are only two of the most obvious examples of what contemporary mixology trends can do for a spirit.
 

What’s the next big spirit? That’s the question always on the minds and lips of many spirit connoisseurs, marketers, wholesalers, mixologists and bartenders. The spirits industry is something of a fashion business, and no one wants to be left behind. The real question is: What’s the next vodka?

Sweet but not simple, dessert beers liven up the menu.

Wine is a daily affair, innovative and classic cocktails abound and beer is growing in San Francisco, a small city big on beverages.