Kane's Beverage News Daily

Sign in Subscribe

Joel Whitaker

What We're Reading --

Zebra Striping Is the Latest Way People Are Rethinking Their Nights Out Without Giving Up Alcohol Americans are drinking less than at any point since Gallup began tracking the habit in 1939, and a simple drink-swap technique called zebra striping is quietly reshaping how people move through bar nights,

Guinness's Notre Dame Can Features the Football Leprechaun

Guinness is bringing back its annual limited-edition Notre Dame can, this year featuring the Football Leprechaun mark for the first time. The release comes as Guinness extends its partnership with Notre Dame Athletics as the Official Beer of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni and Fans. Filled with Guinness

SGWS to Rep Holladay Distillery in Additional Control States

Holladay Distillery, of Weston, Mo., said effective Sept. 1, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits will begin representing Holladay Distillery and McCormick Distilling Co.'s premium spirits portfolio in the following control states: Alabama, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio (High Proof), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West

Michter's Named World's No. 1 Most Admired Whiskey for 4th Straight Year

On the heels of being named The World’s #1 Most Admired Whiskey for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year by an international academy of voters convened by UK-based Drinks International, Michter’s Distillery said it will release its US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Rye this September. This whiskey is

When U.S. Was Victim of Steep Tariffs, U.S. Retail Prices Fell

When China, Mexico, the European Union, and Canada imposed steep tariffs on U.S. whiskey during the 2018 trade war, American producers didn’t absorb the losses quietly. Instead, according to a new study in The Accounting Review, U.S. whiskey producers decreased U.S. product prices and thus increased

U.S. Economy Expands at Sluggish 1.5% Pace

Grwoth in U.S. Gross Domestic Product – the sum of the nation's output of goods and services – fell to 1.5% pace in the second quarter from 2.1%, the Commerce Department said. Consumer spending, which is about 70% of U.S. economic activity, rose at a 3.

At Cheateau Diana Winery, 3,000 Sunflowers Where Zinfandel Once Grew

When Corey Manning, co-owner of Chateau Diana, in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, learned 1.25 acres of Zinfandel would be removed at Chateau Diana, the winery his parents founded in 1981, he decided rather than another vacant field he would plant 3,000 sunflowers of 12 different varieties.