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Bethenny Frankel Invests in Mingle Mocktails

The size and nature of Bethenny Frankel's investment in Mingle Mocktails was not disclosed, but her intention was. "The spirits industry is a boys club - breaking into it requires a strong voice and innovative ideas," says Frankel. "Skinnygirl was groundbreaking, allowing me to disrupt the

A 4% Drop in Revenue Leads LVMH Wines & Spirits Profit to Fall 9%

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said first-half revenue for its Wines & Spirits units eased 4%. On an organic basis, Wines & Spirits revenue was down 3%. Profit from recurring Wines & Spirits operations was down 9%. It was a good half-year for the Champagne business, which recorded

Milam & Greene's Rattlesnake Sells Out Almost Instantly

Milam & Greene brought their latest release in the Wildlife Collection, Rattlesnake Single Barrel Bourbon to the tasting room and the website at 3 p.m. Wednesday (7/26). Only 126 bottles were available from the "extremely limited, high-proof release," named for the most venomous snake in

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Forever chemicals are in nearly half of America’s tap water. Here’s how to reduce your exposure. Here’s the thing: PFAS, the risks of which have been well documented, are ubiquitous in the environment. Nearly half of US tap water contains them, according to a recent US Geological

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Disrupting The Old-School Tradition Of Wine Scores And Critics: Two Winemakers Show What’s Possible Who’s calling the shots for evaluating wines, and why those people but not others? Is it time to revise the traditional model even further, and how so? What other models can be created,

NABCA Tells Importance of Data in Bev/Al Success

With 6,400 operating breweries, more than 6,600 operating wineries, and more than 1,900 operating distilleries in the United States just what does it take to succeed in the beverage industry – especially if your product involves spirits? National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association leadership and a supplier partner were

UPS Reaches Tentative Contract with 340,000 Teamsters

If the union did strike, it would disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide, including direct-to-consumer shipments of wine, beer and distilled spirits. Under the tentative agreement, which still needs union members’ approval, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per