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One Reason Wine is Hurting: Cocktails in Restaurants are Cheaper

A new study from the Wine Market Council finds consumers are no longer willing to pay ever-higher prices for a glass of wine. In San Francisco, a glass of wine in a restaurant typically will cost $24 a glass. This is premiumization in action, sell ever fewer quantities of

Beer is 27% of Total Cost of Summer BBQ

Friday (6/4) is International Beer Day, and brewers should be celebrating. Beer is currently the most expensive item on the BBQ menu – making up 27% of the total cost – and consumers have endured 14 consecutive years of price hikes, which ought to make brewers feel better despite the fact

For Beer, Higher Prices = Lesser Share

Beer has outpriced wine and spirits for more than a decade, according to Tom Bailey, senior consumer foods analyst at Rabobank. And that's contributed to beer losing significant market share over that period, he says. At the same time, beer is facing stiffer competition from ready-to-drink

DISCUS Assails PLCB 4% Price Increase

A sneak attack. Maybe not rivaling Pearl Harbor, but a sneak attack that caught distillers unaware and they had the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. let their unhappiness be known. What's at issue is the 4% across the board price increase on more than 3,500