If you buy wine through the Amazon Wine marketplace, you might want to stock up: The e-commerce giant will close its online wine store Dec. 31. [More]
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Target Goes After Costco, Trader Joe’s With New $5 Wines
By 8.28.17
All around the country, thrifty wine drinkers pop into their local Trader Joe’s for a bottle of Two-Buck Chuck wine, or pack up their massive Costco trolley with some Kirkland Signature vino. But Chuck and Kirk have a new competitor for that discount drink dollar: Target, which has just unveiled its own line of $5 wines. [More]
Vineyards Now Pairing Wine And Weed With New Marijuana Crops
By 5.25.17
What pairs nicely with a fine Oregon Pinot Noir? I have no idea, but now that recreational marijuana is legal in that state — and will soon be in neighboring California, as well — vineyard owners are taking advantage of the burgeoning market by adding pot plants to their fields. [More]
Sam’s Club Launches Store-Brand Wines To Compete With Costco
By 4.20.17
With Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand of booze recently accounting for an uptick in sales at the warehouse club, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the retailer’s rival Sam’s Club would look to get a piece of that pie by launching its own house brand wines. [More]
Costco’s Bottom Line Gets A Boon From Store-Brand Booze
By 3.16.17
When times are tough, it’s generally a very bad idea to seek out hope in a bottle, but don’t tell that to Costco. Brisk sales of the warehouse club’s store-brand liquor and wine are helping make up for Costco’s lower-than-expected retail receipts. [More]
Amazon Prime Expanding Beer, Wine Delivery Service
By 3.15.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
Hate putting on real pants to go buy beer or wine? Some Ohio residents will have another option now that Amazon is expanding its Prime Now beer and wine delivery to customers in certain cities. [More]
Project Your Issues Onto Your Pet With Cat Wine
By 2.16.17
Unless this is your first day exploring this magical place we call the internet, you’ve surely heard of cat wine products — non-alcoholic, catnip water, essentially — that you can safely offer to your best feline friends. But do cats even like the stuff, or is it more about humans projecting their shi–, uh, issues, on their furry companions? [More]
Starbucks Ends Boozy ‘Evenings’ Menu At 439 Locations
By 1.6.17
Turns out that people want coffee at coffee shops and beer and wine at other places. Eighteen months after Starbucks expanded its “Evenings” menu of booze and small bites, the company plans to pull the plug on the offering. [More]
Science Says: Cheese Makes Wine Taste Better
By 10.21.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
Your Friday night plans have just been validated by science: a new study finds that eating cheese with wine makes wine taste better. [More]
World Wine Output Is At A 20-Year Low As Vineyards Struggle With Rough Weather
By 10.20.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
If you’re the kind of person who greets a glass of wine with a happy grin, you might want to sit down and take a deep breath before you continue reading: frost, hail, drought, and floods have hit world wine production across Europe and South America hard this year, resulting in a 20-year low. [More]
Booze-Serving Utah Theater Can’t Open Until Bar Is Hidden
By 9.28.16
While it’s perfectly legal to enjoy an alcoholic beverage in Utah, the state has certain restrictions that any business has to comply with before it can serve boozy drinks. That’s why a new arts center planned for Salt Lake City has to make some changes before it can open up to the public. [More]
Wine Shop Owner Admits Scamming Customers Out Of $45M In Ponzi Scheme
By 8.16.16
Though the words “Ponzi scheme” may conjure images of Bernie Madoff ripping off big investment funds, the scam can come in many shapes in sizes… or liquids, as a case out of California involving a wine shop owner accused of stealing $45 million in undelivered products shows. [More]
Champagne Makers Warn Of Bubbly Shortage After Rotten Growing Season
By 8.10.16
Say it isn’t so: just hours after we reported that a shortage of orange gourds could lead to a perfunctory pumpkin beer season, we get news that Champagne makers are preparing for a shortage of the bubbly beverage. [More]
Pennsylvania Finally Putting An End To Weird Wine Laws
By 6.9.16
After nearly a century of having some of the strangest restrictions on the sale of beer, wine, and booze in the country, Pennsylvania’s rules on alcohol sales are about to get slightly less byzantine. [More]
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Kroger Wants Alcohol Companies To Pick Up The Tab For Its New Booze Organization Plan
By 1.29.16
After decades of sticking with its organization system in stores, Kroger has a new plan for how it decides which booze brands go on which shelf, and how prominently each one is displayed. Instead of relying on “category captains” from big names like Anheuser-Busch InBev and Diageo to suggest how wine, liquor, and beer are organized in stores, the grocer wants alcohol companies to pay a privately held distributor to make those display decisions. [More]
8 States With The Strangest Alcohol Laws
By 1.27.16
What’s the first thing you do to prepare for a trip to another state? After finalizing your packing list, looking up the law of the land should be on your list — especially if you’re planning on drinking any beer, wine, or liquor while you’re there. [More]
Starbucks Takes Its Booze, Small Plates Menu To Two Dozen More Stores
By 8.17.15
Over the past several years, Starbucks has toyed with the idea of offering customers beverages with a bit more bite —testing an evening menu with booze and more substantial food than its typical bakery fare. Now, the company appears to be taking the plunge, announcing an expansion of its Evenings menu, which includes wine, craft beer and savory small plates. [More]
World’s Most Expensive Wine Will Set You Back $15,000
By 8.10.15
While many of us are debating whether to spring for the $15 bottle of wine instead of the cheapest, $9 selection, someone out there could be considering an upgrade to a $15,000 bottle. [More]
