Authorities are closing bars in some parts of the United States to stem the surge of Covid-19 infections, a move backed by science about risk factors that go beyond wearing or not wearing masks.
Read more
A dozen bar owners and others Monday sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his recent order shutting down all bars in the state in an effort to curb the spread Covid-19.
Read more
Scotland’s whiskey makers rang alarm bells on Friday over a proposed hike to a damaging 25% tariff the U.S. administration imposed as part of its trade standoff with Europe.
Read moreAs the pandemic proves durable in California, the local wineries will have be as well.
Read moreProminent Napa winery Caymus Vineyards has dropped its federal lawsuit claiming it was unfairly excluded from reopening following Governor Gavin Newsom’s Monday announcement that all tasting rooms across California can resume service even if they do not serve food.
Read more
PARIS (AFP) — French winemakers will transform wine that went unsold during the country’s two-month coronavirus lockdown into hand sanitizer
Read moreAn appeals court in California reversed the denial of class certification for convenience stores that sell beer manufactured by Anheuser-Busch and purchased from distributor Donaghy Sales. The proposed class claims defendants violated wholesale beer pricing by providing certain retailers with consumer coupons for discounts off the retail price of beer.
Read more
Italy’s vines have not stopped growing during the country’s long coronavirus lockdown, but without their usual foreign grape-pickers, winemakers are now fearing for their harvests.
Read moreThe logo on Jim Beam’s Pucker flavored vodka products, which featured colored lip prints, did not infringe on a similar logo for Johnny Love Vodka products, the Ninth Circuit ruled, finding there was not a likelihood of confusion even though both products coordinated the color of the lips with the flavors of the vodka.
Read more
SEVILLE, Spain (AFP) — He maybe silent and his moves mechanical but he can pull you a pint without the
Read more
Shareholders of dismantled oil giant Yukos locked in a legal battle with Russia announced Monday that a Dutch court had granted them the local rights to two iconic vodka brands.
Read moreScores of Mexicans are dying from drinking adulterated liquor, a consequence of the shortage of mainstream alcoholic beverages during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities say.
Read more
Burgundy winemakers in eastern France on Tuesday gave a thumbs down to the government’s package of financial relief for lost sales from the 25% tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump.
Read more
A controversial decision to provide alcohol, marijuana and tobacco to homeless people quarantined in hotel rooms in San Francisco has sparked controversy, but several addiction treatment experts say it is not an outlandish strategy.
Read more
A newly discovered method for detecting the presence of beer in archaeological findings could help unlock the mysteries of how prehistoric cultures brewed malted beverages, performed rituals and organized their societies.
Read more
Anheuser-Busch cannot be prevented from making advertising claims about Miller’s use of corn syrup in Miller Lite beer when Miller itself lists the sweetener on its beer’s ingredients list, the Seventh Circuit ruled Friday.
Read more
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday questioned whether consumers were deceived by Bud Light’s claim about not using corn syrup in its beer, during the latest hearing in an advertising fight between Anheuser-Busch and the maker of two of its competitors.
Read more
The “restless specter” of the 21st Amendment allows Michigan to impose separate regulations on out-of-state alcohol retailers, including a ban on direct wine shipments to consumers, the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreBavaria on Tuesday canceled the iconic Oktoberfest for the first time since World War II, dealing a fresh blow to Germany’s beer industry already hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more
It’s up to a jury whether “rich & buttery” runs afoul of a winemaker’s trademark for its Butter chardonnay.
Read more