Buffalo Trace Distillery begins clean-up, recovery efforts
At Buffalo Trace Distillery, flood waters have now completely receded, granting access and allowing for clean-up and recovery efforts to happen throughout the entirety of campus.
April 2025
AI in Supply Chain Automation: Procurement to Logistics
The adoption of AI in supply chain automation is enabling companies to make more accurate decisions, reduce cycle times, and better manage complexity. From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers …
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Vinexpo America 2025: A Strategic Expansion to Miami and Its Role in the Evolving Wine & Spirits Trade Landscape
The global wine and spirits industry is entering a new era, and Vinexpo America 2025 is at the forefront of this transformation. Taking place on May 7-8, 2025, at the Miami Beach […]
Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2025: Kerrin Laz — Giving Back and Living with Authenticity and Joy
For 2025, Wine Industry Advisor is expanding the Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership, […]
Ask a Bartender: How Do You Accurately Count Out a Free Pour?
Jiggers are an essential part of any bartender’s arsenal. Without them, recipe proportions get out of whack, drinks can turn out too boozy — or not boozy enough — and consistency goes out the window. But in high-volume sports bars and dives where the cocktail menu doesn’t stretch beyond two- to three-ingredient highballs, many bartenders …
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Champagne Sales Are Slumping. Is Prosecco to Blame?
Few sounds are more joy-inducing than the seductive and universally recognizable “pop” of a sparkling wine cork: an instant Pavlovian call to arms for celebration, good times, and good drinking. But troublingly, the wine world currently has few reasons to toast in its continuing epoch of bewildered reckoning. According to the latest macro analysis from …
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Oldest-ever Irish whiskey is released
Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection Chapter Six Midleton Very Rare has released the oldest Irish whiskey ever bottled. The Silent Distillery Collection Chapter Six is a 50-year-old single pot still whiskey. The launch comes just weeks after Bushmills unveiled the oldest Irish single malt to date: a 46-year-old that set a new benchmark for Irish …
Price cut talk as Bordeaux 2024 en primeur tastings start
It’s important not to prejudge quality as the official tasting week for Bordeaux 2024 en primeur gets underway, but tough market conditions mean there is already talk of price cuts in the upcoming releases campaign. Discounts could help ‘rekindle demand’ among consumers, found a survey of global trade professionals by consultancy group Wine Lister. Respondents …
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Barolo 2021: Third Time’s the Charm
Tom Hyland takes a deep dive into Barolo’s splendid 2021 vintage.
Wait, Cork Can Add Flavor to My Wine?
Most discussions about wine corks typically concern the potential flaws the closure can impart on the liquid. (It doesn’t help that one of the most prevalent wine flaws is commonly known as “cork taint.”) But the cork doesn’t always have to be a negative influence. In fact, producers in Champagne have been experimenting with the …