This time I revisit a show from long ago on Wine Etiquette. In this Back-to-Basics episode, I cover the three main places you would use etiquette – a dinner party, a restaurant, and a tasting room. I address: The Dinner Party: What to bring a host, a good welcome drink, whether or not to open …
SSU Wine Business Institute Faculty Director Damien Wilson sees opportunity and solutions on the horizon. By Damien Wilson In 2006, I moved to Angers, a small town in the Loire […]
The retailer’s strategic cloud adoption includes migrations to two public cloud platforms, backed by Rackspace managed services Total Wine & More Total Wine & More Partners with Rackspace Technology to Optimize Performance and Accelerate Innovation Across Its Retail Operations SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rackspace Technology®, a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and …
Among the many events marking Pasqua’s centennial this year, the evening paid tribute to a century of winemaking through the dialogue between wine and art October 14, 2025 (New York, […]
FreshBrew Group, Houston, one of the largest private-label coffee and tea roasters in the country, announced the acquisition of Long Island City, N.Y.-based White Coffee Corp.’s Branded Coffee licensed division, which includes the nation’s largest portfolio of licensed bagged coffee and K-Cup products.Â
Wine Industry Advisor has expanded its Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership, innovation, determination […]
For the second year in a row, Cognac is experiencing a significant downturn in sales, perhaps as much as some 13 percent overall. Insiders chalk this up to China — Cognac’s biggest market by value — levying duties of up to 34.9 percent on European brandy, something widely viewed as retaliatory for the EU’s decision …
Fans of interesting drinks at 35,000 feet got good news last year when German airline Lufthansa announced the arrival of Avionic, a custom in-flight aperitif. Developed with help from award-winning bartender Sven Riebel of Frankfurt’s Seven Swans & the Tiny Cup in partnership with the historic Ziegler distillery, the new 18 percent ABV spirit was …
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At the Vinitaly.USA conference in Chicago, Adam and Joanna received a question from someone working for a very well-known (and very successful) wine region. Despite this success, the person mentioned that wines from their region aren’t as well respected among sommeliers as they would like. In short, sommeliers don’t consider the region cool when compared …
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As a relatively neutral grape, Chardonnay is capable of reflecting the terroir of the region in which it’s grown and it’s adaptable in the cellar, with different winemaking techniques resulting in highly distinctive expressions. But despite the fact that Chardonnay is the world’s most planted white wine grape, it’s not always affordable — especially when …