Category: Pairings

President Donald Trump plans to impose a 50-percent tariff on Canadian alcohol, milk, auto parts, and other goods. The president announced the levies, which are set to begin on Aug. 19, in a number of proclamations on Monday after hinting at them during his primetime address to the nation last Thursday. Trump issued the new tariffs “to offset Canadian discrimination” against the U.S. The 50-percent alcohol tax is in response

It was a bold claim: a new tractor that would revolutionize modern agriculture and save American farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Albeit, it wasn’t just any tractor. Monarch Tractor — founded in 2018 by Napa scion and winemaker Carlo Mondavi, former Tesla exec Mark Schwager, and robotics and manufacturing expert Praveen Penmetsa — is a brand of fully electric smart tractors that can autonomously circumnavigate vines, even without a

Deep Eddy Vodka is expanding its portfolio of flavored vodkas with the nationwide release of a bottled, pre-batched Espresso Martini, the distillery announced today. Deep Eddy Espresso Vodka is designed for consumers to simply shake with ice and serve and comes at a time when consumers are prioritizing ease and familiar flavors, says brand director Julie Cole. “While the spirits industry has faced some headwinds, one thing hasn’t changed: Consumers

There is a lot to unpack about rum. It has a complicated history marred by colonialism. It can be made from sugar cane or molasses. It can taste light and sweet or funky and vegetal depending on where it’s coming from and whether it’s spelled with an “h.” There’s a perpetual push to move the category past its lowbrow image of a good-time party drink. These elements tend to scatter

Much like Americans, Europeans love beer. From the green, rolling hills of Ireland to the jagged Alps, beer has been a vital part of the continent’s culture for centuries. But not all of Europe’s beer cultures look the same. Regional beer styles around Europe came about for a number of reasons. For one, early brewmasters worked with local ingredients and the machinery available to them, in turn developing an area’s

Extolled as closer to humans than plants and waxed poetic at the end of the world, mushrooms are having a moment (and have been for years). From coffee alternatives to non-alcoholic spirits, functional properties around energy and cognitive function inspire their integration into countless beverages these days. Culturally, edible mushrooms capitalize on their seductive relation to health as much as danger, but when incorporated into an alcoholic beverage, mushrooms are

This is VinePair’s Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what’s happening in the beverage alcohol industry. This week, we have the news on Brown-Forman’s CEO stepping down, updates on a record-early grape harvest in California, the industry’s latest product releases, and more. News to know: Brown-Forman president and chief executive officer Lawson Whiting announced on Monday that

Golden Rule, the latest project from Bay Area restaurant group Back Home Hospitality (best known for Che Fico), is a neighborhood spot at heart and a sports bar by virtue of its location. It’s part of Thrive City, the complex surrounding Chase Center where both the Golden State Warriors and Valkyries play basketball. When the group’s bar director Danielle Peters-Clossey started planning out the menu, she knew it needed to

In the wake of the recently released “Sauvy B” from Trinchero Family Wine and Spirits and famed winemaker Joel Gott, Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss whether wine-based RTDs, particularly those that proclaim their wine affiliations proudly, can serve as a bridge from RTDs to wine for younger drinkers. Will loving a Sauvignon Blanc-based canned spritz eventually convince someone to order a glass of wine at a restaurant, or pick up

For the past month, as the high drama of the World Cup has kept sports fans glued to their televisions and smartphone screens, politicos and news junkies have been enthralled by a much lower drama unfolding in Maine. With the battle for one of the state’s seats in the United States Senate well underway, a star player has been sent off the pitch. Now, one of the sides is scrambling