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Let the pursuit of a great drink power your travel plans, and you’ll have a whole lifetime of globetrotting ahead. From European cities that have mastered the effortlessly cool wine bar to cocktail bars in Asia that never stop innovating, there are a few places that have long been acclaimed drinking destinations. But the best cities to drink in tend to shift from time to time as new spots open

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), formerly the second-largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy after a yearlong shakedown. The distributor voluntarily filed for chapter 11 yesterday in the Southern District of Texas to initiate a court-facilitated process of shuttering the residual portions of its business, according to a memorandum published by the company. “The court-supervised process is intended to give us the time and

If you haven’t spent much time on the Upper East Side, you may have your own perceptions of the neighborhood depending on your cultural touchstones tied to the storied corner of Manhattan. You imagine Blair Waldorf sipping Veuve Clicquot, Ramona Singer reaching “turtle time” through a Pinot Grigio portal, finance bros toasting each other with Macallan, or frat dudes chugging macro lagers. What you probably don’t picture is a thriving

The alcohol industry has seen an influx of celebrity-owned brands in recent decades, and the wine category is not immune to the trend. Whether birthed from genuine wine connoisseurship or just a marketing ploy, celebrity wine brands now make up a considerable sector of the industry. Famous people amass dedicated followers, and that popularity is often transferred to the wines they represent. For a better understanding of the trend, we

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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. It’s been a relatively quiet few days, but this week, we have news on an Air Force veteran’s decade-long legal battle with Alaska, vineyard prices dropping in Bordeaux, and the newest product launches. News to know: The Supreme Court agreed to

You might have noticed roast chicken in the news lately. A Brooklyn councilman incredulously posted on social media about a $40 half chicken and kicked off a debate about the cost of food, labor, and operating a restaurant in New York City. Despite the various hot takes that came from the incident, roast chickens — both expensive and wildly affordable — abound here: They’re tasty, shareable, and a blank canvas

Today on the “VinePair Podcast,” Adam and Zach discuss some of Adam’s takeaways from hosting “The Buildout.” They talk about the tremendous importance of hospitality, the need to be willing to change a bar’s concept, why operators have to know your marketplace well, and more. Watch on YouTube Listen Online Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify The article The VinePair Podcast: The Paramount Importance of Hospitality appeared first on

Two and a half years ago, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ lead for the brewing industry said something that struck me as odd. “Anheuser-Busch [InBev] is a worldwide brewer, and they certainly have the capacity to import and export,” Jeff Padellaro, director of the Teamsters’ Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference, told Hop Take in a December 2023 interview about a potential strike that was then brewing over that firm’s

Board members in the ownership group of Ballast Point Brewing say the craft beer pioneer is at risk of “operational collapse” amid a legal battle claiming a fellow member took out millions in unauthorized loans. A pair of civil complaints filed this April allege William Trzos, member of Kings & Convicts Holding Co., LLC, which owns Ballast Point, obtained $3 million from lenders without the knowledge or approval of the