Consumers keen on getting their money’s worth at restaurants: You are in luck! Lately, national restaurant chains are overflowing with promotions that can make your meal “Endless” or “Never-ending.” There are not only …
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Riunite On Ice, Version 2.0
Wine importer Banfi found critical mass with Riunite in the 1970s. Now it’s looking to win over the younger set with a new lineup of chilled sweet wines.
Is Summer the Season for Stockpiling Beer?
The world’s largest beer company recently confirmed that it’ll jack up prices on American beer drinkers this fall—just like it did last fall, and the fall before that. Do you detect a pattern? And do you think the pattern …
What’s With All the Offensive Alcohol Names?
Should consumers be able to buy Five Wives and some cold Raging Bitches? The manufacturers that make these products — a vodka and an ale, respectively — certainly think they should. Recently, though, state liquor …
Wine Drinkers Will Pay More for Bottles with Hard-to-Pronounce Names
What’s in a name? One study shows that in terms of wine, the name on the label can have a big impact on how much drinkers enjoy the taste—as well as how much they’re willing to pay. Wine enthusiasts report higher levels in both …
The Recent Evolution of How We Get Tipsy
A generation ago, a stocked liquor cabinet and a fridge filled with mass-produced beer were standards in the American home, and restaurants and bars served alcohol at a reasonable markup. In recent years, though, wine and craft …
Experts Deem Wines from New Jersey (!) As Good As France’s Finest
Must be that Turnpike terroir. In a recent blind taste test, wines produced in New Jersey—yes, that New Jersey, the state just east of Pennsylvania—held their own when matched up against whites and reds from France, some of …
Wednesday Is For Lovers of Cheap Wine
On a Wednesday not long ago, the flash-deal wine specialty site WTSO (WinesTilSoldOut) sold more than 87,000 bottles in a single day, grossing over $1 million in sales. The Hump Day at hand was a “Cheapskate Wednesday,” a …
Why Can’t the Post Office Ship Beer and Wine?
The latest proposal to save the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service would allow it to ship beer and wine, overturning a temperance-era law that has been on the books for more than a century.
Condimania! The ‘New Ketchup’ and Other Hot Condiment Trends
If your refrigerator door is stocked with just two bottles of condiments—one Crayola yellow, the other Crayola red—and you use them only in strict traditional fashion (mustard on hot dogs, ketchup on French fries), then your …
Panic! Wine Prices Due to Rise
California grape prices, which increased significantly last year, are expected to keep rising as a grape shortage looms. This could translate into higher prices for grape juice, raisins, and, well, grapes just to eat. But who …
