Neon Zebra Mixers PepsiCo Pepsi is getting into the cocktail mixer space. The brand announced this week the launch of Neon Zebra a new line of non-alcoholic cocktail mixers meant to be used to make drinks at home, something we’ve all been doing a lot more of over the past year. “With at-home cocktail consumption
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ReBru Spirits distiller Neil Lotz at the San Diego distillery. ReBru Too much beer? While a parched Homer Simpson may disagree, excess beer poses a serious problem in the beer world. Particularly during the pandemic. With bars and restaurants closed, demand for draught beer has dried up. Brewers and distributors are sitting on gallons and
McDonald’s kicked off its new chicken sandwich this week, but it has an even bigger introduction … [+] coming with McPlant. mpi04/MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx This week, McDonald’s MCD kicked off the first of the two big introductions that it has in its pipeline. It rolled out the long-awaited re-do of its fried chicken sandwich, which is available
Greenbar Distillery Canned Spritzes Greenbar Distillery In 2020, according to the online alcohol delivery service Drizly, sales of ready-to-drink (RTD) products rose 416%. That figure makes it clear that even when people may not be able to visit bars, they clearly still want someone else to make their cocktails. But let’s face it: the problem
In the small Italian town of Ruvo di Puglia, siblings Giuliana and Vincenzo Paparella carry on a 180-year-old family tradition making gelato from only three ingredients: milk, sugar, and eggs. It all started in 1840 when Uncle Luigi brought the art of gelato making from the royal courts of Naples to his hometown, Ruvo, and
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles tasting session in Aigle, Switzerland, in 2019. Creativeroom SPRL – Simon Beuzart The Covid-19 crisis has had a profound influence on the global wine industry. The supply chain has been disrupted and hotel, restaurant, and wine tourism business have dropped off as to be almost nonexistent. Its influence is also felt
Cool Cat’s Founder Rocco Venneri Cool Cat Starting a business is never easy, especially when all the odds are stacked against you. These odds didn’t stop Cool Cat’s founder Rocco Venneri, a Black gay man, from pursuing his dreams of creating a low-calorie portable beverage in an industry that’s largely dominated by straight white men. Launched last
Topline A handful of West Coast cities and counties are passing laws giving grocery workers a $4 or $5 hourly pay bump during the pandemic—but the ordinances have drawn significant pushback from the grocery industry, which argues that stores will be forced to raise prices, cut back hours or shut down entirely because of the
A new line of carbonated coffee fruit tea. Husky The explosion of ready-to-drink canned cocktails has been well documented over the past year. But technically speaking, the RTD market also encompasses many entries in the rapidly expanding non-alcoholic segment. And this month we get a glimpse of how worthwhile some of those booze-free offerings can
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 07: A server carries a tray during a snowstorm on February 7, 2021 in … [+] New York City. The coronavirus pandemic continues to burden restaurants and bars as businesses struggle to thrive with evolving government restrictions and social distancing plans which impact keeping businesses open yet challenge profitability.
DoorDash today launched the Main Street Strong Accelerator to provide financial support and … [+] specialized educational resources specifically to women-, immigrant- and people of color-owned businesses that have been disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. DoorDash DoorDash has certainly been busy since its New York Stock Exchange debut in December. In the past two
A bottle of Sekt from Weingut Bründlmayer in Langenlois, north-west of Vienna, along the Danube in … [+] the Lower Austrian Kamp Valley. Jill Barth Wine in Austria, a hardback book comprised of more than 450 pages, ends with the following phrase offered by editor Willi Klinger: “wine is shrouded in mystery—it is ever-changing and
Taco Bell today announced it is testing a new “crispy chicken sandwich taco” in the Nashville, … [+] Tennessee, and Charlotte, North Carolina, markets beginning March 11, with a national rollout planned later this year. Taco Bell This week is as big as it gets for the chicken sandwich category, with heavyweights McDonald’s MCD and
Is wine kept in a vault because it costs a fortune? getty The wine industry’s term for a “premium wine” is one that costs about $15, which may come as a surprise to those who peruse their wine shop shelves and find that few wines not bottled in jugs by the largest commercial wineries come
Classic Margarita cocktails for National Margarita Day, February 22nd. getty National Margarita Day is February 22nd and while hospitality outlets remain closed, thanks to the global Covid-19 pandemic, some of London’s favorite bars are ensuring that everyone can enjoy plenty of Margaritas at home, with a wide variety of pre-bottled cocktails and Margarita making kits available for nationwide delivery.
Post-harvest Sagrantino vines, Montefalco, Umbria ©Tom Hyland Among Italy’s most celebrated reds, there are many that define greatness; such wines include Barolo and Barbaresco from Piedmont, Brunello di Montalcino from Tuscany, Amarone from Veneto, and Taurasi from Campania. These iconic wines are among the world’s most famous and help Italy maintain its status as one
Stanley Tucci with Nicola Salvadori in Parma, Emilia Romagna CNN If you ask any Italian which place has the best food in Italy, after their mother’s home, they are likely to point you to the Emilia Romagna region. In the new, widely-acclaimed food travel series, Searching for Italy, award-winning actor, writer, director and producer Stanley
Shinichi Yasui has a rare combination of passions. Shinichi Yasui Engineering and wine aren’t things you’d typically think are related. But for Shinichi Yasui, EVP of Toyota Motor North America, Research and Development, those two opposites make the perfect pair. In fact, it was his manufacturing career that spurred his interest in the wine industry,
The-Macallan-Anecdotes-of-Ages-Collection The Macallan Today the Macallan revealed its third art collaboration with British pop artist Sir Peter Blake: The Anecdotes of Ages Collection. The collection celebrates the legacy and history of Blake and The Macallan through 13 one-of-a-kind bottles, each filled with 1967 whiskey. 1967 was the year that Sir Peter Blake’s collage-style art transcended