Liquor Industry News/Links
6-28-14
By: Mark C Lenzi CSW, CSS, CWAS*
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What An Exciting Week For Us At Franklin Liquors! Summer Has Just Started And We Had TWO Big Events To Share. First We Hosted The Franklin Wine Club And Had The First Wine Tasting In The USA Using Quini. The Wine Explorers Used Quini During The Tasting And It Was An Honor To Make Wine Tasting History!
Second The Readers Choice Awards Were Released. We Want To Thank You For Voting Us The #1 Liquor Store In Franklin AND The GOLD Medal For Best Liquor Store In The 15 Town West Zone. Our Family Thanks You So Much!!
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Liquor Industry Week In Review
This Weeks Highlights:
Sugar In Wine
Training To Be A Wine Taster
All About Gout
Rum-flavored beer
Innis & Gunn uses oak-aged chips soaked in rum that are used to flavor the beer
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-summer-cocktail-rum-flavored-beer-2014-06-20
Powerful instant wine label recognition app released for oenophiles
Users take a photo of the wine label and get instant identification — averaging 2.6 seconds — of the wine maker, wine name, grapes and region.
How much sugar is in your wine?
Great article on sugar in wines. Nice overview of residual sugar and sweet wine.
What Your Favorite Summer Drink Says About Your Finances
So what does your summer drink preference say about your finances and the status of your savings account
http://www.gobankingrates.com/savings-account/favorite-summer-drink-finances/
The most American beers
Get Ready For July 4th With These American Beer Selections http://www.nj.com/food/index.ssf/2014/06/on_tap_the_most_american_beers.htm
6 Reasons to Avoid Buying Wine By-the-score
Learn instead from your instincts, from books about wine, and with the help of experienced store staff.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rolfe-hanson/wine-points-6-reasons-to-_b_5516040.html
Couple Allegedly Stole $10K in Wine from Chestnut Hill Wegmans
Bottles were stolen over multiple days this month, with each valued at over $1,000.
Pictures Here:
Wine Makers Fight New Website Suffixes
Critics Say Domain Names Like .Vin and .Wine Could Confuse Shoppers.
Do you agree?
http://online.wsj.com/articles/wine-makers-fight-new-website-suffixes-1403473845
Gout not the wine drinker's curse
Interesting read on what gout is and how liquor,beer and wine affect it.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/editors-picks/9649168/Gout-its-not-the-wine-drinkers-curse
Can we quantify and more accurately describe how alcohol tastes?
Interesting reading on wine tasting.
Constellation Releases 2014 Project Genome Findings After Surveying 7,000 Wine Consumers
After conducting a 100-plus question survey of roughly 7,000 North American wine consumers over the past 18 months, Constellation Brands has revealed its findings in a study called “Project Genome, The Evolution of the Wine Consumer.” The study is a follow-up on a similar initiative Constellation undertook a decade ago that was also called Project Genome.
Constellation has used its survey findings to segment U.S. wine consumers into six classifications: price driven (21% of survey respondents), everyday loyal (20%), overwhelmed (19%), image seeker (18%), engaged newcomer (12%) and enthusiast (10%). “Having this deeper understanding of the wine consumer will allow us to make the best wines for each consumer segment. With this level of insight, we can build greater loyalty for our existing brands, identify opportunities for growth, and introduce new products to attract consumers across all segments,” Chris Fehrnstrom, Constellation’s CMO, wine & spirits division, told Shanken News Daily. “We’re also able to empower retailers and distributors to implement more effective category management processes. Together, we can influence the way we display wines, promote brands and cluster products based on geography, lifestyle and preference.”
Wine-Tasting Workout: Train Yourself to be a Better Wine Taster
Great article on ways to build your palate for wine.
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/wine-tasting-workout-train-yourself-to-be-a-better-wine-taster
Turkey’s ‘wine dream has been halted’
Status on wine in Turkey
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/168286/turkey-s-wine-dream-has-been-halted.html
The 3 Types of Pinot Grigio
Wine Folly talks all about Pinot Grigio styles
Watch William Shatner & Alton Brown Geek Out on Wine
William Shatner's new show Brown Bag Wine Tasting (Ora TV) features Food Network host Alton Brown.
How to: Make Piña Coladas and Margaritas from Scratch
Making popular summer cocktails like Piña Coladas and Margaritas from scratch is easier than you may think.
Mayors to legislators: Leave liquor licensing to us
Latest update on proposal to lift the local cap on liquor licenses
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_26030536/mayors-legislators-leave-liquor-licensing-us
Sex, Sexism and the Natural Wine Label
Images of naked women and references to everything from ejaculation to getting a woman drunk and into bed have become increasingly common on French natural wine labels. Why? Rémy Charest on what's behind the trend.
http://punchdrink.com/articles/sex-sexism-and-the-natural-wine-label/
GAME OF THRONES WINES LAUNCHED
26th June, 2014 by Neal Baker
The global hit TV series Game of Thrones has inspired the latest must-have merchandise for fervent fans with the creation of Wines of Westeros — a series of reds and whites linked to the show’s fictional feuding clans.
http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2014/06/game-of-thrones-wines-westeros/
THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DRANK THE MOST WINE OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS [ANIMATED GIF]
Really cool look at wine consumption in the world over the past years
Growing Preference Among U.S. Wine Consumers for Natural Cork Stoppers
90 Percent of Top 50 Selling Restaurant Brands Sealed with Cork
3 Ways That Winemakers Trick You Into Paying Too Much
Three main things why you may pay too much
http://www.businessinsider.com/3-ways-that-winemakers-overcharge-2014-6
Don't Chew Gum, and Other Basic Wine Tasting Rules
Wine Tasting Rules
http://www.laweekly.com/squidink/2014/06/26/dont-chew-gum-and-other-basic-wine-tasting-rules
Coffee Wine AND In A Can??
Miami-based Friends Beverage Group has added two new expressions—Cabernet Coffee Espresso and Chardonnay Coffee Cappuccino—to its canned wine brand Friends Fun Wine. Cabernet Coffee Espresso blends Cabernet with espresso and chocolate flavors, while Chardonnay Coffee Cappuccino mixes Chardonnay with vanilla cappuccino and chocolate notes. Both 6%-abv entries will be available in Friends Fun Wine’s 250-ml. “slim” cans. They join the brand’s existing Red Sangria, White Sangria, Rose Moscato, White Moscato, Strawberry Moscato and Peach Moscato expressions, which launched into the U.S. on- and off-premise earlier this year. Friends Beverage Group specializes in low-alcohol and low-calorie canned wines.
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Our Latest Specials
http://www.franklinliquors.com/SPECIALS.htm
Upcoming Events
Franklin Wine Club Meeting
Wine Explorers wanted!
Franklin Liquors Wine Room
How To attend and join
http://www.meetup.com/Franklin-Wine-Club/
http://www.facebook.com/FranklinwineclubMA
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· Certified Specialist Of Spirits-CSS
Society Of Wine Educators
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