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Canned wines have their place By: Pamela S. Busch | 12/08/11 8:15 PM Special to The Examiner AP file photo Pure flavor: Producers of canned wines use special linings to prevent the contents from picking up metallic tastes. Back in May, while en route to get a beer at Giants game, I noticed someone sampling [...]
read more →Beverage Retailers Celebrate Anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition
Beverage Retailers Celebrate Anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition; Guard Against its Return Bethesda, MD – December 5, 2011 – On this theseventy-eighth anniversary of the repeal of America’s failed thirteen-year experiment called Prohibition, licensed beverage retailers continue to uphold their longstanding legacy that began before Prohibition and has continued to flourish to this today under [...]
read more →9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money
Don’t show ‘em the money (even if you have it). Here are nine better ways to boost morale. By Ilya Pozin | @ilyaNeverSleeps | Nov 28, 2011 The ability to motivate employees is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can possess. Two years ago, I realized I didn’t have this skill. So I hired [...]
read more →Denver retailers crank up “Buy Local” campaign
Big-box stores might have splashy ads, low prices and the buzz around door-buster sales, but local retailers hope people think again before heading to the national chains. A Front Range “Buy Local” campaign is underway for the fifth straight year, with the Mile High Business Alliance encouraging people to support locally owned businesses. But much [...]
read more →Gift Guides from WSJ
Gift Guide: Best Wine Books/Books on Cocktails Source: WSJ By LETTIE TEAGUE Nov 19th There are hundreds of millions of wines in the world and seemingly as many types of wine books. There are texts for beginners, picture books of vineyards and wineries (and even winery dogs), innumerable guides to specific wine regions and even [...]
read more →Variety of apps designed to help holiday shoppers spend
As shoppers gear up for another mad holiday scramble, smartphones and tablet computers are emerging as Santa’s electronic assistants. By Shan Li Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — And if the big guy up north isn’t in touch with the times, shoppers are. Stuck in a humdrum economy and facing continued high rates of unemployment, [...]
read more →Beaujolais Nouveau 2011
This year’s crop of the fruity French wine has arrived stateside. Published on Nov 17, 2011 By Roger Voss The launch of the 2010 Beaujolais Nouveau, featuring actress Molly Sims and Cirque du Soleil The holidays are upon us again, and just in time for party season, along comes fresh and fruity Beaujolais Nouveau 2011—adding [...]
read more →Rating the State’s Drunk Driving Efforts
MADD Releases National and State-by-State Ratings as Part of its Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving Fifth Anniversary Report to the Nation New Data Cites $132 Billion Annual Cost of Drunk Driving in America 11/16/2011 Contact Information Anna Duerr, MADD 469-420-4503 anna.duerr@madd.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – In connection with the fifth anniversary of its Campaign to Eliminate [...]
read more →Williams & Graham opens tomorrow
By Laura Shunk Mon., Nov. 14 2011 News first broke that Williams & Graham would plant a 1920s-themed bar in a bookstore at the edge of Highland back in April, and Todd Colehour, former executive at Kona Grill, and Sean Kenyon, Squeaky Bean and Euclid Hall barman and Westword’s “Ask the Bartender” contributor, had planned [...]
read more →‘Don’t be a victim’
‘Don’t be a victim’: WSTA publishes wine investment guide Source: Decanter by Adam Lechmere Friday 11 November 2011 A new investment guide highlighting the pitfalls and dangers of wine investment has been launched by the UK Wine and Spirit Trade Association. If you’re investing in fine wine, check your merchant’s history. Investing in Fine Wines [...]
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