The Drinks Business

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The Drinks Business
Editor-in-chief Patrick Schmitt MW [1]
CategoriesWine magazines
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherUnion Press Ltd
Founded2002
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Website www.thedrinksbusiness.com

The Drinks Business is a monthly international B2B magazine and website published by Union Press. The magazine discusses the latest news and trends in the global beer, wine and spirits industries.

Contents

History and profile

thedrinksbusiness.com was launched in 2002. [2] It has an international audience of 685,000 monthly readers [3] and regularly provides content for publications such as The Huffington Post [4] [5] [6] and Time Magazine . [7]

db Awards

The db Awards is an annual drinks industry event, held at the London International Wine Fair [8] in Olympia. Winners in 2013 included Beefeater Gin, [9] Cote du Rhone, [10] Roberson Wine [11] and Dubai Duty Free. [12] [13]

Green Awards

The Drinks Business Green Awards is the world's largest programme to raise awareness of green issues in the drinks trade. Winners in 2013 included Sainsbury's, [14] John E Fells [15] and Wetherspoons. [16]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wetherspoons</span> English pub company

J D Wetherspoon plc is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and around 50 Wetherspoon hotels. Wetherspoon is known for converting unconventional premises, such as former cinemas and banks, into pubs. The company is publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waitrose</span> British supermarket

Waitrose & Partners is a brand of British supermarkets, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose. It was acquired in 1937 by employee-owned retailer John Lewis Partnership, which still sells groceries under the brand. Its head offices are located in Bracknell and Victoria, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diageo</span> Multinational alcoholic beverages company

Diageo plc is a multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It operates from 132 sites around the world. It was the world's largest distiller before being overtaken by Kweichow Moutai of China in 2017. It is a major distributor of Scotch whisky and other sprits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oz Clarke</span>

Robert Owen Clarke, known as Oz Clarke, is a British wine writer, actor, television presenter and broadcaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liquor store</span> Retail shop that sells alcohol

A liquor store is a retail shop that predominantly sells prepackaged liquors – typically in bottles – usually intended to be consumed off the store's premises. Depending on region and local idiom, they may also be called an off-licence, off-sale, bottle shop / bottle-o liquor store (US) or other similar terms. Very limited number of jurisdictions have an alcohol monopoly. In US states that are alcoholic beverage control (ABC) states, the term ABC store may be used.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Drink coaster</span> Item used to rest beverages upon

A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, or beermat is an item used to rest drinks upon. Coasters protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place a glass. Coasters on top of a beverage can also be used to show that a drink is not finished or to prevent contamination. Coasters can also stop hot drinks from burning the table surface.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weltons Brewery</span>

Welton's Brewery is an independent brewery founded by Ray Welton in 1995 in Capel, Surrey, England, before it was moved to Dorking. Welton now brews in Horsham, West Sussex.

Karen A. Page along with her husband Andrew Dornenburg, is a James Beard Award-winning author of a number of culinary-themed books. Among their books are Becoming a Chef, Culinary Artistry (1996), Dining Out (1998), Chef's Night Out (2001), The New American Chef (2003), What to Drink With What You Eat (2006), The Flavor Bible (2008), The Food Lover's Guide to Wine (2011), and The Vegetarian Flavor Bible (2014).

Andrew Dornenburg along with his wife Karen A. Page, is a James Beard Award-winning author of a number of culinary-themed books. Among their books are Becoming a Chef, Culinary Artistry (1996), Dining Out (1998), Chef's Night Out (2001), The New American Chef (2003), What to Drink With What You Eat (2006), The Flavor Bible (2008), and The Food Lover's Guide to Wine (2011).

Total Wine & More is a family-owned privately held American alcohol retailer founded and led by brothers David and Robert Trone. The company was named Retailer of the Year by Market Watch in 2006, Beverage Dynamics in 2008, and Wine Enthusiast Magazine in 2004 and 2014. The company is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, formerly the Washington State Liquor Control Board, is an administrative agency of the State of Washington. The Liquor and Cannabis Board is part of the executive branch and reports to the Governor. The board's primary function is the licensing of on and off premises establishments which sell any type of alcohol, and the enforcement and education of the state's alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis laws.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bell's Brewery</span> Brewing company in Comstock, Michigan, US

Bell's Brewery, Inc. is an American craft brewing company, with operations in Comstock and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bell's brews acclaimed beers such as Hopslam Ale, Oberon Ale, and Two Hearted Ale. It operates a brewpub and a store selling merchandise and homebrewing supplies at its Kalamazoo location. Begun as a homebrewing store in 1983, and producing beer since 1985, it is the oldest existing craft brewery in Michigan and the oldest craft brewery east of Colorado. As of 2021, it was the 6th largest craft brewery in the United States, and was the largest independently owned brewery in Michigan when founder Larry Bell sold the company to Lion Little World Beverages - an Australian subsidiary of the Japanese Kirin beverage group at the end of 2021. The company also owns Upper Hand Brewery, a separately operated division in Escanaba, Michigan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laura Catena</span> American physician

Laura Catena is a fourth generation Argentine vintner, physician and author.

Colm McLoughlin is an Irish businessman, and the executive vice chairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free, an airport retailer with a turnover of US$2.029 billion in 2019. Owned by the Government of Dubai, and part of the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), Dubai Duty Free manages all aspects of the retail operation at Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Revolution Brewing</span>

Revolution Brewing is a brewery in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded as a brewpub in 2010 on Milwaukee Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood. A separate production brewery, with canning and bottling lines and a tap room, opened in 2012 about a mile from the brewpub, on Kedzie Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tanners (company)</span>

Tanners Wines Ltd is a family-owned independent wine merchants company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Crabbie's is a Scottish brand traditionally known for its green ginger wine and blended whiskies produced at John Crabbie & Co's extensive premises in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. That company has changed its name and its business is unrelated to the original. The brands were bought by Halewood International Ltd and are presently best known for ginger beers manufactured at Halewood's plant in Liverpool. John Crabbie & Company (Wines) Limited was incorporated in May 2006 and changed its name to John Crabbie & Company Limited the following July.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of drinking establishment–related articles</span>

This is an index of drinking establishment-related articles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lion (Australasian company)</span> Alcoholic beverage company operating in Australia and New Zealand, owned by Kirin

Lion is an alcoholic beverage company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, and a subsidiary of Japanese beverage conglomerate Kirin. It produces and markets a range of beer and cider in Australia, and wine in New Zealand and the United States through Distinguished Vineyards & Wine Partners. It acts as distributors for a range of spirits in New Zealand, but does not own any distilleries outright, although holding a 50% share of Four Pillars Gin in Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Trone</span> American businessman and politician

David John Trone is an American politician and businessman. A Democrat, he is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th congressional district. The district includes most of the western third of the state, but the bulk of its population is located in the outer northern suburbs of Washington, D.C. He founded and co-owns Total Wine & More, along with his brother, and served as the company's president until December 2016.

References

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  2. The Drinks Business - LinkedIn
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  7. "Now You Can Sip Beer From The Hindeburg3". Time Magazine. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  8. "LIWF 2014". LIWF. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  9. "Coley Porter Bell designs take top spots at Drinks Business Awards". Coley Porter Bell. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  10. "Think red – and make mine a double!". Journee Vinicole. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  11. "Awards and Accolades". Roberson Wine. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  12. "Dubai Duty Free wins the Retailer of the Year at The Drinks Business Awards 2013". Dubai Duty Free. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  13. "Dubai Duty Free named 'Retailer of the Year' by The Drinks Business". The Moodie Report. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  14. "Drinks Business award Andy Phelps Ethical Person of the Year". J Sainsbury PLC. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  15. "Triumph at The Drinks Business Green Awards". John E Fells. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  16. "Partnership approach wins top green award". JD Wetherspoon. Retrieved 15 December 2013.