VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

In recent years, the non-alcoholic (NA) space has exploded in breadth and depth. Overall, we determined that the bitter profile of aperitifs lends itself best to an NA format, as it’s seemingly easier to mimic without alcohol. Now that you’re up to speed, here are the 24 best non-alcoholic drinks brands for 2023.

Alcohol

Spiritz

JULY 18, 2024

The readiness of the Indian market for super-premium and luxury tequila brands is evidenced by the significant rise in high-end tequila sales at Duty Free stores in Delhi and Mumbai. “Projections for the tequila market in India are very encouraging. They also have Reposado XR, which is a new category in tequila.

Tequila

A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

While alcohol consumption is up during the holidays, it may be time to rethink your relationship with alcohol for the month of Dry January. For some people (such as regular drinkers who maybe partied a little too hard in December), it’s abstaining from alcohol through the entire month of January in order to reset.

Mocktails

VinePair

JANUARY 8, 2024

When alcohol comes off a still, the distiller cuts it into three parts, each descending in alcohol content, and generally referred to as the heads, the heart, and the tails. While also agave-based, raicilla is not the same as mezcal or tequila.) market in 2021. By 2021, Tequila Ocho was ready for a commercial release.

Tequila

VinePair

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2021, Uber purchased Drizly for a cool $1 billion. Just three years later, the alcohol delivery platform announced that it is shutting down , and there are more questions than answers. The biggest argument many in the industry are making is that the Drizly shutdown must be an indication that on-demand alcohol delivery isn’t working.

Alcohol

Cheers

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The spirits sector showed resilience in 2023, navigating through the choppy wake of the pandemic and maintaining our market share lead of the total beverage alcohol market,” said DISCUS president/CEO Chris Swonger. billion Tequila/Mezcal sales up 7.9% billion Tequila/Mezcal up 7.9% billion Tequila/Mezcal sales up 7.9%

Tequila

The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 4, 2024

About WES Brands WES Brands was founded in 2021 with the aim of diversifying the alcoholic beverage category. Other brands under the WES portfolio include Flecha Azul Tequila backed by Mark Wahlberg and Fraser & Thompson American Whiskey with Michael Buble. BSB is available nationwide via the BSB Whiskey website.

Whiskey

Cheers

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As brand crossovers continue into the alcohol space , Doritos today unveiled a collaboration with the flavor company Empirical : Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese Spirit. This limited-release smells and tastes just like the real thing, the companies say, bringing the flavor of these nacho cheese chips into the spirits aisle.

Bottling

VinePair

JUNE 4, 2024

In 2021, the duo introduced the 3.75 percent ABV Funny Water , carving a new niche in non-carbonated alcoholic drinks that, unlike wine or most cocktails, aren’t too strong. Jill and her husband, Bryce, introduced the brand in 2021 and it’s now sold in more than 35 states at national chains including Target. Don’t fret, dads.

Vodka

The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 20, 2024

Well, according to information publicly accessed via the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau ’s COLA Registry, the label for SIRDAVIS Rye Whiskey was approved on 30th January 2024. In 2021, the conglomerate purchased a 50% stake in Armand de Brignac , the champagne brand owned by Beyoncé’s husband, Jay-Z.

Whiskey

VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite recent challenges — like stiff stateside competition in tequila, American whiskey , and rum as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting sales and exports in the region — vodka maintains strong standing globally. million in 2021 to 341.5 million in 2022. Soplica uses rye as its base grain, giving it a spicier kick.

Vodka

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Whether it’s a proper airport pint , deep pour of Savvy-B , or the classic airport Martini , we’ve always had trusty alcohol to take the edge off of a day of discomfort. They can [be] and were amplified by alcohol. Yet now, even the seemingly God-given right to get tipsy at the terminal is being called into question.

Alcohol

VinePair

APRIL 2, 2024

On Tuesday, the Academy Award-winning actor and beverage alcohol company WES Brands unveiled Brown Sugar Blend (BSB for short), a whiskey that combines the aromatic spice of cinnamon with the sweetness of brown sugar. in 2021 — took two years to design and develop. The new product is blended and bottled in Columbia, Tenn.

Whiskey

Spiritz

JULY 21, 2024

Most trends in alcoholic beverages begin in the USA and move eastward. In 2022, tequila ousted whiskey as the second most consumed spirit in the USA, and was poised to overtake vodka as the most consumed spirit in the country in the year 2023. “We estimate a similar market share for Goa.

Tequila

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

And while consumer interest in whiskey and tequila has eclipsed much of its activity, that doesn’t mean there aren’t interesting things happening in craft vodka or distillers who see opportunity in the clear spirit. Shoemaker says that since its launch in late 2021, Ritual has found a niche as the house vodka at a variety of Santa Fe venues.

Vodka

Cheers

APRIL 2, 2024

The category has faced fierce competition from straight whiskey and tequila, as well as the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, says Marina Velez, research director, Data & Insights for The Beverage Information Group. Whisky critic Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible series had named Alberta Premium Cask Strength as World Whisky of the Year in 2021.

Whiskey

Cheers

JANUARY 22, 2025

Tia Lindas Margarita is made with real tequila from a small craft Mexican distillery. Canned at 18% ABV, this line is designed as a craft cocktail with higher alcohol content for a full-flavored, authentic margarita, the company says. By 2021, they introduced individual cans and three new flavors.

Tequila

Spiritsfully

JANUARY 9, 2022

The trends that were already there in 2021 will continue in 2022. As a consequence, alcohol is drunk outside of bars or clubs. People’s desire for high-quality cocktails really grew in 2020 and 2021. Those who want to see less alcohol are more interested in the NoLo offer. Let’s check that out!

Alcohol

Medium of Mixology

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Pama Pomegranate Liqueur mixed Pomegranate Juice with Vodka and Tequila for an interesting sweet and tart flavor for a cocktail. Specific to the season this cocktail requires the “Winter Spiced Cranberry” Sprite only available in November and December every year, so if you want to make this later in 2021 stock up now.

Liqueur

Taste Tequila

JUNE 23, 2021

As aficionados know, tequila is an incredibly complex spirit, with a myriad of production steps along the way. In addition to being a great way to learn about tequila production, this project also turned out to be a lot of fun. Thankfully we have many tequila industry friends who gave us advice along the way. Weight: 50.7

Tequila

Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

Photos by Sunny Martini/Back Bar Project Sazón started building its tepacheria in 2021, and its tepache is now available in about 20 states and Puerto Rico. In the last year, he was a co-founder of LA’s no-alcohol pop-up bar, Bar Nuda , and utilized tepache’s fermented full flavor as an ingredient in his cocktails. Tepache Sazón.

Bartending

VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Ukrainian bars and restaurants that sustained and impressed me at every turn, from the overstuffed chocolate Suprême croissants from Cheese Bakery in Lviv that transported me back to Lafayette in New York to the nuanced hospitality of displaced bartenders from Kyiv to Kharkov — all of which had one unexpected, tequila-centric gesture in common.

Hospitality

Bar Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

One of the most admired ultra-premium, no additives tequila available in the UK is SUAVE, notable for the quality of its spirits and the elegance of its bottles. Tequila is a category that is growing rapidly and which has expanded in volume in recent years. SUAVE Tequila is a drink which is soft and gentle. One is price.

Tequila

Cheers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Hard seltzer may have hogged the spotlight of the ready-to-drink beverage alcohol market in recent years, but spirit-based RTDs and canned cocktails are providing the buzz today. Across all markets tracked by IWSR in a 2021 study, spirit-based RTDs — especially those made with vodka — held 45% category volume share and are driving innovation.

Liquor

Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In 2021, Punch was acquired by Vox Media , the publisher of food website Eater. Favorite Post : Tequila 15. Good Drinks Alcohol-free, also known as zero-proof, drinks are one of the fastest growing areas of the alcohol market. Every day, alcohol-free bars are popping up around the world.

Bartending

VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

I tried the 80 proof and was really sad with the loss of flavor those four degrees of alcohol resulted in,” says Green. The tequila maker introduced its coffee liqueur in 1992. Then, wishing to concentrate its efforts on its core tequila line, yanked it off the market in 2021. Lovers of the liquid howled.

Bottling

The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Credit: Ian Taylor, Unsplash The Toasts Not Tariffs Coalition , representing 52 associations across the US alcohol industry, has urged President Donald Trump to exclude spirits and wine from any new or universal tariffs, warning of potentially severe economic consequences. million US jobs across all states. prevent U.S.

Alcohol

VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

That same month, September 2017, Vice Munchies was perhaps the first alcohol industry publication to write about Empirical in an article titled “This Once-Abandoned Warehouse Might Contain the Future of Booze.” Perhaps they don’t even know what, for example, technically defines a bourbon or a tequila and why Empirical is different from that.

Liquor

VinePair

JULY 3, 2025

in 2018, Happy Dad in 2021, Ultra Right in 2023, and Real American Beer in 2024. On the heels of that resounding failure, the brand expanded into tequila for racists and swimsuit calendars for horny racists. Some beer brands have followed: Armed Forces Brewing Co. If it’s making sales, they’re not happening in NIQ-tracked channels. .

Beer

VinePair

MAY 5, 2025

But it was tequila that I think, ultimately, would define drinking in the first quarter of the 21st century. From 2000 until the present, tequila sales have grown over 300 percent, accounting for some $6.7 Though purists accuse it of being artificially sweetened, it made consumers comfortable paying so much for tequila, he says.

Tequila

Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Forget milk and cookies, what Santa needs this year is a shot of good, hard alcohol to help get him through whatever 2025 has in store for us. For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides.

Alcohol

Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2025

Tia Lindas Margarita is made with real tequila from a small craft Mexican distillery. Canned at 18% ABV, this line is designed as a craft cocktail with higher alcohol content for a full-flavored, authentic margarita, the company says. By 2021, they introduced individual cans and three new flavors.

Tequila

VinePair

JULY 4, 2025

The beloved singer and actor has made it fairly well known that she doesn’t drink alcohol, but that didn’t stop her from hopping on the celebrity booze brand train and launching her own ready-to-drink cocktail company: Delola. Though the matriarch doesn’t use our preferred spec, at least she adds some pizzazz to the presentation.

Tequila

The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Often side-lined as the stage where distillers are merely looking for maximum alcohol yield, we instead choose to focus on it. By running small-scale wash fermentations to establish the flavors and alcohol created by various yeast strains, we then scale up our favorite washes, running each for a two-week period.

Rum

VinePair

MAY 12, 2025

The childhood cereal joins tequila , amontillado sherry , and maple verjus to create a cocktail thats nutty and caramely; innovative, but familiar. Rather than infusing milk with a cereal of choice, most bartenders infuse the base spirit, and the reason is fairly simple: Alcohol is simply better at extracting flavor than milk is.

Infusions

VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

Its no secret that the non-alcoholic (NA) drinks space has exploded in recent years, spurred on by trends like zebra striping and younger generations leaning into a culture of moderation. Keep reading to discover the 23 best non-alcoholic drinks brands for 2025. tequila, amaro, Old Fashioned, etc.),

Alcohol

VinePair

MARCH 10, 2025

But while drinkers are opting for spirits such as tequila or bourbon when drinking full-proof or gravitating toward cocktails like the Spritz and Espresso Martini , a different flavor is winning on the sober scene: bitter. Across the country, non-alcoholic drinks brands with bitter profiles are flying off of store shelves.

Bitters