Ah, Labor Day. It’s the last hoorah of the summer season. Our office has actually been pretty split on the debate this year between being ready to usher in fall and keeping summer around for a few weeks more (if you couldn’t guess which side I’m definitively in favor of, you really don’t know me [...]
Archive for August, 2012
Make the Most of Labor Day Weekend
August 31st, 2012 
stephanie 
Posted in Beer, Cocktails, Wine 
Tags: ABSOLUT, Austrian Riesling, BBQ, beer, Cabarnet Day, cocktails, Heineken USA, Hiram Walker, Jacob's Creek, Labor Day drinks, Michelada, Orange Crush, REBOOTizer, Tecate, wine 
No Comments »Learning The Perfect Pour in NYC
August 28th, 2012 stephanie I was thrilled when the team at Heineken USA invited me into New York last week to attend a casual education seminar on The Perfect Pour and wanted to recap my experience with you today. While I may have later been a little shocked to learn they did the program the night before in Queens [...]
Posted in Beer Tags: beer bloggers, Franck Evers, Heineken, Heineken USA, Nightclub & Bar Show, NYC, Passion 4 Beer, The Perfect Pour No Comments »Heineken USA In The News
August 17th, 2012 stephanie Happy Friday everyone! I’m on the road in Boston this weekend supporting another client of ours, Rebootizer USA, at the Healthy Living Summit, but wanted to get up a quick post today. Heineken USA had a pretty big week and I thought to share some of the latest news here that you may have seen [...]
Posted in Beer Tags: beer, beer industry news, Heineken, Heineken USA, James Bond, Skyfall, Strongbow, Tasting Panel Magazine, US cider marketplace No Comments »No Bollocks in New Orleans
August 11th, 2012 stephanie The cocktail culture in New Orleans is undeniably awesome. And, this passion for all things spirits and cocktails is even more punctuated during the annual Tales of the Cocktail festival that occurs every July. However, ironically, one of my favorite activations that took place this year as the five-day festival neared its end was the [...]
Posted in Beer Tags: beer, facebook, Industry Bar & Kitchen, New Orleans, Newcastle Brown Ale, No Bollocks, Pub Crawl, Tales of the Cocktail No Comments »ProWein Management Comes to San Francisco
August 3rd, 2012 Steve Raye Some folks from ProWein were in San Francisco last week to gain some insight into the perception of the show among the trade in the U.S. Eva Rowe of ProWein, Adam Levy of the New York International Wine Competition and I collaborated to bring together a cross section of the trade including retailers, somms, distributors, [...]