Market Watch

Every issue features new product launches, restaurant and bar openings, innovative retail concepts and unique promotions for on- and off-premise establishments.

Best Of The Best

Market Watch • MARKETWATCHMAG.COM • VOL. 38 NO. 11

THROUGH THE GLASS

EVENTS

OPENINGS

NEW PRODUCTS

BRAND WATCH

Pop Goes The Bar • Themed pop-up bars enable experimentation and attract a different clientele

Cognac’s Streak Continues • Shipments of the French brandy have reached record highs

Blue Chip Brands • The market’s long-time leaders continue to add value and expand their share

Oregon On The Rise • Driven by Pinot Noir but growing in diversity, Oregon’s wines are attracting an ever-wider audience

IMPORTED VODKA 2.0 • Faced with stiff competition from domestic players, vodka imports are rethinking their game

ITALY’S SPARKLING ✶STAR✶ • ONCE POPULAR ONLY IN ITS DOMESTIC MARKET, PROSECCO HAS TAKEN THE U.S. MARKET BY STORM

Crafting Cocktails • The U.S. distilling boom has ushered in a variety of craft whiskies to play with behind the bar

More THAN A Store • DUSTIN WILSON AND DERRICK MIZE OF VERVE WINE HAVE LAUNCHED BICOASTAL STORES AND A WEBSITE AND CONTINUE TO BROADEN THEIR REACH

Farm TO Glass • WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED FARMER’S RESTAURANT GROUP TAKES A HOMEGROWN APPROACH TO ITS CRAFT COCKTAILS

FRESH FROM THE SOURCE • FRESHLY BREWED BEER IS NOW A COMMON SIGHT AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Sonoma County Regains Its Footing • With the Kincade fire contained, the wine industry is returning to normal

Spruce Beer’s Revival • A centuries-old brewing style finds itself in the midst of an unlikely comeback

Windy City Wonder • The Scofflaw Group’s Danny Shapiro is enriching the Chicago bar scene

Danny Shapiro’s Recipes

Expanding In Wichita • Davis Liquor Outlet targets an upscale clientele with its fifth location

ON THE MOVE

NEWS

PARTING SHOT