Sunday, October 21, 2012
Maryland ranks 47th in beer consumption in the U.S.
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer," Abraham Lincoln said. Apparently, people in the tri-state area do not track with the 16th president of the United States, and select other beverages to meet national crises. Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia all rank in the bottom third of annual shipment and consumption of beer, according to a study from the Beer Institute, quoted by the Washington Business Journal. Since 2003, the Beer Institute has been tracking “Shipments of Malt Beverages and Per Capita Consumption by State” for persons 21 years and older across all 50 U.S. states and the District of …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Are you a die-hard Maryland Wine Festival goer? This weekend is shaping up to be perfect weather for the annual event.
The Maryland Wine Festival will bring dozens of wineries and tens of thousands of people from across the country to Westminster this weekend, will you partake in the festivities? The event highlights Maryland wines and offers food vendors, craft vendors, live entertainment, wine education seminars and an amateur wine competition. Are you a faithful Wine Festival attendee or will you be attending for the first time this year? Weigh in on our poll or tell us in comments. The weather is forecast to be sunny with temperatures in the high 70s. Local wineries attending include Cygnus Wine Cellars of Manchester, Detour Winery of Detour, Galloping Goose Vineyard of Manchester, Old Westminster Winery of Westminster and Serpent Ridge Vineyard in …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The proposed liquor store in Wegmans has sparked the debate.
The proposed 10,000-square-foot liquor store inside the new Columbia Wegmans has reignited the debate on whether wine, beer and liquor should be sold in Maryland grocery and convenience stores. In an expansive article on Saturday, the Baltimore Sun examined how multiple grocery stores are trying to find ways around rules that generally ban chain grocery stores from selling wine, beer and liquor. (There are some exceptions, such as an Eastern Shore Giant location that has a license that has been grandfathered.) Adam Borden, the president of Marylanders for Better Beer & Wine Laws, said the bans are antiquated. “Our culture has evolved,” said Borden. “It used to be one where temperance and orderly tax collections were our most paramount …
Wayne Higgins
9:00 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012
My wife and her friends attend this event every year. I am not a wine drinker and would like to see a beer stand included for those of us that do not drink wine. I'm sure their are others like me. more ›