All in Alcohol
Are we, as wine professionals, also drinking less—or is it the broader public driving the shift? With more conversations around moderation, flex-drinking, and mindful choices, let’s ask the question together. Join our next ABG Happier Hour to explore how our own habits are evolving—and what’s really in our glass.
As we kick off the New Year, the ABG community chimes in with their perspective on ‘Dry January’.
Looking to better manage how you drink? This week, Beck shares her thoughts on the critical reference read from Professor David Nutt, “Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health.” It’s a must-read for anyone looking to dive deeper into the topic of alcohol and wellbeing.
As the Holiday season looms, Beck looks back on her six favorite ABG reads to help manage the season of giving.
Can you travel and write about wine and not drink? Yes. and this week, guest contributor Rachel DelRocco Terrazas shares a perspective on traveling as a wine writer while sober.
We are headed to wine2wine and love to hear this community’s thoughts on the question, “can working in the wine business be good for you?.”
It is encouraging to hear this community share how their own attitudes to mindfulness, moderation, and mindful drinking are changing for the better; how mental health conversations are becoming a little safer; and how a moderate or abstinence approach to drinking has become more normalized, but as an industry how are we doing?.
One in three women and one in five men over the age of 50 will be diagnosed with osteoporosis. An average, 54 million Americans have osteoporosis. This week guest contributor Melanie Young offers practical and insightful advice of helping managing bone health.
We like to road test as many products as possible before we put our name to them as "ABG Recommended." So this week we took some time to sit down and taste some non-alcohol offerings to see if we could find some interesting gems in this newly emerging category.
Long-haul work travel is starting up again, and this week, Cathy reports in from Spain on the strange and familiar parts of returning to the road. Read the full story at the website here:
Is it me, or are there a plethora of mindful drinking, consumption reduction and/or “sober-lit” articles lately? With a ton of online stories swirling, I revisited the story I wrote for ABG in January, on How to Put Mindful Drinking on Your 2021 List. I ran a scorecard on how I’m doing with my own consumption habits.
Working in the alcohol industry, it’s likely that we’ve all experienced a mix of responses to our relationship to alcohol. It’s complicated and challenging, and it’s compounded by alcohol’s funding of our paychecks and livelihoods. Beck and I think that’s worth talking more about, and leaning into the challenges rather than shying away from them. That’s why, this week, we’re excited to share with the community our very first ABG Book Club pick: Finding Freedom,
In this personal account, one ABG community member shares their perspective on the benefits fo The Sinclair Method to help treat alcohol use disorder in the hopes it can help others.
I owe an apology to the non-drinkers who entered my tasting room - I probably left you feeling out in the cold. I just didn’t know any better and I didn’t “see” you.
Guest Contributor and Bordeaux resident, Wendy Narby shared her top five tips for managing mindful drinking to help avoid the potential of unwanted “COVID-kilos”.
Wine has taken a bit of a beating lately. Between new year’s resolutions, media attention to Dry (or damp) January, the uncertainty of impending tariffs, or consumers indicating they plan to drink less alcohol, the latest industry reports do not paint the brightest of pictures for wine.
Digestive health is one of the toughest physical health aspects to manage for many wine professionals, and this week, hospitality professional turned holistic nutrition coach, Teresa Carluccio shares some ways to make it easier.
The Pin offers bartenders the opportunity to communicate a message of abstinence without speaking a word, and opens up dialogue for patrons or other professionals to start a positive conversation around alcohol. So rather than being a mark of achievement, the pin can act as a sign of desired behavior change, which for some, can be a herculean effort.
Do you remember your first negroni? I do. The heady aromas of orange, mandarin, rose and juniper filled my senses, and the unctuous liquid hit my lips, instantly warming my insides and flooding memories of my first sip of “real liquor”. But better.
In the first of the monthly guest post series, ABG Tribe member Kimberly Charles shares her personal story on caring for a loved one struggling with alcoholism.
