As we kick off the New Year, the ABG community chimes in with their perspective on ‘Dry January’.
All in Alcohol
Looking for a Better Way To Drink and Manage Your Health? Read This Book.
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.
Avoiding Overindulgence – My Six Favorite ABG Reads to Help Navigate the Holidays.
As the Holiday season looms, Beck looks back on her six favorite ABG reads to help manage the season of giving.
Sober Press Trips: Yes, It’s Possible. Here’s How.
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.
ABG Goes to wine2wine: Please Weigh In with Your Input!
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?.”
Are We There Yet? A Gut Check on our Industry Health and Wellbeing
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?.
Expert Tips to Bone Up on Your Bone Health
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.
Think Alcohol-Free is Boring? These 7 Winners Will Prove Your Tastebuds Wrong
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.
Wine Travel, Revisited: Getting Back in the Post-COVID Game
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:
Mindful Drinking: Time for a Mid-Year Tune Up?
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.
Finding Freedom: ABG's First-Ever Book Club Pick
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,
Getting My Life Back: The Sinclair Method for Alcohol Use Disorder
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.
A Letter of Apology to Non-Drinkers in Wine - And Action Items For A Better Drinking Culture
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.
Lockdown Drinking and COVID Kilos: A French Perspective
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”.
Headwinds Ahead: Wine in the Age of Wellness and Moderation
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.
Wine People, Meet Your Gut. Gut, Meet Your Wine People
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.
A New Kind of Safety - The Pin Project
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.
The Negroni – My First Italian Lover
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.
A Personal Account of Caring for A Loved One Struggling with Alcoholism
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.
Gut Check Alert: When We Aren’t Enough
These past few weeks, something’s happened that Beck and I sincerely hoped would happen when A Balanced Glass got up and running two years ago. And yet it still took us by surprise.