Friday, June 7th, 2013
Recently, NJRA members traveled to Washington, DC, for the Public Affairs Conference on April 17th-18th. The NJRA delegates met with Congressional representatives from their districts to stress their stance on a variety of issues including minimum wage, healthcare reform, immigration, restaurant depreciation, etc. I welcome your opinions on the issues and invite you to reach ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Fedway hosted their Annual Spring Wine & Spirits Tasting at the Mark G. Etess Arena, at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City on Wednesday, April 17th. Once again, Fedway achieved a record attendance with over 5,200 registered ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Wild Cherry, a new flavor from Germany’s famous Berentzen Liqueurs, has launched in New Jersey. Pictured here: the first case arriving at Woody’s Roadside in Farmingdale. Woody’s owners Chris Maltese (left) and Rob Johnson (right) received the case from Raymond Gaszynski (center) of Allied Beverage Group. Berentzen Wild Cherry (SRP $19.99 in NJ) is made ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Vision Wine & Spirits launched Wines For Dummies at a meeting with Allied Beverage Group. Fresh off their debut at the WSWA convention, the four “Dummies” wines (Chardonnay and Cabernet from California; Chianti and Pinot Grigio from Italy) will retail for a very smart ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Pisco Portón, one of the fastest growing pisco brands, teamed up with Allied Beverage Group to blitz the New Jersey market. Portón sangrias and infusions were presented as sales tools to develop the brand and educate about pisco’s ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
SLA ruling clear: retailers must control internet sales of ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
On April 23rd, R&R Marketing hosted New Jersey’s first Multicultural Showcase, a trade event featuring spirits and wines appealing to the state’s diverse cultural landscape. In addition to sampling all of the brands and cocktails at supplier tables, guests were also able to view POS materials and other brand programs available to help build their ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
The New Jersey Restaurant Association held their annual 2013 Restaurant Operators Conference (ROC) on April 22nd at the Pines Manor in Edison. This was the first year that the conference was open to all licensees, members and non-members. Attendees were able to visit with several NJ wholesalers and watch culinary demonstrations by renowned chefs David ... read more>Monday, June 3rd, 2013
As the NJLSA begins our 10th year, we want to thank everyone that has supported our continuous efforts. It is hard to believe that roughly 10 years ago we converted the original New Jersey Liquor Store Association, whose inception dates back to just after the Repeal of Prohibition, into the New Jersey Liquor Store Alliance. ... read more>Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
The U.S. Bartenders Guild teamed up with Four Roses Bourbon and Starz show Magic City for a cocktail competition with 10 semifinals across the country open to 19 USBG chapters. The NYC semifinal took place on May 9th at the Flatiron Room. Winner James Menite will compete in the finals at the Four Roses Distillery ... read more>