The flaws in today’s spirits labels, as outlined below, have led to myriad problems for distilleries and other producers, as well as for consumers, and even for bars and retail stores. The system, as ...

El Greco, the great painter and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, was gazing at the night sky when he declared, "Art is everywhere you look for it." And, indeed, it is right there in the tranquil ...

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY LABELS. THERE ARE THESE STEREOTYPICAL LABELS THRUST UPON HIGH SCHOOLERS, THE GOTH KIDS, THE JOCKS, THE THEATER KIDS. WE’RE SURROUNDED BY PHYSICAL LABELS TO WALK DOWN THE AISLES OF ...

As craft beer consumers, we rely on labels to operate according to a couple of standards—namely, style guidelines and commonly accepted signifiers. Whether it’s “IPA,” “porter,” or the more esoteric ...

This is one part of a two-part interview with Sag Harbor Rum about designing and distilling a new craft liquor. Read the second part, which dives deep into the East Hampton village of Sag Harbor and ...

We know not to judge a book by its cover, but these suave beer labels are making it hard for us not to do that. As more and more craft beers enter the market, and with quality improving leaps and ...

1978 was the worst year for beer diversity in post-Prohibition America, with only 89 breweries operating in the entire country. Most of those breweries sucked, so a nation addled by other drugs might ...

MobCraft CEO Henry Schwartz first apologized for a proposed beer called "Date Grape" and when asked about three of the craft brewery's previous labels that contain racial stereotypes he promised ...