1829 - David G. Yuengling established Eagle Brewery on Centre Street in Pottsville, PA; 1873 - name changed to Yuengling Brewery.

1859 - Charles Arbuckle, Duncan McDonald, William Roseburg organized McDonald & Arbuckle, wholesale grocery business in Pittsburgh, PA; 1860 - John Arbuckle (brother) joined company; renamed McDonald & Arbuckles; 1865 - one roaster, sold roasted coffee in airtight, original, one pound packages (vs. loose coffee in roasted state); January 21, 1868 - John Arbuckle, of Allegheny City, PA, received a patent for an "Improvement in Roasted Coffee" ("roasting coffee and then coating it with a glutinous or gelatinous matter, for the purpose of retaining the aroma of the coffee, and also act as a clarifying-agent when the ground coffee has been boiled in water"); process of glazing coffee to seal in freshness of coffee bean; 1873 - launched Ariosa coffee package, first successful national brand of packaged coffee; 1881 - 85 roasters running in Pittsburgh and New York; March 31, 1891 - Henry E. Smyser, of Philadelphia, PA, received a patent for a "Package Making and Filling Machine"; received a patent for an "Automatic Weighing Machine" ("intended to automatically measure and deliver weighed quantities of granulated, pulverized, or sililar material"); March 1, 1892 - Smyser received a patent for a "Feed-Machanism for Weighing-Machines"; assigned to Arbuckle Brothers; 1896 - Arbuckle entered sugar refining business (based on Smyser patents); 1898 - Brooklyn sugar refinery produced 5,000 barrels per day of package sugar; February 3, 1903 - John Arbuckle, of Brooklyn, NY, received a patent for an "Apparatus for Roasting Coffee" ("each bean shall be separately roasted by being surrounded on all sides by the hot air of fire-gases and while out of contact with other beans"); assigned to Arbuckle Brothers; 1913 - introduced Yuban coffee (guest coffee for guests at Christmastime, short for 'Yuletime Banquet'); April 7, 1914 - Arbuckle Brothers registered "Yuban" trademark first used November 1, 1913 (coffee); 1944 - General Foods acquired Yuban.

John Arbuckle - Arbuckle Coffee (http://books.google.com/books?id=Y5tXt7aoLNoC&pg=PA523&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3me26bsR5wu7U-3aLnkAeTzykrQw&w=575)

December 26, 1865 - James H. Nason, of Franklin, MA, received patent for a "Coffee Percolator" ("construction of apparatus for preparing the extract or infusion from coffee").

1866 - James Vernor, former employee of Higby and Sterns' Drug Store, opened pharmacy in Detroit; opened barrel of 4-year-old ginger ale extract; aging had mellowed taste to perfection; created Vernor’s Ginger Ale; sold bottling franchises with strictly adherence to recipe; 1896 - closed drugstore, concentrated on ginger ale business; James Vernor Jr. entered business; August 15, 1911 - James Vernor registered "Vernor's" trademark first used January 1, 1880 (ginger-ale and ginger-ale extract); 1966 - acquired by investor group; 1971 - acquired by American Consumer Products; 1979 - acquired by United Brands; 1985 - closed flagship Detroit bottling plant, granted local bottling rights to Pepsi-Cola; 1987 - acquired by by A&W Beverages; 1993 - acquired by by Dr Pepper/Cadbury Schweppes; America’s oldest continuously produced soft drink.

James Vernor - Vernor's Ginger Ale (http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2009/223/13440272_125012212463.jpg)

May 1867 - Jacob Leinenkugel, John Miller built Spring Brewery (water from spring on brewery grounds), 24 by 50 foot building in Chippewa Falls, WI (home of world's largest lumbering mill); 400 barrels brewed, kegged in first year delivered in one horse-cart; 1884 - Miller interest acquired by Leinenkugel; renamed Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company; 1890 - production increased to 200 barrels/day; 1898 - incorporated; 1907 - Matthias (Matt) Leinenkugel (son) became president; 1950s - acquired Bosch Brewing Company (Houghton, MI), expanded distribution to Minnesota, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Chicago; 1955 - first brewery in U.S. to be 100% equipped with closed, glass-lined fermentation tanks; 1988 - acquired by Miller Brewing (second largest brewer in world); remained family-run; 2008 - brews 7 year-round, 4 seasonal brews distributed in 38 states; seventh oldest brewery in United States.

  Jacob Leinenkugel (http://wqow.images.worldnow.com/images/10390367_BG1.JPG)

August 8, 1868 - Baron James de Rothschild acquired Chateau Lafite (for sale as part of Ignace-Joseph Vanlerberghe succession) in village of Pauillac, France; October 22, 1868 - passed away, became joint property of Alphonse, Gustave and Edmond deRothschild (sons); 74 hectares of vineyards; 1855 - "golden age" of Medoc; 1946 - Baron Elie de Rothschild entrusted with recovery of Estate; 1962 - acquired Chateau Duhart-Milon, owned by Casteja family for more than century; 1974 - Baron Eric (nephew) took over management of Lafite; 1984 - acquired Chateau Rieussec (Sauternes and Chateau Paradis Casseuil, Entre Deux Mers); 1988 - acquired Vina Los Vascos (founded around 1736) from Chilean family Echenique-Eyzaguirre; acquired Chteau l'Evangile (owned by Ducasse family for over century); 1992 - acquired Quinta do Carmo (owned by Portuguese royal family since time of King Don Juan IV).

1869 - Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, physician and dentist, and Charles Welch (son) successfully pasteurized Concord grape juice to produce "unfermented sacramental wine" for fellow parishioners at his church in Vineland, NJ; marked beginning of processed fruit juice industry; April 25, 1916 - Welch Grape Juice Company registered "Welch's" trademark first used in 1892 (grape-juice); 1952 - acquired by The National Grape Cooperative Association, Inc. (grower-owned agricultural cooperative of 1,400 grape growers with farms throughout Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Ontario, Canada).

1869 - Arthur Brooke founded Brooke, Bond & Co. (added Bond to firm's name to make it sound more upper class); one of first British tea merchants to market uniform blend of tea, sell directly to retailers (bulk at wholesale rates) instead of to middlemen; 1912 - Gerald Brooke (son) became chairman of company; made company's red delivery vans so popular that British toy stores sold miniatures; extended sources of supply, built 30,000-acre plantation empire in India, Ceylon, Africa; 1984 - acquired by Unilever.

1870s - Bohemian Frantissek (Francis) Korbel ("goblet, drinking cup" in Czech), Joseph and Anton Korbel, formerly of F. Korbel & Bros., successful manufacturing business producing materials for building industry in San Francisco, CA, purchased sawmill, property near Guerneville in Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, in partnership with another entrepreneur; brought in another brother, Winsel, from Bohemia, to run business; brothers bought out partner 1882 - ran small winemaking operation, produced some 20,000 to 30,000 gallons of wine from vineyard yields; 1884 - closed dairy, converted all ranch lands to vineyards, devoted all of energy to winemaking; mid-1890s - shipped first champagnes; 1900 - internationally known, award-winning label; 1954 - acquired by Adolf Heck, third-generation winemaker (former president of Italian Swiss Colony Wine Company); 1956 - reintroduced Korbel Brut, lighter and drier than any American champagne on market; introduced Korbel Natural', Korbel Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay), Korbel Blanc de Noirs (100% Pinot Noir), all created using champagne yeasts; October 13, 1970 - Adolf L. Heck and Allan J, Hemphill, both of Guerneville, CA of received two patents for an "Apparatus for Riddling Bottled Wines"; automatic riddling machine allowed each bottle of Korbel champagne to undergo exact turns at precise times to ensure consistent taste and quality in every bottle (riddling done by hand, costly and time-consuming method that left champagne's quality vulnerable to variability of human hands); November 9, 1971 - received a second patent for "Riddling Bottled Wines"; 1982 - Gary Heck (son) appointed president; 1984 - named chairman of board; 2000 - shipped record 1.678 million cases of champagne.

1886 - William M. and Ralph R. Foster, from New York, paid £48,000 to build Melbourne's most modern brewery. November 1888 - first Foster's Lager prototype brewed, bottled in heavy bottle with wired-down cork; February 1, 1889 - first public tasting; won first prize in city's Centennial Exhibition's International Brewing Award against all comers; November 13 1889 - sold business to local syndicate; August 1903 - Society of Melbourne Brewers formed; May, 8, 1907 - six Melbourne breweries formed Carlton & United Breweries Proprietary Limited (CUB); 1958 - adopted modern, highly transportable packaging of steel cans; 1970 - royal blue Foster's livery adopted; 1972 - All Brand Importers started importing Foster's to US in over-sized 26-ounce can; 1976 - CUB sent one million cans of Foster's to New York (largest single consignment of foreign beer to ever enter the city); 1977 - 10 million liters of Foster's sold in US.; 1987 - acquired UK brewer Courage, became Courage's leading lager brand; 1995 - merger of Courage into Scottish & Newcastle Group created largest brewer in UK; Fosters - #1 beer in London for more than 10 years; 1 in 5 British adults, almost 8 million, drink Foster's every week; equivalent of 700 million pints of Foster's drunk in Britain every year; 3rd largest-selling international beer brand, over 100 million cans consumed worldwide every year, world's third most widely distributed beer (in over 150 countries).

1888 - Swiss brew master Joseph Villiger established brewery Manufatura de Cerveja Brahma Villiger & Companhia in Rio de Janeiro; September 6, 1888 - introduced Brahma beer; 1904 - name changed to Companhia Cervejaria Brahma; 1997 - merged with Companhia Antarctica Paulista Industria Brasileira de Bebidas e Conexos; formed Companhia de Bebidas das Américas (American Beverage Company - AmBev), incorporated September 14, 1998; largest private company of consumer goods in Brazil, Latin America’s largest brewer; fifth largest brewer in world; September 6, 2004 - merged with InterBrew; formed InBev, world's largest brewer, by volume.

1890 - John J. McLaughlin, pharmacist and chemist, whose brother founded General Motors of Canada in 1916, opened small plant in Ontario to manufacture soda water; intended to sell to pharmacies as mixer for fruit drinks and flavored extracts; 1904 - J. J. McLaughlin Company introduced Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale; developed technique for mass bottling; January 18, 1907 - J. J. McLaughlin Limited registered "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale" trademark in Canada; changed name to Canada Dry Ginger Ale ('The Champagne of Ginger Ales"); appointed to the Royal Household of Governor-General of Canada; 1919 - began shipping to New York City; 1921 - opened first Canada Dry plant in United States on 38th Street in Manhattan; May 16, 1922 - J. J. McLaughlin Limited registered "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale" first used in 1890 in U. S. (pale ginger ale); 1923 - acquired by Canadian businessman P. D. (Parry Dorland) Saylor; formed Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc.; 1930 - tonic water, club soda, Collins mix, fountain syrup produced under Canada Dry name; 1936 - first international license awarded to bottler in Lima, Peru; 1938 - plants in 14 countries; 1953 - first major soft drink company to put soft drinks in cans; 1964 - first to introduce sugar-free drinks; 1986 - acquired by Cadbury Schweppes plc for $230 million.

1890 - Don Enrique Ma. Barreto founded La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel, Southeast Asia's first brewery; 1893 - incorporated; escudo adopted as new company's symbol; 1948 - established a brewery in Hong Kong, first local brewer in crown colony.

1892 - Peter C. Larkin founded Salada Tea Company Ltd. (name of Ceylon Tea Garden) in Toronto, ON; December 3, 1892 - registered "Salada Tea Company, Ltd. Golden Tea Pot Blend - Pure Ceylon Tea" in Canada (tea); August 23, 1898 - registered "Salada" trademark first used December 31, 1892 (tea) in U. S.; 1917 - established U.S. headquarters, blending and packaging plant in Boston, MA; 1957 - merged with Shirriff Horsey Corporation Ltd. (flavoring essences, called "buds", used to flavor dessert products, jelly powders, jellies, puddings); renamed Salada-Shirriff-Horsey Ltd.; October 1, 1958 - acquired Junket brand from Chs. Hansen Laboratories; January 1962 - name changed to Salada Foods, Inc.; 1969 - acquired by Kellogg; June 1988 - acquired by Unilever.

Peter C. Larkin - Salada Tea (http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/ap/c/c090250.gif)

1893 - Horace Chase and Minnie Mizner Chase (wife), daughter of U.S. Senator and Ambassador to Central America, founded Stags' Leap Winery seven miles north of Napa, CA; named "Stags' Leap" after Wappo Indian legend that, one version says, told of stag leaping across crags of palisades (bordering east side of estate) to escape hunters; 1913 - acquired by Mrs. Frances Grange; 1971 - acquired by Carl Doumani, underwent vast restoration; 1997 - acquired by Beringer Wine Estates (acquired by Foster's Brewing Group, Ltd. in 2000).

1898 - Caleb D. Bradham created a soft drink in his pharmacy in New Bern, NC; mixed carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, oils, pepsin, kola nut extract; customers called it "Brad’s Drink"; August 28, 1898 - changed name to Pepsi-Cola - emphasized the pepsin and kola nut extract (supposed health benefits: pepsin, an enzyme, for digestion; caffeine, an alkaloid found in kola nuts, for energy); 1902 - founded Pepsi-Cola Company in backroom of pharmacy; June 16, 1903 - Caleb D. Bradham  registered "Pepsi-Cola" trademark first used August 1, 1901 (flavoring-syrup for soda water); March 2, 1923 - declared bankruptcy, returned to  pharmacy; May 7, 1923 - Pepsi-Cola trademark, assets acquired at auction for $30,000 by Craven Holding Corporation, group of Bradham's creditors; 1928 - acquired by Roy C. Megargel for $35,000; formed National Pepsi-Cola Company in state of Virginia; June 8, 1931 - Pepsi-Cola Company declared bankruptcy; 1931 - Charles G. Guth, President of Loft Candy Company, acquired sole rights to trademark, assets of defunct Pepsi-Cola Company for $10,500 (Coca-Cola Company had  refused to give him jobber's discount on syrup served at over 138 candy stores in greater New York area); August 10, 1931 - formed Pepsi-Cola Company in state of Delaware; 1936 - new 12 ounce Pepsi bottle for 5 cents (same price as six ounces of Coke) created $2 million dollar operating profit, revitalized company; became subsidiary of Loft; 1938 - Guth forced to resign after losing suit over ownership of Company; October 4, 1939 - Walter Mack, former executive of Phoenix Securities Corporation, became president; established board of directors with real voting powers, introduced cartoon comic strip called "Pepsi and Pete... the Pepsi-Cola Cops", widely syndicated for eleven years, gave brand visibility to Pepsi-Cola; standardized 12 ounce bottle for 341 franchised bottlers.  

Caleb Bradham - creator of Pepsi (http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/images/uploaded/posts/thumb_44f4528d31fa7.jpg)

Donald M. Kendall - Pepsico (http://www.beverageforum.com/images/4Kendall.gif)

D. Wayne Calloway - Pepsico (http://www.callawayfamily.org/images/davidwaynecalloway.gif)

September 6, 1899 - Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, founded by Elbridge A. Stuart (former partner in Los Angeles wholesale grocery company Craig, Stuart and Company) and a partner, acquired plant, machinery of bankrupt Washington Condensed Milk Company in Kent, WA; produced first cases of evaporated milk, called Carnation Sterilized Cream (saw carnation on lid of box of Carnation cigars); September 18, 1900 - registered "Carnation Brand" trademark first used November 1, 1899 (condensed milk); 1901 - acquired partner's interest; 1906 - product name changed to Carnation Evaporated Milk; began using advertising slogan, "milk from contented cows"; 1916 - company name changed to Carnation Milk Products Company; 1919 - more than 150,000 cows produced milk for Carnation's 20 plants across the United States; 1985 - acquired by Nestle for about $3 billion.

1900 - Paul Garrett established Garrett & Company in North Carolina (declared chief wine-producing state of Union in 1840 by Federal census);  1903 -moved headquarters to five-story winery in Norfolk, VA to escape prohibition in North Carolina; claimed to have "the largest clock on earth", wine capacity of four million gallons; most successful of eastern winegrowers before Prohibition, America's largest winemaker (five wineries in North Carolina);  1912 - prohibition in Virginia forced move Penn Yan, in Finger Lakes of New York state; Garrett's 'Virginia Dare' (name of first child born to English settlers in America) red and white wines (based on the native Scuppernong grape of the South) - most purchased wine in U.S. during early 1900s, before Prohibition; December 11, 1917 - Garrett and Company registered "Virginia Dare" trademark first used in 1891 (wines); 1919 - 17 processing locations, 10 million gallon combined capacity; 1934 - called 'Dean' of American winemen by Fortune magazine'; 1940 - just two licensed wineries in North Carolina.

Paul Garrett - Garrett & Co. (http://www.escholarship.org/editions/data/13030/3q/ft967nb63q/ figures/ft967nb63q_00126.jpg)

1900 - New Zealander Percival Dewe Boyd opened Boyd Importing Tea Company in Portland, OR.; August 28, 1951 - Boyd Coffee Company registered "Boyds" trademark first used in March 1903 (coffee, tea, a preparation of cocoa, chocolate, sugar and milk for making a food beverage; food flavoring extracts and food flavoring compounds; condiments...); 1958 - Rutherford Percival Boyd (son) succeeded as President; first company to use paper filters in restaurant coffee-makers; December 29, 1964 - registered "Flav-R-Flo" trademark first used July 3, 1963 (Coffee Making Equipment) for home use; 1972 - doubled the size of operations.

1903 - Ludwig Roselius and a team of researchers in Bremen, Germany, invented decaffination process; discovered that brine-soaked beans (fell into ocean) reacted differently to roasting; developed a technique that removed 97 percent of the caffeine without removing the flavor; 1905 - first sold in Germany under the name "Kaffee HAG"; 1906 - received a German patent for process in Germany; 1909 - came to the United States, marketed under the name "Dekafa" or "Dekofa" by an American sales agent; 1914 - Roselius founded his own company called Kaffee Hag Corporation in New York, which marketed its decaffeinated coffee under the brand name "Kaffee HAG" that was well proven from the European business; 1923 - Sanka ("sans caffeine") first marketed in the United States; 1928 - General Foods Corporation taking over its distribution; 1932 - General Foods acquired Sanka Coffee Corporation; 1979 - General Foods acquired Roselius's original company, Kaffee Hag, from Roselius's son.

August 11, 1903 - Japanese chemist, Satori Kato, of Chicago, IL, received a patent for a "Coffee Concentrate and Process of Making Same" ("production in a hard dry state of a coffee concentrate which is not liable to become rancid and does not owe resistance to rancidity nor its dry hard state to the presence therein of a foreign matter or fiber, but which may consist entirely of the aromatic and healthful constituents of the coffee-bean"); first soluble instant coffee; assigned to Kato Coffee Company.

February 23, 1907 - Kirin Brewery Company, Limited incorporated; acquired by Mitsubishi family, affiliate of Mitsubishi keiretsu; first Kirin beer factory established in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama; 1949 - 25.3% market share; 1954 - number one brewer in Japan (37.1% market share); 1976 - 63.8% market share; 1984 - signed cross-licensing agreement with Heineken N.V., Netherlands-based brewing company (Kirin produced Heineken for Japanese market, Heineken produced Kirin for Dutch market); 1987 - entered into a cross-licensing agreement with Molson Companies Ltd.; 1993 - entered into joint venture, Budweiser Japan Co., for distribution of Budweiser beer in Japan; 1996 - Kirin, Budweiser established Kirin Brewery of America, LLC to produce, distribute Kirin Lager, Kirin Ichiban, Kirin Light brands in United States at Anheuser-Busch facility in Los Angeles area (began production in April 1997); 2000 - Anheuser-Busch dissolved joint venture; replaced by licensing agreement between the two companies (Kirin took over production, distribution of Budweiser brand in Japan); 2001 - Asahi Breweries replaced Kirin as top Japanese brewer (38.7% market share vs. 35.8%); February 2002 - acquired 15% stake in San Miguel Corporation (90% market share in Philippines) for $544 million. 

June 20, 1908 - Melitta Bentz, housewife from Dresden, Germany, received a German patent for filter top device lined with disc shaped blotting paper (way to brew perfect cup of coffee with none of bitterness caused by over- brewing); had found that her son's blotter paper used for school worked best; cut round piece of blotting paper, put it in metal cup; December 15th, 1908 - started Melitta Bentz Company.; 1909 - sold 1200 coffee filters at the Leipziger fair in Germany; 1925 - introduced red red and green filter package; March 11, 1941 - Wolfgang Horst Bentz, of Minden, Germany, received a patent for a "Filtering Device for the Production of Beverages, such as Tea or Coffee"' assigned to Melitta-Werke Bentz & Sohn; April 3, 1956 - Horst Wolfgang Bentz doing business as Melitta-Werke Bentz registered "Melitta" trademark (coffee [tea] [and coffee substitutes]).

Melitta Bentz - Melitta Bentz Company (http://www.espresso-kaffee-blog.de/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/melitta%20bentz.jpg)

1909 - Marko Vachkov organized Gamza Suhindol� in village of Suhindol in valley of Rositsa River (had returned from business trip to France; named after gamza, local, native grape variety; first nursery-garden of grafted vines planted here in 1896, following phylloxera crisis that destroyed nearly all of Europe's vineyards); first grape-growers' and winemakers' co-operative on Balkan Peninsula; 1920s-1930s - Vachkov became one of region's most successful wine producers; 1952 - nationalised by communist government (one of largest producers in Bulgaria); 1992 - acquired from government by descendants of winery's founder; first independent winery in country after end of communism.

June 1909 - Group of businessmen incorporated Shiner Brewing Association (Shiner, TX; Herman Weiss first Brewmaster); 1914 - German immigrant brewer, Kosmas Spoetzl, Oswald Petzold co-leased brewery; April 1915 - acquired brewery; marketed brew by loading Model T with kegs and ice, drove dirt roads along region's cotton fields, offered thirsty laborers what today is basically Shiner Blonde; 1950 - Cecelie Spoetzl (daughter) took over; 1983 - produced 60,000 barrels of beer; 1989 - acquired for its loyal customer base by Gambrinus Co. (run by Carlos Alvarez, beer marketing executive, built U.S. market for Grupo Modelo's Corona brands in early 1980s); 1994 - produced 100,000 barrels of beer; 2009 - produced 400,000 barrels, distributed to 39 states; oldest independent brewery in Texas.

1912 - Stafford Higgins founded Higgins & Burke Ltd., food wholesaling business, in Toronto, ON; 1929 - Paul Higgins (son) joined wholesale grocery distribution company; 1930 - introduced tea product; 1932 - packaged tea under brand name - chose 'Mother Parker's' (homey sound); wife created caricature; April 12, 1932 - registered "Mother Parker's" trademark in Canada; 1939 - Mother Parker's coffee introduced; February 2000 - acquired Martinson's Coffee; Canada's oldest coffee company; largest family-owned purveyor of coffee, tea in North America; one of largest private label coffee, tea manufacturers in North America.

1915 - The Root Glass Company (founded by Chapman Jay Root as Root Glass Works, on May 27, 1901 at Third and Voorhees streets in Terre Haute, IN, to manufacture glass bottles, other glass containers that would withstand high internal pressures) organized team (T. Clyde Edwards, Alexander Samuelson, Earl R. Dean) to design 6.5 ounce bottle for Coca-Cola bottle contest for bottle to distinguish drink from imitations; Dean, mold shop supervisor, designed bottle with parallel vertical grooves, tapered ends (from illustration of cocoa tree pod from 1910 Encyclopedia Britannica); November 16, 1915 - Alexander Samuelson (plant superintendent) of Terre Haute, IN received a design patent or a "Design for a Bottle or Similar Article"; assigned to Root Glass Company; 1916 - design team won contest for design of Coca-Cola bottle at bottlers convention in Atlanta, GA (beat 11 entries for originality, exclusiveness of design, ease of handling, production cost, potential consumer recognition); company received 5 cents royalty for every 144 bottles made (in addition to cost of manufacture); November 6,1923 - Chapman J. Root, of Terre Haute, IN, received two successor design patents for "Design for a Bottle"; 1930s - largest glass plant in United States that manufactured high-pressure glass containers; 1937 - bottle design rights acquired by Coca-Cola; 1939 - Root formed Associated Coca-Cola Bottling Plants Inc. to consolidate bottling facilities; became nation's largest independent Coke bottler; 1982 - Root family 57.5% interest acquired by Coca-Cola for $417.5 million.

Earl R. Dean - designed Coca-Cola bottle (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Earl_r_dean.jpg)

1917 - L. D. Peeler, others acquired bankrupt Maysville Syrup Company (Maysville, KY; had been 'Mint Cola' bottling franchisee of Maysville Syrup since 1913; had produced about 160 cases of Mint Cola a day from basement of general store); moved company to North Carolina, renamed Carolina Beverage Corporation; purchased recipe for cherry flavored soda derived from oil of almond from St. Louis salesman (gave natural sweetness to the drink, made it taste sweeter than other soft drinks with same amount of sugar; blended flavor with 11 others, Mint Cola base; 1918 - created Cheerwine (burgundy wine color, cheerful bubbles); 1981 - introduced Diet Cheerwine; Mark Ritchie (great-grandson) oversaw expansion; August 16, 1988 - Carolina Beverage Corporation registered "Cheerwine" trademark first used June 1, 1918 (soft drinks); 2003 - entered Norway market.

Cheerwine (http://www.blakescheerwineoldies.com/peeler.jpg)

May 1917 - Mrs. Julius S. Walsh Jr. (St. Louis, MO, wife of President of Terminal Railway Co. and Mississippi Valley Trust Co.) hosted first cocktail party, for 50 guests, on record (source: St. Paul Pioneer Press); Clover Leafs, Highballs, Gin Fizzes, Bronx cocktails, Martinis, Manhattans served.

January 1, 1918 - Gordon's Dry Gin Company, Limited registered "Tanqueray" trademark first used in December 1892 (dry gin).

1920 - Charles L. Grigg formed Howdy Corporation (named for Howdy orange drink) in St. Louis, MO; February 5, 1929 - registered "Seven UP" trademark first used August 7, 1928 (carbonated, nonalcoholic, noncereal, maltless beverages sold as soft drinks, extracts and flavors used in making same); October 1929 - introduced new soft drink named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" (two weeks before stock market crashed); name changed to "7 UP Lithiated Lemon Soda"; 1936 - name changed to 7 UP; company name changed to The Seven-Up Company; 1978 - acquired by Philip Morris; 1986 - merged with Dr Pepper; formed Dr Pepper/Seven Up Companies Inc.; 1995 - acquired by Cadbury Schweppes plc.

January 6, 1929 - Sheffield Farms of New York began using wax paper cartons instead of glass bottles for milk delivery.

1934 - A W Leo, Tom Yates and Ralph Harrison developed first Hawaiian Punch recipe; 1937 - Leo's Hawaiian Punch sold as concentrated tropical fruit topping for ice cream; name Leo dropped several years later; 1955 Hawaiian Punch became national brand; December 28, 1954 - Pacific Citrus Products Company registered "Hawaiian Punch" trademark first used May 3, 1933 (concentrated fruit punch in the nature of a non-alcoholic maltless soft drink); 1961 - acquired by RJ Reynolds Company, transferred to Del Monte subsidiary; 1990 - acquired by Procter & Gamble; 1999 - all rights to Hawaiian Punch acquired by Cadbury Schweppes plc for $203 million.

December 1, 1934 - Ferdinand Petiot, French bartender at King Cole Bar at the St Regis Hotel in Manhattan, created" Red Snapper" drink (Serge Obolensky, aristocratic Russian, asked Petiot for vodka cocktail he had in Paris - mix of vodka, tomato juice, spiced up with salt, pepper, lemon, Worcestershire Sauce; 'bloody' considered too harsh in 1930s); Tabasco sauce added to drink, renamed "Bloody Mary"; 1960 - became popular to serve cocktail with celery (guest at Ambassador East Hotel in Chicago requested it.

January 24, 1935 - Gottfried Kreuger Brewing Company sold beer in cans for first time, "Finest Beer" and "Cream Ale", in Richmond, VA.

1936 - Stuart Peabody, director of advertising for Borden, introduced 'Elsie' as image for Borden's Milk in one of four cows in cartoon strip in medical journal ads (doctors ordered reprints; 1938 - Borden sponsored Rush Hughes, radio network news commentator on station KXOK in St. Louis, MO; read prepared commercial which made reference to letter: ''Dear Mama, I'm so excited I can hardly chew. We girls are sending our milk to Borden's now! Love, Elsie"; listeners sent fan mail to Elsie; became spokescow for Borden; 1939 - introduced 'live' at the "The Dairy World of Tomorrow" exhibit at New York World's Fair; 1969 - dropped as corporate symbol; March 10, 1993 - reintroduced; 1997 - licensing agreement made Elsie and Borden Cheese part of Dairy Farmers of America.

September 12, 1937 - L'appellation d'origine contrôl Beaujolais created (Beaujolais AOC); French certification under auspices Agriculture Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO), branch of French Ministry of Agriculture, created July 30, 1935, to manage administration of process for wines; rules stated Beaujolais only officially sold after December 15 in year of harvest; November 13, 1951 - rules relaxed, Union Interprofessionnelle des Vins du Beaujolais (UIVB) formally set November 15 as release date for Beaujolais Nouveau; 1985 - date changed to third Thursday in November to take best advantage of marketing over following weekend.

September 28, 1937 - Joseph Bernard Friedman, of San Francisco, CA, received a patent for "Drinking Tube" ("...soda straw or similar drinking tube with a flexible section so positioned ao that the tube may be bent during use without substantially reducing the diameter of the straw"); 'bendy' soda straw.

January 25, 1938 -  New England Products, Inc. registered "V8" trademark first used July 17, 1937 (combination of eight vegetable juices).

1941 - Loft Inc. merged with Pepsi-Cola subsidiary, re-named Pepsi-Cola Company, went public; 1950 - Alfred N. Steele, former Coca-Cola vice-president of sales, became president; changed logo, changed to swirl-designed bottle; 1959 - Donald M. Kendall, head of Pepsi-Cola International, persuaded U.S. Vice-President Richard Nixon to stop by the Pepsi booth at the Moscow Trade Fair with Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier; 1963 - Kendall named President; advertised on  massive, unprecedented scale; introduced new brands of soft drinks; led industry in packaging innovations; expanded overseas; diversified product line via acquisitions.

November 29, 1942 - Coffee rationed in United States during World War II (despite record coffee production in Latin American countries) due to growing demand from both military and civilian sources, demands placed on shipping (needed for other purposes); July 1943 - coffee released from rationing list (sugar rationed until June 1947). 

November 13, 1951 - Vintner Georges DuBoeuf introduced Beaujolais Nouveau (made from Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc grape in Beaujolais region of France, authorized for immediate sale after fermentation); L'appellation d'origine contrôl Beaujolais created (Beaujolais AOC) relaxed rules for release of primeur wines (previously December 1).

November 15, 1982 - Georges Duboeuf released Beaujolais Nouveau in America (made from Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc grape in Beaujolais region of France, authorized for immediate sale after fermentation); transformation from vine to bottle accomplished in matter of weeks; fruity, juicy, light (not serious, complex).

November 9, 1983 - Alfred Heineken, beer brewer from Amsterdam, was kidnapped, held for a ransom of more than $10 million.

February 19, 1985 - Coca-Cola Company introduced Cherry Coke. 

January 2007 - Reims Management School (RMS), Reims, France, appointed international wine expert Dr. Stephen Charters as head of its Champagne Chair; former senior lecturer in wine marketing and wine studies at the Edith Cowan University (Perth, Australia); funded (250 000 Euros/year) by CIVC (inter-professional council for Champagne wineries), City of Reims, major champagne houses (Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, Krug [all owned by LVMH], Laurent Perrier, Nicolas Feuillatte, Pommery); only chaired professor of champagne in world; wineries, or major "Champagne houses", of Champagne region in France produce more than 300 million bottles of Champagne annually, generate more than 4 billion Euros/year (around 40% of production destined for export outside of metropolitan France), employ more than 10,000 people directly employed.

(Anheuser-Busch), Julie MacIntosh (2010). Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 408 p.). U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions Correspondent (Financial Times). Busch family; Anheuser-Busch, inc.; Consolidation and merger of corporations --United States. Takeover of one of most well-known, beloved American brands by InBev, Belgian company controlled by Brazilians; once lauded by beer industry (factory workers, distributors), state of Missouri; Augie III despised, Augie IV laughingstock; how InBev pulled it off: timing, missteps made by Busch family, AB board.

(A. G. Barr plc), Robin Barr and Mark Jephcott (2001). Robert Barr to A.G. Barr p.l.c. 1875 to 2001. (Glasgow, Scotland: A.G. Barr p.l.c, 88 p.). Chairman of A.G. Barr, plc; Brands Manager. Barr, Robert; A. G. Barr, plc; soft drinks--history--Great Britain. History of business spanning over 125 years.

(Beer), Peter Mathias (1959). The Brewing Industry in England, 1700-1830 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 595 p.).

(Beer), Ian Donnachie (1979). A History of the Brewing Industry in Scotland. (Edinburgh: Donald, 287 p.). Brewing industry--Scotland--History.

(Beer), Terence R. Gourvish and R.G. Wilson (1994). The British Brewing Industry, 1830-1980. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 690 p.). Brewing industry--Great Britain--History.

(Beer), Philip Van Munching (1997). Beer Blast: The inside Story of the Brewing Industry's Bizarre Battles for Your Money (New York, NY: Times Business, 309 p.). Beer industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Brewing industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Advertising -- Beer -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Competition -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

(Beer), ed. R.G. Wilson and T.R. Gourvish (1998). The Dynamics of the International Brewing Industry Since 1800. (New York, NY: Routledge, 294 p.). Brewing industry--History; Beer industry--History.

(Beer), Timothy Harper (1999). Moscow Madness: Crime, Corruption, and One Man's Pursuit of Profit in the New Russia. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 272 p.). Grajirena, Rick; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Businessmen--Russia (Federation)--Biography; Business ethics--Russia (Federation); Beer industry--Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation)--Commerce.  

(Beer), Allen Winn Sneath (2001). Brewed in Canada: The Untold Story of Canada's 350-Year-Old Brewing Industry. (Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 431 p.). Co-Founder of Algonquin Brewing. Brewing industry--Canada--History.

(Beer), Richard W. Unger (2001). A History of Brewing in Holland, 900-1900: Economy, Technology, and the State. (Boston, MA: Brill, 428 p.). Beer--Netherlands--History; Brewing.

(Beer), Max Nelson (2004). The Barbarian's Beverage: A History of Beer in Ancient Europe. (New York, NY: Routledge. Beer--Europe--History--To 1500; Brewing industry--Europe--History--To 1500.

(Beer), Richard W. Unger (2004). Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 319 p.). Professor of History (University of British Columbia). Beer--Europe--History--To 1500; Beer--Europe--History--To 1500--16th century; Brewing industry--Europe--History--To 1500; Brewing industry--Europe--History--16th century.  

(Beer), Victor J. Tremblay, Carol Horton Tremblay (2005). The U.S. Brewing Industry: Data and Economic Analysis. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 379 p.). Professor and Associate Professor of Economics (Oregon State University). Brewing industry--United States--History--20th century.  

(Coca-Cola), J.C. Louis and Harvey Z. Yazijian (1980). The Cola Wars. (New York, NY: Everest House, 386 p.). Coca-Cola Company; PepsiCo, inc.

(Coca-Cola), Donald R. Keough (2008). The Ten Commandments for Business Failure. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 208 p.). Former President, COO at Coca-Cola; chairman of Allen & Company. Business failures. Responsible for New Coke fiasco; commandments: Quit Taking Risks; Be Inflexible; Assume Infallibility; Put All Your Faith in Experts; Send Mixed Messages; Be Afraid of the Future.

(Coca-Cola), Mark Thomas (2008). Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola. (London, UK: Ebury Press, 384 p.). Comedian (activist, campaigning brand of comedy). Coca-Cola Company -- History. Stories, people Coca-Cola's iconic advertising campaigns don't mention.

(Coca-Cola), Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink. (New York, NY: Avery, 384 p.). Contributing Editor, Boston magazine. Coca-Cola Company --History; Soft drink industry; Bottled water industry; International business enterprises. How Coke became number one brand in world, how far it will go to stay there; secret formula for greed: 1) history of winning at any cost ; 2) bottlers accused of conspiring with paramilitaries to threaten, kidnap, murder union leaders in bottling plants in Colombia; 3) how Coke has harmed children's health, contributed to obesity epidemic through exclusive soda contracts in schools; 3) horrific environmental impact of Coke bottling plants in India and Mexico); costs of growth andf expansion: ethics, health, public resources, sometimes even human life.

(Coca-Cola), Norman L. Dean (2010). The Man Behind The Bottle: The Origin and History of the Classic Contour Coca-Cola Bottle As Told By The Son Of Its Creator. (Bloomington, IN: Xlibris Corporation, 162 p.). Second and Only Surviving son of Earl R. Dean. Coca-Cola Company; product design -- history; packaging design -- history. Earl R. Dean, mold shop supervisor of Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, IN, designed classic contour Coca-Cola bottle prototype (bottle design with bulging middle, parallel vertical grooves, tapered ends); bottling equipment would not operate with bottle’s large center bulge (unstable on conveyor belts); re-designed bottle, equalized middle, bottom diameters; 1916 - won design competition, among 11 entries, at Coca-Cola bottlers convention in Atlanta, GA.

(Coffee), Ralph S. Hattox (1985). Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East. (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 178 p.). Elliott Professor of History (Hampden-Sydney College). Coffee --Middle East --History; Coffeehouses --Middle East --History; Social history --Medieval, 500-1500; Coffee --History; Coffee-houses --History. Social history of coffee house in Muslim society.

(Coffee), Claude Saks (1996). Strong Brew: One Man's Prelude to Change. (Charlottesville, VA: Heartsfire Books, 276 p.). Saks, Claude, 1937- ; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Coffee industry--United States.

(Coffee), Mauricio A. Font. (2010). Coffee and Transformation in São Paulo, Brazil. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 377 p.). Professor of Sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College (City University of New York). Coffee industry -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- History; Coffee growers -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- History; Industrialization -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- History; São Paulo (Brazil : State) -- Politics and government; Elite (Social sciences) -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- History; Immigrants -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- History. Political, economic implications of São Paulo’s great transformation, segmentation as leader of Brazilian modernization, development, industrialization since latter part of 19th century(links to internal conflict, Brazilian Revolution of 1930, regionalism).

(Cognac), Kyle Jarrard (2005). Cognac: The Seductive Saga of the World's Most Coveted Spirit. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 244 p.). Brandy.

(William Grant & Sons), Francis Collinson (1979). The Life & Times of William Grant. (Dufftown, Banffshire: W. Grant & Sons, 102 p.). Grant, William, 1839-1923; William Grant & Sons Ltd.; Whiskey--Scotland.

(Guinness), Stephen Mansfield (2009). The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World. (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 273 p.). Beer industry -- Ireland -- History; Brewing industry -- Ireland -- History; Guinness family; Guinness (Firm) -- History. How Guinness family and company used wealth to relieve social ills; created one of world’s great brands; generational drama, business adventure, industrial and social reforms, deep-felt faith, beer; brewed beer that provided healthier alternative to poisonous waters,  liquors of times.

(Heineken), M.G.P.A. and W.H.G. Maas Jacobs (2001). The Magic of Heineken. (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Heineken NV, 300 p.). Heineken, Alfred Henry, 1923- ; Heineken's Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij; Brewing industry--Netherlands--History. History of company; over 200 illustrations of Heineken advertisements, magazine ads, advertising logos, slogans.

(High Tor Vineyards), Everett Crosby (1973). The Vintage Years; The Story of High Tor Vineyards. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 227 p.). Crosby, Everett; High Tor Vineyards. 1950 - Author bought High Tor site to prove he could produce quality grapes, wines just 20 miles north of George Washington Bridge (land of High Tor granted to Van Orden family by King George III; grapes had been growing on property since 18th century); marketed as  Rockland White, Rockland Red, Rockland Rose; trials, successes in planting dream vineyard on craggy mountain, winning connoisseur acceptance of French hybrid wines; acquired by New York restaurateur; 1981 - acquired by New York economist Christopher Wells; revived vineyards, eventually sold it; most famous small winegrowing estate in eastern America from 1950-1989.

(innocent ltd), Dan Germain and Richard Reed (2009). A Book About Innocent: Our Story and Some Things We've Learned. (London, UK: Michael Joseph, 192 p.). innocent ltd; smoothies; Beverage industry--Great Britain--History. 1999 - three Cambridge University friends established London-based beverage (smoothie) company; sold 24 bottles first day; 2009 - sell more than 2 million bottles/week; lessons - ideas, making drinks, running a business, getting started, nature and fruit, company life, working with friends, stuff we've got right, stuff we got wrong, doing right thing; started from scratch; listening carefully to more clever people; March 2009 - sold minority stake to Coca-Cola for $15 million.

(Niebaum-Coppola), Steve Kolpan (1999). A Sense of Place: An Intimate Portrait of the Niebaum-Coppola Winery and the Napa Valley. (New York, NY: Routledge, 234 p.). Professor of Wine Studies and Gastronomy at Culinary Institute of America. Wine and wine making--California--Napa Valley; Wineries--California--Napa Valley. 

(Rum),Hugh Barty-King, Anton Massel (1983). Rum, Yesterday and Today. (London, UK: Heinemann, 264 p.). Rum.

(Rum), John J. McCusker (1989). Rum and the American Revolution: The Rum Trade and the Balance of Payments of the Thirteen Continental Colonies (New York, NY: Garland Pub., 2 vols. (1,367 p.)). Rum industry--North America--History--18th century; Balance of payments--Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects.

(Shiner Beer), Mike Renfro (2008). Shine On: 100 Years of Shiner Beer Book. (Houston, TX: Bright Sky Press, 192 p.). Shiner Beer; Breweries --Texas--history. History of oldest independent brewery in Texas; development, from improbable beginning of German and Czech immigrants who founded brewery, to successes, struggles of growing business, many times brand was good as dead; story of beating the odds, tribute to independent, well-made beer.

(Smirnov), V.P. Smirnov; [redaktory-sostaviteli, Aleksandr Nikishin i Kira Smirnova] (2004). Russkii Kharakter. (Moskva, Russia: "Vagrius", 381 P.). Smirnov, V. P. (Vladimir Petrovich); Smirnov, P. A. (Petr Arsen'evich); Smirnov (Firm); Distillers--Russia--Biography; Vodka industry--Russia--History.

(Soda), Lawrence Dietz (1973). Soda Pop; The History, Advertising, Art, and Memorabilia of Soft Drinks in America. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 184 p.). Advertising specialties--Catalogs; Advertising--Carbonated beverages.

(Sun-drop Bottling Company), Edward L. Rankin, Jr. (2004). A Century of Sodas, 1904-2004: The Story of Uncle Tommy and Margaret. (Concord, NC: Concord Printing Co., 100 p.). King, Margaret Towell, 1923-; Honeycutt, John Thomas, 1882-1964; Sun-drop Bottling Company --History; Carbonated beverage industry --North Carolina --History; Bottling --North Carolina --History.

(Tea Trade), G.D. Banerjee, Srijeet Banerjee (2007). Darjeeling Tea: The Golden Brew. (Lucknow, India: International Book Distributing Co., 561 p.). Tea trade -- India -- Darjeeling (District). 

(Tea Trade), Gangadhar Banerjee, Srijeet Banerji (2008). Tea Industry: A Road Map Ahead. (Delhi, India: Abhijeet Publications, 564 p.). Deputy General Manager cum Officer-in-Charge in NABARD Nagaland Regional Office; freelance writer; Tea trade -- India; Tea -- India. Overview of tea industry, botany of tea, traces history of tea leaf, development tea industry during 1950 to 2007, dynamics of auction system in India and abroad, product diversification.

(Tea Trade), Debabrata Mitra (2009). Globalization and Industrial Relations in Tea Plantations: A Study on Dooars Region of West Bengal. (Delhi, India: Abhijeet Publications, 164 p.). Head, Department of Management (University of North Bengal). Tea plantation workers -- India -- Dooars; Industrial relations -- India -- Dooars; Globalization -- Economic aspects -- India -- Dooars.

(Tea Trade), Sarah Rose (2009). For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula of the World's Favourite Drink. (London, UK: Hutchinson, 288 p.). Tea trade -- India. True story of pirates, rebels, subterfuge, industrial espionage; how Robert Fortune, Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - spy, triumphed over exotic, corrupt Empire; 1848 - hired by East India Company to steal closely guarded secrets of Chinese tea to enable East Company to establish its own plantations in Himalayas of British India; made clandestine trip to China; risked his life for science, adventure, place among great plant explorers.

Robert Fortune - Tea Trade (http://www.plantexplorers.com/explorers/images/Fortune02.giff)

(Tea Trade), Jason Lim (2010). Linking an Asian Transregional Commerce in Tea: Overseas Chinese Merchants in the Fujian-Singapore Trade, 1920-1960. (Boston, MA: Brill, 252 p.). Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History (National University of Singapore). Tea trade -- China -- Fujian Sheng -- History -- 20th century; Tea trade -- Singapore -- History -- 20th century. State of tea production in Fujian (vs. Sino-British trade, impact of capitalism, modern technology on tea production in India and Ceylon); overseas Chinese tea merchants, fluctuations of trade during period of political instability in China; Sino-Japanese War; decolonisation in Singapore; period of collectivisation in China, Cold War.

(Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin), Tilar J. Mazzeo (2008). The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 288 p.). Assistant Professor of English (Colby College). Clicquot-Ponsardin, Barbe-Nicole, 1777-1866; Vintners --France --Champagne --Biography; Champagne (Wine) --History. Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, young widow who built Veuve Clicquot brand and champagne empire, showed world how to live with style, emerged a legend; became one of world's first great businesswomen, one of richest women of her time.

(Whiskey), Ross Wilson (1970). Scotch: The Formative Years. (London, UK: Constable, 502 p.). Whiskey industry--Scotland.

(Whiskey), Henry G. Crowgey (1971). Kentucky Bourbon; The Early Years of Whiskeymaking. (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 171 p.). Whiskey--Kentucky--History; Distilling industries--Kentucky--History.

(Whiskey), Michael Brander (1975). The Original Scotch: A History of Scotch Whisky From the Earliest Days. (New York, NY: C. N. Potter, 149 p.). Whiskey--Scotland--History.

(Whiskey), Ronald B. Weir (1975). The History of the Malt Distillers' Association of Scotland. (Elgin, Scotland: The Association, 177 p.). Malt Distillers' Association of Scotland--History; Whiskey industry--Scotland--History.

(Whiskey), Allen Andrews (1977). The Whisky Barons. (London, UK: Jupiter, 148 p.). Whiskey industry--Great Britain--History; Distilling industries--Great Britain--History.

(Whiskey), Michael S. Moss, John R. Hume (2002). The Making of Scotch Whisky. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate, 368 p. [rev. ed.]). Whiskey -- Scotland -- History; Whiskey industry -- Scotland -- History.

(Whiskey), F. Paul Pacult (2005). A Double Scotch: How Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet Became Global Icons. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 290 p.). Founding Editor and Publisher of F. Paul Pacult's Spirit Journal – The Quarterly Independent Guide to Distilled Spirits, Beers, and Wines (now in its 15th year of publication). Glenlivet Distillery--History; Chivas Brothers Limited--History; Seagram Company; Whiskey industry--Scotland--History.  

(Wine), Vincent P. Carosso (1951). The California Wine Industry, 1830-1895: A Study of the Formative Years. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 241 p.). Wine and wine making--California.

(Wine), Hugh Barty-King (1977). A Tradition of English Wine: The Story of Two Thousand Years of English Wine made from English Grapes. (Oxford, UK: Illustrated Press, 250 p.). Wine and wine making--England--History.

(Wine), Nicholas Faith (1978). The Winemasters of Bordeaux: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Wines. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 328 p.). Former Business Editor of The Sunday Times of London. Wine, Winemaking. 

(Wine), Leo A. Loubère (1978). The Red and the White: A History of Wine in France and Italy in the Nineteenth Century. (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 401 p.). Wine industry--France--History; Wine industry--Italy--History.

(Wine), James Conaway (1990). Napa. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 529 p.). Wine industry--California--Napa Valley--History; Napa Valley (Calif.)--History.

(Wine), Simon Loftus (1994). Puligny-Montrachet: Journal of a Village in Burgundy. (New York, NY: Holt, 308 p.). Wine and wine making--France--Puligny-Montrachet; Puligny-Montrachet (France)--History.

(Wine), Lewis Perdue (1999). The Wrath of Grapes: The Coming Wine Industry Shakeout and How To Take Advantage of It. (New York, NY: Spike, 253 p.). Wine industry--United States; Wine as an investment--United States. 

(Wine), James Conaway (2002). The Far Side of Eden: New Money, Old Land, and the Battle for Napa Valley. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 365 p.). Wine industry--California--Napa Valley--History; Napa Valley (Calif.)--History; Napa Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Napa Valley (Calif.)--Economic conditions.

(Wine), Alan Deutschman (2003). A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma. (New York, NY: Broadway Books, p.). Wine industry--Social aspects--California--Sonoma Valley; Wine industry--Social aspects--California--Napa Valley; Wealth--Social aspects--California--Sonoma Valley; Wealth--Social aspects--California--Napa Valley; Social conflict--California--Sonoma Valley; Social conflict--California--Napa Valley; Sonoma Valley (Calif.)--Social life and customs; Napa Valley (Calif.)--Social life and customs; Sonoma Valley (Calif.)--Rural conditions; Napa Valley (Calif.)--Rural conditions.  

(Wine), Kolleen M. Guy (2003). When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 245 p.). Assistant Professor of History (University of Texas at San Antonio). Champagne (Wine)--History.  

(Wine), William Echikson (2004). Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution. (New York, NY: Norton, 288 p.). Brussels Bureau Chief (Dow Jones Newswires). Wine industry--France; Wine and wine making--France.

(Wine), Christopher Campbell (2005). The Botanist and the Vintner: How Wine Was Saved for the World. (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 360 p.). Grapes--Diseases and pests--France--History--19th century; Viticulture--France--History--19th century.  

William Grimes (1993). Straight Up or on the Rocks: A Cultural History of American Drink. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 193 p.). Reporter (New York Times). Cocktails; Alcoholic beverages--United States--History.  

Yuantao Guo (2006). Global Big Business and the Chinese Brewing Industry. (New York, NY: Routledge, 240 p.). Brewing industry--China; International business enterprises; Big business. Relationship between big business, competition, state intervention in context of developing economies, in relation to Chinese brewing industry.

Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis (2010). The History of Michigan Wines: 150 Years of Winemaking Along the Great Lakes. (Charleston, SC: History Press, 160 p.). Wine and wine making --Michigan --History; Wine and wine making --Great Lakes Region (North America) --History; Vineyards --Michigan --History; Vintners --Michigan --Biography; Wineries --Michigan --Directories. Joseph Sterling ignited Michigan's first viable wine region in 1800s along Lake Erie; how Detroit River was used for bootlegging during Prohibition; how raid on red wine in Upper Peninsula generated national headlines, how Michigan became first to repeal; Michigan - a leading wine producer through 1960s; second most agriculturally diverse state.

Alan Jenkins; with a foreword by Cledwyn Hughes (1970). Drinka Pinta: The Story of Milk and the Industry That Serves It. (London, UK: Heinemann, 242 p.). Milk trade--Great Britain. Fiftieth anniversary of National Milk Publicity Council.

Philip A. Pfeiffer (1998). Pensacola’s Soda Water Legacy, 1837-1998. (Pensacola, FL: Pfeiffer Printing Co., 94 p.). Carbonated beverages --Florida --Pensacola --History --19th century; Carbonated beverages --Florida --Pensacola --History --20th century.

John J. Riley (1958). A History of the American Soft Drink Industry; Bottled Carbonated Beverages, 1807-1957. (Washington, DC: American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, 302 p.). Carbonated beverages.

Elizabeth Royte (2008). Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale And Why We Bought It. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 256 p.). Bottled water industry--Social aspects; Bottled water--Social aspects. Commercialization of drinking water; second to soda, on verge of becoming most popular beverage in country; people, machines, economies, cultural trends that bring it from nature to supermarkets.

Teresa da Silva Lopes (2007). Global Brands: The Evolution of Multinationals in Alcoholic Beverages. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 272 p.). Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Management (Queen Mary, University of London). Alcoholic beverage industry; International business enterprises; Brand name products. How world's largest multinationals in alcoholic beverages achieved global leadership; predominant corporate governance structures for firms' marketing-based industries; why these firms form alliances with direct competitors. beverages.

Donald Yates (2003). Ginger Beer & Root Beer Heritage 1790 to 1930. (Homerville, OH: Donald Yates Publishers, 356 p.). Carbononated beverages -- history; ginger beer -- history; root beer -- history.

Beverage Digest                                                                            Http://Www.Beverage-Digest.Com                                     

California Wine Industry Interviews, The Bancroft Library               http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/wine.html                            

Oral histories on the California wine industry - autobiographical interviews with persons who have contributed significantly to the development of California and the West.

The Coffee Science Information Centre                                              http://www.cosic.org/                                               

Celebrating the drink that Bach referred to as "lovelier than a thousand kisses," the Web site of the Coffee Science Information Centre has a variety of sections relating different material on the work of the Centre and general information about this occasionally maligned beverage. The prime goal of the Coffee Science Information Centre is "to provide accurate, balanced and consistent information to all audiences across Europe who have an interest in coffee, caffeine and health." Specifically, different sections of the site deal with coffee and health, world coffee events, and a brief essay on coffee throughout history. The site also contains links to different scientific reports that refute certain commonly misconceptions about coffee, including the idea that prolonged coffee ingestion will lead to extreme dehydration. This site will be of great interest to those with a strong affinity for coffee and also for those interested in current scientific research on caffeine.

Coors Visitor Centre & The Museum of Brewing                               http://www.coorsvisitorcenter.co.uk/                                      

Formerly the Bass Museum, the Coors Visitor Centre houses the UK's premier museum dedicated to brewing "The Museum of Brewing", offering a unique blend of living heritage - brings together a unique collection of artefacts and memorabilia tracing the fascinating history of the brewing industry. Visit the Shire Horse Stables, explore the Museum Micro Brewery, authentic Cooperage, vintage vehicle collection and working stationary steam engine plus lots more. And there's plenty for children to enjoy too, including Virtual Burton, a unique interactive touch-screen exhibit which introduces a cast of virtual characters from the town census year of 1881.

Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute                             Http://Www.Drpeppermuseum.Com                                            

The mission of the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute, a non-profit organization, is to educate and entertain the general public through the collection, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of objects relevant to the history of the soft drink industry, and through that example, the free enterprise system.

The Great Brands & Champagne Houses                                             http://www.maisons-champagne.com/traduction/ english/index_gb.php                                                            

Aware of the numerous risks in their activity and concerned to advance together using their common knowledge, the Champagne Houses have always encouraged a "team spirit". This is the origin of the sharing out of the fruits of their activity between shareowners, vine-growers, employees and local communities, with the continual need to respect the customers who insist that their pleasure remain affordable.

Growing Up in the Wine Industry                                                  http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/11/16/ AM200611162.html                                                          

Transcript and audio of a 2006 radio interview with E.&J. Gallo Winery president Joseph Gallo "about learning the family business from Ernest and Julio, and passing it on." Also includes a brief history of this California winery, which "has earned a reputation for being a pioneer and tastemaker, from being the first company to introduce screw-cap bottles in the 1940s to being one of the first wine producers to advertise." From American Public Media.

History of Beer                                                                         http://www.beerhistory.com/                                               

A concise timeline of beer history by Prof. Linda Raley, Texas Tech University.

International Coffee Organization (ICO)                                           http://www.ico.org                                                                

Statistics on the coffee trade, covering prices, imports and exports, and production. Also features reports on the international coffee market, background information about coffee plants and coffee-making methods, and information about the economics of the coffee industry. The ICO is an intergovernmental organization for coffee that was set up under the auspices of the United Nations. Subjects: Coffee industry; Coffee.

Museum of the American Cocktail                                                                     http://www.kingcocktail.com/motac.htm                                                 Non-profit museum and tourist attraction that celebrates and preserves a rich aspect of American culture; the two-hundred-year-old American cocktail. Museum will discover, collect, and preserve materials pertaining to the history of the American Cocktail and its influence on the world's beverage industry.

Museum of Beverage Containers                                                 Http://Www.Gono.Com/Vir-Mus/Museum.Htm                            

The world's largest collection of beverage containers and advertising.     Featuring Coke, Budweiser and 100's more.

Root Family Museum                                                                        http://www.moas.org/Americana.html                                  

Features one of the largest Coca-Cola memorabilia collections in the world; every conceivable item relating to the bottling, advertising and consumption of Coca-Cola in their collection, the Root family has amassed one of the most historically important anthologies of the American soft drink on which their family fortune was founded. Through a selection of glass bottles representing the changing trends in bottling over the decades, this exhibit chronicles the transition of Root Family Glass Works into Associated Coca-Cola, the largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the nation.

Soda Museum                                                                            http://www.sodamuseum.bigstep.com/homepage.html                               Collection of historical information about soda and soda collecting.

Sonoma County Wine Library                                                                           http://www.sonoma.lib.ca.us/wine/index.html                          

Special service and collection of the Sonoma County Library, the collection comprises 5,000 books on wine and related subjects, subscriptions and backfiles to over 80 wine-related periodicals.

Temperance & Prohibition                                             http://prohibition.osu.edu                                                 

Collection of essays, images, and other material on the history of prohibition in the U.S., "a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages." Covers the U.S. brewing industry, the Woman's Crusade of 1873-74, the Anti-Saloon League, the Prohibition Party, and related topics. From The Ohio State University Department of History and the Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching.

The Wine and Wine Industry Collection                                    http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/LibraryInfo/special/ WineIndCol.html                                                           

A special collection at Cal Poly Pomona which documents and honors the Southern California wine industry, including wine-related organizations and events. Information is collected on California wine, with emphasis on Southern California. Also included is information on regional wineries, wine selling, wine competitions, wine organizations, and wine events. Business  and organization archives, archival records relating to festivals and events, documentation on the history of viticulture and winemaking in Southern California, family histories and reminiscences of local growers and vintners, and archives of individual wineries are collected. Geographic areas include Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.

Wine Industry Oral History                                                                         http://libweb.sonoma.edu/regional/subject/wineoral.html                            Sonoma State University Library's North Bay Regional Collection provides access to a wide range of information about the North Bay counties of Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Sonoma.

Wine Institute                                                           http://www.wineinstitute.org/                                         

Public policy advocacy association of California wineries. Wine Institute brings together the resources of 715 wineries and affiliated businesses to support legislative and regulatory advocacy, international market development, media relations, scientific research, and education programs that benefit the entire California wine industry. The Mission of the Wine Institute is to initiate and advocate state, federal and international public policy to enhance the environment for the responsible consumption and enjoyment of wine.