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State lawmakers are considering a new fee on alcohol manufacturers and distributors that would fund alcohol use disorder services. Small wine-makers, distilleries and breweries would be exempt, but Gov. Jared Polis wants to also carve out industry giants.

Jace DiCola, Health & Wellness Reporter with The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Alcohol's normalization obscures a lot of the tolls that drinking takes on an individual鈥檚 health, but the consequences occur nonetheless.

Various bottles of beer and wine with assorted colors and packaging at a grocery store.

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Liquor store owners say grocery wine sales have a 鈥渟ignificant鈥� impact on business

Kara Mason, Front Porch NE

Two years after Prop. 125鈥檚 approval, Colorado鈥檚 independent liquor and specialty stores are finding new ways to win customers back to their shops.

Tiny sampler beer glasses sit on a wood platter in front of other wood platters on a table with people in the background.

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Colorado brewers have a 'sour' mood about the future of the industry amid challenges

Emma VandenEinde

Colorado craft breweries are facing a number of different challenges, including inflation, distribution issues and changing consumer habits.

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Colorado Crush: Climate, culture, characters define state's growing wine industry

In The NoCo

What does it take to grow wine grapes in Colorado 鈥� and is the industry here to stay? Today on In The NoCo, we uncork the state鈥檚 blossoming wine culture.

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Beer May Rule in Colorado, But State鈥檚 Winemakers Are Setting Their Sights High

Matt Bloom

Ten years ago, Bill Conkling worked in quality assurance at Anheuser Busch where he tested batches of beer for a living. Now, he crushes Colorado-grown鈥�