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Archive for July, 2015

IRI’s Top 20 Wine Brands in H1 2015

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Black Box, Menage a Trois and Apothic led sales growth among big volume wine brands in the first half of 2015, per IRI data covering food, drug and convenience stores. While those brands have steadily posted double-digit growth in recent years, Barefoo... Read more

Yealands invests NZD100,000 on digital campaign

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New Zealand winery Yealands has spent a year putting together a live feed from its vineyards, in a NZD100,000 (US$67,000) digital campaign. Read more

just a While Ago – On 8 July in…

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Spring Supplier Trends: Fireball Slows, Diageo Sees Turnaround

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This morning your editors got our hands on a note from Bernstein Research analyzing supplier trends for the rolling 3-months through May and there were some interesting developments. For starters, Fireball and therefore Sazerac, has finally begun to sl... Read more

UC Davis 2015 Crush Strategies to Maximize Wine Quality

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UCD course registration is open for 2015 Crush Strategies to Maximize Wine Quality Read more

Top 5 Summer Sips

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Cool off and refresh with these summer sips, recommended by wine writers! 1. Dry Riesling “As temperatures creep toward – even into – triple digits, we think more and more about refreshing wines to enjoy in the Great Northwest. And... Read more

Bacardi acquires Banks rum

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Bacardi Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, has expanded its portfolio of super-premium rums with the acquisition of Banks rum. Read more

just a While Ago – On 7 July in…

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Ros All Day!

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Check out our Varietal Focus on Ros in an upcoming issue of WBM Read more

Matthew Clark sees premium wine surge in UK

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UK distributor Matthew Clark has reported double digit growth for year-on-year premium wines sales. Read more