Archive for August, 2015

While it’s no secret that the U.S. market’s vodka category has been under siege from brown spirits recently, it still managed to grow 1.5% to 72.6 million nine-liter cases in 2014, according to Impact Databank. Vodka remains the largest spirits … Continue reading →

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Lagunitas Brewing Company, which recently told SND it’s on pace to grow nearly 50% this year, is exploring the sale of an equity stake that would value the craft brewer at around $450 million, according to Reuters. The Petaluma, California-based … Continue reading →

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Stolichnaya vodka owner SPI Group has named Manuel Louzada to lead its newly formed luxury wine division. Louzada was previously estate director of Spain’s Bodega Numanthia, part of the Moët Hennessy Estates & Wines portfolio, since 2009. In his new … Continue reading →

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Campari America is rolling out Wild Turkey Master’s Keep, an ultra-premium limited edition that’s the oldest whiskey from Wild Turkey ever to be released in the U.S. The new product, a 17-year-old Bourbon, is unique in that it spent time … Continue reading →

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•Russian River Partners, a vineyard investment fund run by Eric Flanagan of Flanagan Vineyards, has purchased the Platt Vineyard, located in the Sonoma Coast wine region near the town of Freestone. The 31-acre vineyard is planted to Pinot Noir, Chardonnay … Continue reading →

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