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Archive for August, 2015

Craft Brewing and Distilling News for August 5, 2015

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•U.K. import Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer is introducing a new flavor nationwide to its lineup, Scottish Raspberry. Made with Scotland’s indigenous Glen Ample raspberries, the new offering combines steeped ginger with spices and raspberry flavors. It joins Crabbie’s other ginger … Continue reading

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Constellation Brands seals Meiomi wine buy

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Constellation Brands has completed its US$315m takeover of the Californian wine brand Meiomi. Read more

SPI Group appoints wine head, launches wine division in US

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SPI Group has appointed Manuel Louzada as CEO of its newly-created wine division. Read more

just the Winners – The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2015 – Champagne

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Earlier this week, year, the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships released their medal award winners for 2015. Here is the list of gold medal winners, starting with Champagne. Read more

Grand Marnier Makes Moves to Re-establish Relevance in Crowded Category

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Grand Marnier was making cocktails sophisticated long before the spirit renaissance made complex cocktails commonplace. "You want a top-shelf margarita? OK, let me get the Grand Marnier." Then the cocktail renaissance brought up a new ilk of cocktail i... Read more

Dimitri Haloulos To Replace Alan Johnson As BevMo CEO

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BevMo has appointed Dimitri Haloulos as its new CEO, effective September 1. Haloulos will replace Alan Johnson, who will remain at the Concord, California-based drinks retailer until the new CEO joins the company. Johnson has been the CEO of the … Continue reading

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Gruppo Campari’s H1 Performance by Region, Brand – Focus

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Earlier today (4 August), Gruppo Campari announced its first half results, including a 36% hike in net profits and a 10.5% sales increase. Read more

Wine Spectator: Wineries Fight Back Against Illinois Lawsuits

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A quirk of Illinois law has allowed a Chicago attorney to file lawsuits against dozens of wineries and wine retailers, forcing vintners to question if they should stop doing business with Illinois customers. Now a California wine trade group has … Continue reading

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Constellation Closes $315 Million Deal For Meiomi

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Constellation Brands has completed its acquisition of Impact “Hot Brand” Meiomi from Joseph Wagner’s Copper Cane Wines & Provisions. The deal, originally announced July 1, includes the upscale wine brand itself, as well as related inventories of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. … Continue reading

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Diageo’s Orphan Barrel Project Releases Rhetoric 21-Year-Old Bourbon

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Diageo has introduced the latest entry in its Orphan Barrel whiskey series, Rhetoric 21-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. The Rhetoric brand made its debut with a limited edition 20-year-old Bourbon last year. Its new incarnation, which includes an extra year … Continue reading

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