Archive for September, 2015

After forming new company Wine Hooligans, former BevMo and Purple Wine Co. executive Dennis Carroll is attacking at the premium-and-above tier with a growing portfolio of both new and familiar California brands. While its Cycles Gladiator brand, acquired from Hahn … Continue reading →

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Anheuser-Busch’s craft buying spree continues. The beer giant has agreed to acquire Los Angeles-based Golden Road Brewing, with annual sales of around 45,000 barrels, in a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter. The largest craft producer in Los … Continue reading →

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•Market Street Spirits, a division of Opici Wines, is launching Brinley Gold Shipwreck Coconut Rum Cream. The blend of distilled cane sugar, cream, coconut and spices (15% abv) retails at $25 a 750-ml. It joins Brinley Gold Shipwreck’s existing Coconut, … Continue reading →

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•Eugene, Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing Company is expanding its East Coast presence with entry into the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia markets next month. Sheehan Family Companies will handle the brewer’s portfolio in each of the new markets (through its Legends … Continue reading →

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