•Georgia-based Blue Ridge Spirits & Wine Marketing has added Florida’s Big 5 Rum brand to its distribution portfolio. Distilled in St. Petersburg, Florida, Big 5 was inspired by the Big Five social clubs of 1950’s Havana, Cuba. The rum is … Continue reading →
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•New York’s Brooklyn Brewery, California’s 21st Amendment Brewery and Colorado’s Funkwerks have partnered to create a nationwide sales and distribution platform. The project will officially launch on January 1, 2018, with 70 shared sales representatives and 90 brand ambassadors spread across … Continue reading →
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Strong growth in whisk(e)y and Tequila boosted Diageo’s U.S. business in the company’s full fiscal year ended in June. The drinks giant’s core U.S. spirits unit was up 3% on an organic basis for the year, driven by impressive net … Continue reading →
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Hennessy Cognac continued to drive strong gains across Moët Hennessy’s global business in the first half of 2017. For the six months through June, Moët Hennessy’s global sales rose 10% to €2.3 billion ($2.7b), while profit from recurring operations soared … Continue reading →
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