Comments Off on Florida Retailer Wine World Finds Success With Hybrid Concept
With four Wine World retail stores and seven on-premise locations across the Craft Bar and Wine Bar brands, Chan Cox’s hybrid concept is making its mark in the northwest Florida market. Cox says sales revenue is at $24 million, evenly … Continue ... Read more
Comments Off on Diageo Names Former Heineken CMO To Lead U.S. Beer Unit
Diageo North America has named Nuno Teles president of the Diageo Beer Company USA, effective March 1. Teles joins Diageo from Heineken USA, where he has served as chief marketing officer since 2014. He succeeds Tom Day, who was promoted to … Con... Read more
•Guarachi Wine Partners has introduced Bacon, a new Rhône-style red wine brand. Made with Syrah, Grenache, Mourvédre, Merlot and Petite Sirah all sourced from California’s Central Coast, Bacon was oak-aged for 12 months prior to bottling. The 15%-abv o... Read more
Comments Off on Craft Brewing and Distilling News for February 9, 2018
•Scotland’s Innis & Gunn has unveiled new branding across its core barrel-aged and craft beer range. The new packaging features designs inspired by Innis & Gunn’s home city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and puts emphasis on the brand’s signature barr... Read more
Comments Off on Pernod Brass Talks Pricing Strategy, Marketing & Exec Reshuffle
Pernod Ricard kept things steady in the second quarter, with 6% growth in the Americas and 3% growth in the US for the first half of fiscal 2018 ended December. "With Pernod Ricard USA, [we're] happy to see we're approaching market growth rates," said ... Read more
Comments Off on The Boutique Producers Reinventing Chile’s Wine Scene
For the past 20 years, dozens of small-operation wineries producing about 10,000 cases or fewer annually, have been instrumental in giving Chilean wine a modern face. Read more
Comments Off on Pernod Ricard Raises Full-Year Guidance After Strong First-Half Showing
Benefiting from a solid performance in the U.S. and renewed dynamism in China, Pernod Ricard posted sales up 5% to €5.1 billion ($6.3b) on an organic basis for its fiscal first half through December, with profit from recurring operations rising …... Read more
Comments Off on Exclusive: Delicato Moves Into Imported Wine, Gaining Chile’s Santa Rita
Delicato Family Vineyards is getting into the imported wine category with a new deal to import the wines of Chile’s Viña Santa Rita. Effective April 1, DFV will manage all sales and marketing of Santa Rita’s offerings in the U.S., where … Continu... Read more