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Archive for February, 2018

Florida Retailer Wine World Finds Success With Hybrid Concept

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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

Diageo Names Former Heineken CMO To Lead U.S. Beer Unit

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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

News Briefs for February 9, 2018

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•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

Craft Brewing and Distilling News for February 9, 2018

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•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

Santa Rita aims for “next level” in US with Delicato Family Vineyards as new distributor

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Viña Santa Rita has partnered with Delicato Family Vineyards to handle its distribution in the US. Read more

Non-Champagnes set to drive sparkling wine consumption in China – research

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Sparkling wines outside of the Champagne category will lead a breakthrough in consumption among Chinese drinkers, according to new research.  Read more

Pernod Brass Talks Pricing Strategy, Marketing & Exec Reshuffle

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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

The Boutique Producers Reinventing Chile’s Wine Scene

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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

Pernod Ricard Raises Full-Year Guidance After Strong First-Half Showing

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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

Exclusive: Delicato Moves Into Imported Wine, Gaining Chile’s Santa Rita

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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