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Archive for April, 2018

Last Call for Winter Wines

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Trees are finally budding and the days are starting to get longer, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few chilly nights left to enjoy some cool weather wines. Read more

Winemakers Hope Their Volcanic Vineyards Blow the Top Off Sales

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The International Volcanic Wines Conference, held in New York, looked to promote the diverse soil types as a marketing strategy for wines made in volcanoes’ shadows. Read more

National Prosecco Week to launch in the US

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The Prosecco DOC Consortium has lined up a National Prosecco Week in the US for later this year, with activity prepared in five cities across the country. Read more

Analysts See A Significant U.S. Deal Ahead For Treasury

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Analysts continue to raise expectations that Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) will soon make a sizeable acquisition in the U.S. According to the Australian Financial Review, Macquarie analysts see TWE acquiring “a medium-sized winemaking and marketing compa... Read more

Vintus Adds Italy’s Masciarelli To Growing Import Stable

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New York-based importer Vintus is expanding its Italian wine portfolio, welcoming Abruzzo’s Masciarelli Tenute Agricole to the fold. Masciarelli, which was previously imported to the U.S. by Boston’s San Martino Imports, is expected to sell about 75,00... Read more

Wild Turkey Extends With 8-Year-old Longbranch Bourbon

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Campari America’s Wild Turkey has announced the May release of Longbranch, the brand’s latest extension. The 43%-abv whiskey is an 8-year-old Bourbon that’s been filtered twice—once through American oak charcoal and a second time through charcoal made ... Read more

News Briefs for April 11, 2018

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•Moët Hennessy’s online retail platform Clos19 is making its debut in the Florida market. Launched in the U.S. late last year, Clos19 offers a selection of LVMH Champagnes, wines, and spirits, with all sales made by licensed retailers and facilitated b... Read more

Natural Wines are Here to Stay

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While many media outlets at the start of the year flagged natural wines as a fleeting trend, our associate editor argues that's simply not true, as minimal-intervention winemaking techniques have been around for centuries. Read more

FREE TO READ – just-drinks’ Mergers & Acquisitions database – March 2018

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Here, just-drinks consolidates the M&A activity in the global drinks industry during March. Read more

Q1 Spirits: Steady as She Goes

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The world feels a bit chaotic these days, but in the spirits category it's steady as she goes so far. For the four weeks to March 25 spirits sales were up 5.1% and volumes were up 2.5% in all IRI-measured channels. Read more