Comments Off on Dave Phinney’s Savage & Cooke Sets Up Shop On Mare Island
Dave Phinney, creator of The Prisoner and Orin Swift among other prominent wine brands, is set to open Savage & Cooke distillery and hospitality center on California’s Mare Island in May. Savage & Cooke launched operations in May of last …... Read more
Comments Off on Opici Bolsters Whisk(e)y Lineup With New Scotch, Irish and American Offerings
Opici Wines’ Market Street Spirits division is expanding its portfolio with the addition of several new whisk(e)y labels. The newcomers include Tullibardine single malt Scotch, The Temple Bar Whiskies from Ireland, and Rebellion Rye. Highland malt Tull... Read more
•Table wine imports into the United States increased by 4.1% to 95 million nine-liter case shipments in the eleven-month period ending in November, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Bottled shipments from New Zealand once again outpaced most m... Read more
Comments Off on Craft Brewing and Distilling News for January 10, 2018
•The Boston Beer Co. has launched Sam ’76, billed as a hybrid of an ale and a lager. The 4.7%-abv beer was developed in Sam Adams’ nano-brewery in Boston where the company’s brewers blended a base ale and a base … Continue reading →
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Comments Off on Leading Vodka Brands Reload To Take On Tito’s Challenge
Even as consumers continue to gravitate toward brown spirits, vodka remains the spirits industry’s undisputed champion, accounting for roughly one-third of the total market. The category has been undergoing a significant shift in recent years, with lon... Read more
•Palm Bay International is introducing a new range of wines from Sicily’s Cantine Settesoli. Rolling out nationwide, the new 100% estate-sourced Settesoli lineup retails at $11.99 a bottle and includes a Grillo, Nero d’Avola, Pinot Grigio and a Red Ble... Read more
Comments Off on Craft Brewing and Distilling News for January 9, 2018
•Colorado–based Boulder Beer Company has re-released Irish Blessing, an oak-aged coffee stout. Made in collaboration with Boulder’s Ozo Coffee, Irish Blessing was brewed with Ozo Blend coffee and black and chocolate malts, then aged on Tullamore Dew Ir... Read more
Comments Off on Joe Wagner’s Copper Cane: The Vision Takes Hold
Bolstered by the 2015 sale of Meiomi to Constellation Brands for $315 million, Joe Wagner is now shaping the next phase of an already impressive wine career. Over the past two years, he has assembled a broad portfolio of wines … Continue reading ... Read more