Comments Off on Craft Brewing and Distilling News for October 18, 2017
•New Paltz, New York-based Coppersea Distilling has appointed Blueprint Brands, a division of The Sheehan Family Cos., as its distributor in New York, with more markets to follow next year. Blueprint will begin selling Coppersea’s Excelsior Bourbon, Bo... Read more
Comments Off on U.S. Cognac Market Surges Past 5-Million-Case Mark
Cognac continues to thrive in the U.S., propelled by the remarkable rise of category leader Hennessy, along with steady progress for leading competitors Rémy Martin, Courvoisier and Martell, and an impressive contribution from relative newcomer d’Ussé.... Read more
Comments Off on Heaven Hill Completes $25 Million Expansion Of Bernheim Distillery
Heaven Hill Brands has completed a $25 million expansion of its Bernheim facility in Louisville, Kentucky, a project that has made it the single-largest Bourbon production site in the United States, according to the company. With the expansion, the dis... Read more
Comments Off on Wine Spectator: Firefighters Make Progress in Devastating California Wine-Country Fires
Monday, a week after the deadliest wildfires in California’s modern history began, brought a mix of hope and despair to residents of the state’s northern wine regions. Cooler temperatures and low winds had allowed firefighters to increase contain... Read more
•Beam Suntory’s Cruzan Rum Distillery on St. Croix has resumed production following an interruption due to Hurricane Maria. After roughly three weeks of repairs and restorations to Beam’s U.S. Virgin Islands-based facility, the distillery is prod... Read more
Comments Off on Craft Brewing and Distilling News for October 17, 2017
•The Brewers Association trade group is looking to fight craft beer consolidation with a provocative new crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising $213 billion to buy out Anheuser-Busch InBev. Running under the tagline “Take Craft Back,” the initiative ta... Read more
Comments Off on An On-the-Ground Account of the California Wildfires
Contributing Editor and resident Virginie Boone details her first-hand account of the toll fires are taking on her family, community and the wine industry. Read more