Monthly Archive: January 2012
Winestyr Is Latest Daily-Deal Wine Site, Adding To Social Media’s Role In Wine Sales
With the recent debut of Winestyr, the latest daily deal Internet merchant, the wine business is increasingly coming to grips with social media as a marketing and selling tool. Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 23, 2012A-B’s Peacock, Last Senior Member Of Pre-InBev Team, Resigns
Anheuser-Busch president Dave Peacock, who has led U.S. operations at the brewer since its 2008 takeover by Belgium’s InBev, has resigned. Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 23, 2012News Briefs for January 23, 2012
•Global Cognac sales hit a new record last year, according to the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC). Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 23, 2012Costco To Open 20 New Units in Fiscal 2012
Issaquah, Washington-based Costco has reported strong fourth quarter sales of beverage alcohol for calendar 2011 and plans to open 20 new units before the end of its 2012 fiscal year, ending August 31. Shanken News Daily recently spoke with Annette Alvarez-Peters, Costco’s assistant general merchandise manager for wine, spirits and beer, about the brands and categories that performed well over the recent holiday season. Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 20, 2012Vintus Wins U.S. Import Rights To Tommasi
Vintus, the Pleasantville, New York-based fine wine importer, today agreed to become the exclusive U.S. importer for Tommasi Viticoltori, the renowned producer of Amarone and Valpolicella in Italy’s Veneto region. Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 20, 2012News Briefs for January 20, 2012
•California’s bulk wine market inventory is now at just 4 million gallons (1.7 million nine-liter cases), down from 25 million gallons (10.5 million cases) in 2002, according to a presentation by Turrentine Brokerage at yesterday’s Sonoma County Winegrape Commission Dollars & Sense seminar. Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 20, 2012
