News Briefs for August 6, 2013
August 6, 2013•Glazer’s and Enovation Brands have signed long-term distribution pacts covering eight markets: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana and Oklahoma. Additionally, Alliance Beverage—a joint venture between Glazer’s and Charmer Sunbelt Group—has been tapped to handle Enovation’s range in Arizona. The Enovation portfolio includes such wine brands as Voga, Luna di Luna, Lady Lola, and Ca’ Montini. The Enovation portfolio is moving to Glazer’s in Indiana, Oklahoma, and Arizona, while the two were already aligned in the other six states.
•The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has reported revenues of $2.17 billion at its Fine Wine & Good Spirits retail stores in its full fiscal year ended June 30—a 4.5% increase from the year earlier. Net income was also up, rising by 24% from last year to $128.4 million. Retail wine sales showed the strongest growth, posting a 6% increase during the year, led by the Chairman’s Selection program. Retail spirits sales, meanwhile, were up by 3.7. Meanwhile, the push for privatization of wine and spirits retail sales in Pennsylvania is currently stalled—while the state’s house of representatives passed a full privatization measure earlier this year, the initiative has bogged down in the state senate.
•Rémy Martin’s ultra-luxury Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6 Cognac is making its U.S. debut this month at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Sourced from one unique barrel selected from among hundreds of century-old tierçons, the 42.6%-abv Cognac is packaged in individually numbered Baccarat black crystal decanters, of which 738 were made. Louis XIII Rare Cask is selling at the Four Seasons’ Window Lounge in different pours starting at $1,000 for a half-ounce. Full bottles of the luxury offering will retail at $22,000 apiece. Other U.S. venues slated to soon begin selling Rare Cask 42,6 include Ago in Los Angeles, the New York Palace, Café Nuovo in Providence, the St. Regis Atlanta, Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa and Villa Azur in Miami.
•California’s Peligroso Spirits Co. has appointed Rick Scully to the role of president. Scully, a 20-year beverage industry veteran who most recently served Peligroso’s vice president of sales, has been with the company since January. Launched in 2010, Peligroso Spirits is led by its flagship Peligroso Tequila brand, which features Silver, Reposado and Anejo expressions, as well as Peligroso Cinnamon, a Tequila-based cinnamon liqueur. The Peligroso portfolio is currently distributed via Southern Wine & Spirits in nine states and Republic National Distributing Co. in five.
•Dulce Vida Spirits’ organic, 100-proof Dulce Vida Tequila brand is expanding into the California market through Wine Warehouse. The brand’s core lineup includes a Blanco ($35 a 750-ml.), Reposado ($40) and Añejo ($45), as well as a limited production Lone Star Edition Añejo ($75), which was released late last year and was available only in Texas. Dulce Vida’s lineup of core Tequilas are available in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
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