Yearly Archive: 2013
Wine Spectator’s New York Wine Experience Welcomes Thousands, Announces Plans To Stay In Big Apple
More than 2,000 wine lovers, winemakers and industry professionals filed into two packed ballrooms at New York’s Marriott Marquis in Times Square Thursday night for the first of two nights of Grand Tastings that kicked off the 33rd Wine Spectator Wine Experience, a three-day event featuring winemaker seminars, seated lunches with wine pairings and the black-tie Grand Award Banquet Saturday night featuring a performance by John Legend. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 28, 2013News Briefs for October 28, 2013
•Brown-Forman is suing moonshine brand Popcorn Sutton over what it claims is very similar packaging to that of Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 28, 2013Craft Brewing and Distilling News for October 28, 2013
•Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Founders Brewing is expanding into the Kansas and Nebraska markets. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 28, 2013Jim Beam Goes Upscale With Latest Extension, “Signature Craft”
After years of uneven growth, Beam Inc. has put its namesake Bourbon brand on a solid upward trend through a series of innovations, led by cherry-flavored Red Stag. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 25, 2013News Briefs for October 25, 2013
•Patrick Bize, the fourth generation owner and winemaker at Domaine Simon Bize in Burgundy’s Savigny-lès-Beaune appellation, died Oct. 20, Wine Spectator reports. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 25, 2013Craft Brewing and Distilling News for October 25, 2013
•St. Paul, Minnesota-based Summit Brewing is planning to launch canned offerings for the first time next year. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 25, 2013