Monthly Archive: July 2014
Craft Brewing and Distilling News for July 18, 2014
•Cleveland, Ohio’s Great Lakes Brewing Company is completing the second phase of a planned $7 million brewery enhancement project that will increase capacity by 20%. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 18, 2014Interview, Part 1: Chris Fehrnstrom, CMO, Constellation Wine & Spirits
Constellation Brands is one of the spirits and wine industry’s true giants. Constellation ranks second in U.S. wine sales, behind only E.&J. Gallo, and is also one of the U.S. spirits market’s leading players, with a portfolio featuring brands like Svedka (the market’s third-biggest vodka brand), Black Velvet (the number-two Canadian whisky brand) and Paul Masson brandy. SND managing editor Peter Zwiebach recently met with Chris Fehrnstrom, chief marketing officer of Constellation’s spirits and wine division, at the company’s San Francisco offices to see what Constellation has been up to in 2014 and take a look ahead. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 17, 2014Wine Spectator: U.S. Wine Shipping Laws, State By State
With the key wine-consuming state of Massachusetts agreeing in recent days to allow direct wine shipments to consumers, the direct-shipping issue is making headlines again. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 17, 2014News Briefs for July 17, 2014
•Italian wine group Mezzacorona is debuting a new sparkling wine from leading Sicilian brand Stemmari. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 17, 2014Craft Brewing And Distilling News for July 17, 2014
•Escondido, California’s Stone Brewing Co. has released the second iteration of its limited edition W00tstout label. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 17, 2014Patrón Spirits Goes Further Upmarket, Launching Luxury Roca Patrón Range
As leading U.S. spirits marketers like Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Beam Suntory and Sidney Frank Importing Co. have made aggressive plays into the high-end Tequila market of late, Patrón Spirits Co.—which essentially created the segment with its flagship Patrón Tequila brand—has gone further upmarket with a new line of artisanal Tequilas called Roca Patrón. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 16, 2014
