Monthly Archive: March 2016
TTB Offers Clarification On Recent Tied-House Ruling
After handing down guidance last month related to tied-house laws—in response to queries on Kroger’s plan to allow Southern Wine & Spirits to oversee its shelf displays—the TTB has issued further clarification with a set of frequently asked questions and answers. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 17, 2016News Briefs for March 17, 2016
•Single malt Scotch brands Highland Park and Laphroaig each have new whiskies coming to market, Whisky Advocate reports. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 17, 2016Craft Brewing and Distilling News for March 17, 2016
•Detroit, Michigan’s Atwater Brewery has partnered with Texas-based Flemish Fox Brewery & Craftworks to open a new collaboration brewery in Flemish Fox’s home market of Austin. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 17, 2016Report: Cuervo Weighing An IPO
Casa Cuervo, the world’s biggest Tequila marketer, is considering an IPO, according to Bloomberg. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 16, 2016The Mark Wine Group Adds Charles Smith Wines To Portfolio, Targets 280,000 Cases
Austin, Texas-based wine sales and marketing firm The Mark Wine Group has unveiled a new partnership with Washington state’s Charles Smith Wines, and will begin representing the group’s Charles Smith Wines, ViNO, Wines of Substance, K Vintners, SIXTO and Casa Smith brands in on-premise national accounts this month. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 16, 2016Bacardi Files New Havana Club Action As Pernod Vows To Defend Trademark
Bacardi has filed an amended complaint asking a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to cancel the Cuban government’s Havana Club trademark in the U.S., which was renewed for 10 years by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) last month. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 16, 2016
