News Briefs for June 15, 2023

•California’s Riboli Family Wines has refreshed the look of its San Simeon portfolio. The new packaging features a white label with an embossed gold foil trident above the name. New vintages with the fresh labels began shipping in March and have been making their debut on store shelves and in restaurants across the country. These wines include San Simeon’s 2022 Grenache Rosé, 2022 Sauvignon Blanc, 2022 Viognier, and 2021 Chardonnay. San Simeon’s portfolio of premium wines also includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Merlot, as well as Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and a Bordeaux-style blend named Stormwatch. The new labels will be on the red wines by the end of summer.

•Luxco, the brands division of MGP, is extending Saint Brendan’s Irish Cream with a Salted Caramel flavor. Produced by Niche Drinks in Northern Ireland, Saint Brendan’s Salted Caramel is bottled at 17% abv and is available in a 750-ml bottle retailing at $15. It’s made with triple-distilled Irish whiskey, all-natural cream from Irish dairy farms and salted caramel flavor. Saint Brendan’s Irish Cream Salted Caramel will roll out by the end of July. Saint Brendan’s had U.S. volume of 172,000 cases last year, according to Impact Databank.

•Foley Family Wines has announced a series of promotions and expansions within its sales division, including naming a new vice president of sales, national accounts off-premise, Crystal Crump. Previously the company’s senior director, off-premise national accounts east, Crump served with E.&J. Gallo Winery and Johnson Brothers before joining Foley. In addition to Crump’s promotion, Foley Family Wines has expanded the sales territories of Nick Sijan, Brandon Colpitts, and Brandon Head in the central and southeast regions.

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