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Daily Archive: January 15, 2025

Industry Groups Decry New ICCPUD Alcohol Report As “Tainted By Bias”

Earlier this month, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sent a chill through the drinks industry with an advisory asserting a causal link between alcohol and heightened cancer risk, urging that beverage alcohol labels carry cancer warnings moving forward. Continue reading →

Posted in News on January 15, 2025

Dan Leese Stepping Down At Hotaling

In case you missed yesterday’s news alert, industry veteran Dan Leese, who has led San Francisco-based importer, distiller, and marketer Hotaling & Co. over the past five years, is set to step down as CEO at the end of June. Continue reading →

Posted in News on January 15, 2025

Whisky Advocate: Woodford Expands Double Double Oaked Nationwide

One of the fastest-growing whiskies in the U.S. over the past several years with volume of 1.2 million cases, Brown-Forman-owned Woodford Reserve has seen growing interest in its special Double Double Oaked bottling, which takes Woodford’s flagship Bourbon and gives it an extra-long finish in toasted oak barrels. Continue reading →

Posted in News on January 15, 2025

News Briefs for January 15, 2025

•Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has named Marty Crane executive vice president, subregional general manager for New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, effective February 1. Continue reading →

Posted in News on January 15, 2025