News Briefs for August 25, 2023

•Lawrenceburg, Indiana-based Ross & Squibb Distillery announced the upcoming release of Remus Repeal Reserve Series VII Straight Bourbon Whiskey this September. Commemorating the repeal of Prohibition, the limited-edition expression is the seventh annual installment in the series. It’s bottled at 50% abv and was made from a variety of barrels aged 9 to 16 years. Remus Repeal Reserve Series VII is comprised of 6% 2007 Bourbon (21% Rye), 26% 2013 Bourbon (21% Rye), 26% 2013 Bourbon (36% Rye), 21% 2014 Bourbon (21% Rye) and 21% 2014 Bourbon (36% Rye). It will retail at $100 a 750-ml.

•Winebow has made two personnel moves. First, Jessica Partington has been promoted to senior vice president, spirits. She has been with the company since 2019 when she joined as vice president, wholesale spirits east. She now leads a team of 28 who will work with Winebow’s wholesale salesforce and spirits suppliers to maximize market potential nationally. Partington will report directly to president and CEO Dean Ferrell. Additionally, Richard Driscoll is taking on a new title as head of business development, spirits, a role which will see him strengthening supplier relationships and new business partnerships, also reporting to Ferrell.

•Pronghorn, the Diageo-backed investment company aimed at bolstering Black-owned spirits brands, has announced three new investments. They include Abisola Bourbon, launched by Abisola Abidemi in 2021 and billed as a blend of Bourbon and malt whiskies aimed at modern consumers; Los Hermanos Tequila 1978, founded by brothers Donta and William Henson and including Blanco and Reposado variants; and Alexander James Whiskey, a straight Bourbon launched by Jesse Steward Jr. in 2021. Pronghorn has now invested in 20 Black-owned spirits brands on its path to fund 57 total.

•Campari’s Appleton Estate rum has announced two new vintage releases in the brand’s Hearts Collection. The rums—from 1993 and 2002—were both distilled entirely on a pot still with the older vintage blended from 13 barrels and the younger from 20 barrels. The 1993 release carries a suggested price of $300 and the 2002 retails for $220. Both are available in limited quantities in specialty retailers across the U.S. Last year, Appleton Estate was at 101,000 cases in the U.S.

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