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Daily Archive: November 25, 2013

As Bourbon Booms, Marketers Firm Prices And Look To Premiumize

While it’s easy to focus on volume gains in a category that’s added more than 5 million cases to its global total since 2005, the thriving Bourbon segment has been demonstrating even faster growth on the value side, with key players across the industry raising prices and releasing a wide array of trade-up options. Continue reading →

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Diageo Offers To Unload Whyte & Mackay Holdings

Diageo has offered to unload part of its Whyte & Mackay whisky unit in an effort to counter competition concerns from U.K. regulators. Continue reading →

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Wine Spectator: Peter Mondavi Turns 99

Peter Mondavi Sr. is one year away from a perfect score. Continue reading →

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News Briefs for November 25, 2013

•Diageo has partnered with Brooks Brothers on a joint holiday initiative featuring Johnnie Walker. Continue reading →

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Craft Brewing and Distilling News for November 25, 2013

•Colorado’s Breckenridge Brewery has brought back its winter seasonal Christmas Ale, made from roasted malts and Mt. Hood and Chinook hops. Continue reading →

Posted in News on November 25, 2013