Daily Archive: June 9, 2015
Wine Spectator: The Wine Group Buys Sonoma’s Benziger Winery
The Wine Group, a beverage giant known for supermarket wine brands such as Almaden and Cupcake, has acquired Benziger Family Winery, one of California’s highest-profile practitioners of organic and biodynamic grapegrowing and winemaking, the companies announced Monday. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 9, 2015Deutsch Family Acquires Redemption Whiskey
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits has entered the fast-growing American whiskey segment with the acquisition of Redemption Whiskey. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 9, 2015As Prosecco Sales Surge, Producers Debate Likelihood Of Shortage
Over the past several weeks, Prosecco producers such as Bisol and Mionetto have warned of an impending global Prosecco shortage, citing a poor 2014 harvest combined with surging demand in export markets such as the U.S., where consumption has skyrocketed from just a half-million nine-liter cases in 2008 to around 3.5 million cases last year. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 9, 2015News Briefs for June 9, 2015
•Pernod Ricard will invest €17 million ($19m) in Irish Distillers’ Fox and Geese bottling facility, which handles Irish whiskey brands Jameson, Paddy and Powers, Ireland’s The Journal reports. Continue reading →
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