Daily Archive: August 5, 2015
EXCLUSIVE: Impact Databank’s Fastest-Rising Vodka Brands In The U.S.
While it’s no secret that the U.S. market’s vodka category has been under siege from brown spirits recently, it still managed to grow 1.5% to 72.6 million nine-liter cases in 2014, according to Impact Databank. Continue reading →
Posted in News on August 5, 2015Surging Craft Brewer Lagunitas Said To Be Exploring Stake Sale
Lagunitas Brewing Company, which recently told SND it’s on pace to grow nearly 50% this year, is exploring the sale of an equity stake that would value the craft brewer at around $450 million, according to Reuters. Continue reading →
Posted in News on August 5, 2015SPI Group Taps Moët Hennessy Veteran Louzada To Lead Luxury Wine Unit
Stolichnaya vodka owner SPI Group has named Manuel Louzada to lead its newly formed luxury wine division. Continue reading →
Posted in News on August 5, 2015Wild Turkey Introduces Oldest Whiskey To Date
Campari America is rolling out Wild Turkey Master’s Keep, an ultra-premium limited edition that’s the oldest whiskey from Wild Turkey ever to be released in the U.S. Continue reading →
Posted in News on August 5, 2015News Briefs for August 5, 2015
•Russian River Partners, a vineyard investment fund run by Eric Flanagan of Flanagan Vineyards, has purchased the Platt Vineyard, located in the Sonoma Coast wine region near the town of Freestone. Continue reading →
Posted in News on August 5, 2015Craft Brewing and Distilling News for August 5, 2015
•U.K. import Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer is introducing a new flavor nationwide to its lineup, Scottish Raspberry. Continue reading →
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