Tag Archive: Champagne
Two Years After Sale, Piper-Heidsieck Retrenches With Value Strategy
Acquired from Rémy Cointreau for nearly $600 million in July 2011, French luxury group EPI’s Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck are in the process of reintroducing themselves with a focus on generating value through premiumization. Continue reading →
Posted in News on July 11, 2013Champagne’s Positive Price Mix Leads To Sales Growth In U.S.
Champagne sales in the U.S. market climbed by 1.2% to about $477 million last year, despite a 3.5% drop in depletions to 1.24 million cases, according to Impact Databank. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 11, 2013News Briefs for April 26, 2013
•Toronto-based Corby Distilleries, a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard, has been granted exclusive rights to represent The Wine Group’s portfolio in Canada for the next five years. Continue reading →
Posted in News on April 26, 2013Champagne’s Henri Krug Passes Away at 75
Henri Krug, former director and chef de caves for Krug Champagne, one of the appellation’s most esteemed houses, died March 7, at the age of 75, reports Wine Spectator. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 15, 2013News Briefs for February 15, 2013
•Champagne sales fell 4.4% by volume for the 12 months through December, to just under 309 million bottles, according to the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) trade group. Continue reading →
Posted in News on February 15, 2013News Briefs for December 7, 2012
•The Absolut Co. has chosen Montreal-based ad agency Sid Lee to create the next global campaign for Absolut vodka. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 7, 2012
