Following an 18-month search for a brewery to purchase, Epic Brewing today announced the acquisition of Telegraph Brewing Company, a California-based beer company that produces a variety of Belgian-inspired beers.
Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Startling new research from valuation firm Brand Finance has estimated that the spread of plain packaging to the beverage industry would result in close to $300bn in brand value losses, with The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo among the companies with most value at risk. The report warns that the true economic toll will likely be much higher, and comes after a recent call for brands to take a stand against plain packaging.
Bermuda-headquartered Bacardi announced that Marlene Gordon, general counsel for Bacardi in North America, joins Women of the Vine & Spirits as an Advisory Board member for the United States.
In this role, Gordon will contribute her experience and insight to the organization’s efforts to support and advance opportunities for women in the alcohol beverage industry.
Southern Comfort has launched a new campaign that focuses on its New Orleans roots, as it seeks to drive sales over the Christmas period.
The new campaign focuses on the spirits ties to New Orleans
The ground is, in fact, floating. It's a peat bog on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and it's from here that Hofmann, the co-founder of Seattle's Westland Distillery , is taking an unusual step for America's booming spirits industry: making a whiskey whose "terroir" literally involves local dirt.
Robots may soon have a bigger role in some of the world's most prestigious vineyards, after successful trials in Bordeaux and Portugal this year, including at Château Clerc Milon, owned by Baron Philippe de Rothschild.
While much of the country sees the Senate’s tax reform bill as greedy, the tax-strapped booze industry is toasting with the good stuff right now. The drinks world received significant tax cuts and important federal definitions.
November 27, 2017 - Bethesda, MD - American Beverage Licensees (ABL) is proud to announce Mark Brown, President & CEO of Sazerac Company, Inc., will be recognized with the 2018 ABL Top Shelf Award at ABL's 16th Annual Meeting on March 12, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Irish whiskey has emerged from a long slumber to become one of the hottest categories in spirits, boasting an almost unmatched rate of growth. But will the sector’s current structure safeguard its future success?
GRAND RAPID, MI - The distillers of finely crafted spirits, Breakfast Gin and Breakfast Rye, are caught up in a name-calling fight for their not-just-for-breakfast drinks.
Makers of Breakfast Gin are trying to stop Grand Rapids' Gray Skies Distillery's December launch of its latest whiskey, Breakfast Rye.
