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Alert, Bill Foley Buys Stake in CA Distributor 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Just when we hadn't heard from him in a while. Bill Foley, of Foley Family Wines, is buying a minority interest in Epic Wines, a California importer and distributor. "I just felt like we needed ... mo...
Deutsch Puts out a Call for Brown Spirits 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits has a long history of building brands in partnership with suppliers. They can claim partial responsibility for building up brands such as Yellow Tail, Georges Duboeuf and...
B-F Spending $100 Million on Jack Daniel's Expansion 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey has grown in volume for the last 21 consecutive years. Not to mention, in the company's fiscal year 2013 (ended in April) the Jack Daniel's family of brands grew global...
Treasury Execs Flesh Out Wine Dump 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Treasury Wine Estates has had to face several challenges in the US market in fiscal 2013. For the year ending June 22 TWE's value was down 2.6% and volumes were down 0.2%. The company shipped 15.4 mil...
Constellation Debuts New Brands at WSD Summit 21 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From 1986 to 2007 Constellation Brands made 21 acquisitions (Robert Mondavi, Ruffino and Svedka vodka to name a few), and grew the company's sales from $50 million a year to $2.6 billion. By 2007 Cons...
William Grant Prepping Reyka to Step out of Stoli's Shadow 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
You may recall that in 2014 William Grant USA is parting ways with its biggest brand Stolichnaya vodka (see WSD 11-14-2012 ). But they're not taking the loss lying down. William Grant is already takin...
Beam Releasing Two Big New Flavor Innovations 16 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Flavored whiskey continues to drive the growth of the entire category and the trend is only accelerating. For the 4 weeks to July 20 flavored whiskey sales were up 124% in all Nielsen-measured channel...
Wild Turkey Releasing Bourbon-Rye Blend 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
As the experimental and funky craft whiskey segment continues to grow there has been a flood of innovation from the bigger guys. Wild Turkey, for example, has released a limited-edition, small batch, ...
Consumers Rank Best,Worst States on Access to Wine 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
We don't have to tell you how diverse and varied state laws regarding wine regulation are. While industry members are never short on opinions about the effectiveness on any given state's alcohol laws,...
Inside the MO Court's Decision to hear Major Brands vs. Bacardi 13 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
You may recall that Missouri distributor Major Brands is involved in a few lawsuits with some of its main suppliers (i.e. Pernod, Diageo and Bacardi) pertaining primarily to the state's franchise laws...
