Industry News

The Sazerac Company Launches Agave Website

The Sazerac Company has launched an educational website about all things agave. This new website, GreatAgave.com, includes information about the history of agave spirits, the plant itself, where it’s grown and the many processes and...

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Expands Distribution with Southern Glazer’s

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the largest North American wine and spirits distribution company, announced today that it has expanded distribution agreements in the Pacific Northwest with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. The market expansion includes...

Talking Beer Trends with the Yuengling Sisters

Pictured atop from left: Sheryl, Jennifer, Wendy and Debbie Yuengling, sixth-generation decedents of David Gottlieb Jüngling, the founder of D. G. Yuengling & Son in 1829. Jennifer is VP of operations at Yuengling, while...

Azuñia Tequila Expands Nationally Through Total Beverage Solution

Azuñia Tequila, the exclusive U.S. export of Agaveros Unidos de Amatitán, has formed an alliance with Total Beverage Solution (TBS) to manage the brand’s U.S. national expansion. Total Beverage Solution will add all Azuñia products...

Orphan Barrel Announces Rhetoric 24-Year-Old

Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company has unveiled its latest release: Rhetoric 24-Year-Old. This is the 12th release from the Diageo-owned company that puts out old and rare whiskies, following the 25-year-old Canadian whiskey Entrapment. Rhetoric 24-Year-Old is also...

American Craft Spirits Association Appoints New President

The American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) today announced the appointment of Chris Montana, owner of Du Nord Craft Spirits (MN), as the President of the Board of Directors. He replaces Mark Shilling, who served as...

AB InBev Purchases the Atom Group

AB InBev through its subsidiary ZX Ventures has acquired the Kent, England-based Atom Group. The properties of the purchased company include the craft liquids company Adam Brands, the online store Master of Malt, and the distributor...

Buffalo Trace Announces Second Release of 2018 Whiskey of the Year

Buffalo Trace Distillery has announced a second, limited release of its award-winning E. H. Taylor, Jr. Four Grain Bourbon Whiskey, available this spring. This is the last call for this bourbon, as there are no...

How Gary’s Wine & Marketplace Has Steadily Expanded

Pictured atop: Marketing Director Scott Suilivan, Corporate Gourmet Manager Alexis Thompson, Gary Fisch and Wine Director Brooke Sabel. A business cannot survive and grow for three decades without challenges and innovations. Gary’s Wine & Marketplace...

Washington’s Woodinville Whiskey Company Expands Distribution

Woodinville Whiskey Company (WWC) is for the first time expanding its distribution beyond its Washington State backyard. WWC will bring its craft whiskies to California in late April 2018, followed by Oregon mid-year. Moët Hennessy...