Industry News

SpikedSeltzer Expands Into 11 U.S. Markets

SpikedSeltzer, a pioneer in the hard seltzer category, announced this week that it is expanding from New England, New York and New Jersey into the Mid-Atlantic, southeast and south. The brand will now be available in...

Guinness Brewery Planned For Maryland

Diageo today announced its intention to build a U.S. version of Dublin’s Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore County, Maryland. As currently planned, the company would build a mid-sized Guinness brewery and a Guinness visitor...

Diageo To Invest $26.8 Million In New Distillery, Irish Whiskey Brand

Diageo is back in Irish Whiskey with the announcement today of a new premium blended release: Roe & Co. To support the new brand, Diageo also announced an investment of about $26.8 million over three years in a...

Bardstown Bourbon, Western Spirits Announce Collaborative Partnership

The Bardstown Bourbon Co. (BBCo) announced today that Western Spirits Beverage is the first to join its collaborative distilling program. Western Spirits produces Bird Dog Whiskey, Lexington Bourbon and Calumet Farm Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. The company will work with BBCo to produce...

Purity Vodka Names New President/CEO

Purity Vodka today announced that David Szydlik has joined as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Szydlik has worked on multiple roles at Pernod Ricard for the past eight years. His most recent role...

Patron Co-Founder Urges Trump Administration Against Mexican Tax

Count the co-founder of Patron tequila among American business leaders who are wary of President Trump's proposed tax on Mexican imports. John Paul DeJoria (also the cofounder of the Paul Mitchell hair products/salon brand) is urging against...

Yellow Tail Is First Wine Advertiser In The Super Bowl In Nearly 40 Years

There are plenty of beer commercials during the Super Bowl, by why not wine? Australia's Yellow Tail will correct that this year by becoming the first wine brand to advertise during the big game in nearly four...

Why January Is The Best Time To Buy Wine

Having travelled to Napa or Sonoma Valleys about 100 times, I can firmly state that the best time of year to purchase from wineries is actually in January. I use this golden opportunity to...

Mexican Beer Faces Uncertainty Under Proposed Trump Tax

At a time when Mexican beer sales were surging in America, the category suddenly faces a rather large roadblock. President Donald Trump in his first days in office seems determined to follow up his election-season promise...

How To Expose Novice U.S. Drinkers To Bordeaux

Wine-lovers need no introduction to Bordeaux. But what about average Americans? What do they think about this historic, world-class region? Especially Millennials. Is Bordeaux on their radar? Or does this generation much prefer the hipness of New...