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Four Pillars Gin Bloody Shiraz

Four Pillars Gin of Australia has launched their new Bloody Shiraz gin/wine blend. This expression combines shiraz grapes and gin to create a naturally sweetened blend. To produce such a hybrid spirit, Four Pillars Gin steeped shiraz...

Campari and Stirred Partner on Mobile App

A new app aims to teach consumers everything about cocktails. It also reflects perhaps the next step in relationships between alcohol producers and app designers. The Stirred online cocktail platform launches this month. Designed for...

Download Our 2017 New Products Guide

Hundreds of new products come onto the market every year. These are new brands, flavors, styles and even categories of beverage alcohol products that reflect current trends and indicate where the market is heading...

The Journey of Clown Shoes From Contract Brewer to Corporate Partner

Clown Shoes Beer of Ipswich, Massachusetts, symbolizes much of what’s currently defining craft beer. Known for big, bold recipes and eye-catching artwork, the brand is available in 27 states. It grew from a retailer’s dream...

What The Sessions Memo Means For Legal Cannabis

Editor's note: As the emerging U.S. cannabis industry may effect the alcohol industry, we occasionally crosspost content from our legal pot publication, Cannabis Regulator.  The future of America’s cannabis industry grew murkier last week when...

Constellation Brands Buys Stakes in Copper & Kings, The Real McCoy

Constellation Brands has been a multi-year buying spree of spirits brands. This has continued with the announcement this week that the drinks company acquired minority stakes in both Copper & Kings American Brandy Co. of...

Castle Brands Buys $4.2M in Bourbon Stocks

Castle Brands, a developer and international marketer of beverage brands including Jefferson's, announced that it has purchased $4.2 million of aging and new-fill bourbon. This transaction brings Castle Brands total purchases of aging and new...

Renzo Masi Contrappasso Italian Red Blend

Renzo Masi, a third generation wine producer from Tuscany, has unveiled Contrappasso, a new Italian red wine blend. Comprised of 50% syrah and 50% sangiovese grapes, this wine is made in a  traditional Tuscan winemaking method...

Narragansett Porter

For the first time since 2012, Narragansett Beer will brew and release its Porter after requests from fans. Narragansett Porter has a base of bittersweet chocolate and a hint of smokiness from the blend of...

Milestone Brands Acquires Rights to Mexican Liqueur Naranja

Milestone Brands, an Austin, Texas-based spirits company formed in 2016, continues to grow with the acquisition of Naranja. Meaning "orange" in Spanish, Naranja will be produced by  La Madrileña, a Mexican corporation and brand owner of Controy,...