News & Notes

Note: This feature ran in a supplement in the latest issue of Beverage Dynamics that celebrated family-owned businesses in the beverage alcohol industry. As Minnesota trends toward large-scale operators, one Long Lake retailer is growing in an evolving market...

Note: This feature ran in a supplement in the latest issue of Beverage Dynamics that celebrated family-owned businesses in the beverage alcohol industry. Chuck Hanson remembers the first six-pack he ever sold. It was 1957. His brother, Fritz, and...

Luxco announced today that the company has finalized plans to build a $35-million distillery near in Nelson County, Kentucky Luxco has chosen to build the distillery on a 70-acre site (pictured above) off state highway...

Strongbow Hard Apple Ciders has unveiled its newest flavor: Strongbow Cherry Blossom. The new cider tastes of cherry blossom and has red fruit aromas and an underlying note of apple. In celebration of the launch, legal drinking age attendees of the National...

Anheuser-Busch has brought the Mexican beer Estrella Jalisco to America. This light-flavored pilsner from Guadalajara, Jalisco became available north of the border for the first time last month. Currently it can be found in California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon,...

Disaronno International has promoted William Mickel  to the position of Vice President, National Sales Manager. Previously, Mickel served as Regional Director of Control States. He was prompted into this newly created role in effort to further bolster the Disaronno...

Disaronno Riserva is a new blend of Disaronno and Scotch, aged in vintage Marsala wine barrels at the company’s own Cantine Florio in Marsala, Sicily. The result is a spicy sweetness that fades into light and fruity vanilla-almond...

Alacran Tequila has unveiled its new Reposado Tequila. Alacran Reposado Tequila is a premium tequila that uses 100% Weber Blue agave from 7-10 years old harvested in the highlands of Los Altos in Jalisco. It is matured for 4...

Novo Fogo has announced a new line of single-barrel cachaças. Their Brazilian cachaça is made at a zero-waste distillery just meters from the edge of the Atlantic Rainforest in southern state of Paraná from estate-grown organic sugarcane. The single-barrel...

For a country the size of Indiana, Portugal sure makes a lot of wine. Despite its relatively small size, the country boasts the ninth largest total vineyard area in the world. And it’s becoming a...