Roca Patrón Launches 375-ml. Bottles
The super-premium craft tequila brand Roca Patrón is now available in 375-ml. bottles.
Made from 100% blue weber agave and using the centuries-old ‘tahona’ process, the brand includes Roca Patrón Silver, Roca Patrón Reposado and Roca Patrón Añejo.
Laucnhed...
5 Alcohol Trends At Taste NY Craft Expo 2017
Taste NY, which promotes agriculture from the Empire State, hosted an expo in Manhattan last week that highlighted craft products. More than 50 producers from around New York poured their latest small-batch offerings.
Walking around the...
Oklahoma Becomes 40th State to Allow Sunday Spirits Sales
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin today signed a bill into law that will allow state retailers to sell spirits on Sundays.
The new law removes a Prohibition-era blue law.
The law allows retail package liquor stores to sell...
Florida Gov. Scott Vetoes “Whiskey and Wheaties” Bill
A longstanding alcohol law in Florida will remain in place after Gov. Rick Scott today vetoed the so-called "Whiskey and Wheaties" bill.
The measure would have removed a state law that mandates hard spirits be sold in...
Nicole Portwood On Tito’s Vodka Turning 20
There was a time when Tito’s Handmade Vodka was not ubiquitous. That was before the oil-driller-turned-mortgage-salesman-turned-craft distiller Tito Beveridge hand-built his own copper pot still in Austin, TX, in the ‘90s.
Two decades later, his...
WhistlePig Secures $25M In Credit
WhistlePig LLC, the premium rye whiskey company, announced this week that it has received a $25 million asset-based line (ABL) of credit from JPMorgan Chase, replacing its current ABL and more than doubling its access to...
The 2017 Spirit Growth Brands: The Top Bottles And Trends
With hundreds of new product introductions hitting the market each year, how can members of the trade make sense of which products to stock, which to drop and which to watch? This year’s list...
Brent Hocking On Launching Virginia Black With Drake
Looking to launch his own spirit brand, hip-hop superstar Drake turned to Brent Hocking. And for good reason: Hocking is an influential industry veteran whose string of successful brands includes Deleon Tequila, which he...
12 Innovative Products At WSWA 2017
The annual Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of American conference gives opportunity for producers to show their lineups and innovations to wholesalers and distributors. Walking around the exhibition halls on day 2 of the WSWA2017,...
Rum’s First Female Master Blender Talks Modern Trends
Joy Spence is a rum pioneer. In 1997 at Appleton Estate she became the first female master blender in the industry. Two decades later she remains among the few women worldwide with her title.
To...