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How Half Time’s New Website Emphasizes Direct-to-Consumer E-commerce

Half Time Beverage, a leading New York craft beer and cider retailer, has relaunched their website after a significant overhaul. This includes a focus on e-commerce: the retailer can ship to over 35,000 zip codes within thirty states...

Bardstown Bourbon Releases Whiskey Collab with The Prisoner Wine Co.

The Bardstown Bourbon Company has partnered with The Prisoner Wine Company for a collaborative bourbon finished in The Prisoner red wine barrels. Launching in January 2020, this new expression a 100-proof, nine-year-old Tennessee bourbon aged...

SGWS Announces Employee Holiday Giving Campaign Results

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits has announced the results of its Holiday Giving Campaign, which ran from November 1 to December 31, 2019. Southern Glazer’s encouraged employees to vote and select three organizations from a pool...

Winery Showcase: Foppiano Vineyards

With 124 years in Sonoma County, Foppiano Vineyards has always been quintessential to the region. The 200-acre property includes 120 acres of vineyards, bordering the Russian River. “We can speak ‘Russian River’ with our wines because we...

Mineo Voted Incoming Chair-Elect to NABCA Board of Directors

Gregg Mineo, Director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations for Maine, was voted incoming chair-elect to the NABCA Board of Directors. He will assume his responsibilities in May 2020, when current Chair-Elect...

Porto Ferreira and Casa Ferreirinha Name New U.S. Importer

Seeking to raise its profile in the U.S. market, Portuguese wine group Sogrape has agreed with Broadbent Selections to move the distribution of Porto Ferreira and Casa Ferreirinha to Evaton Inc., Sogrape’s distribution subsidiary...

MGP Announces CEO Transition

MGP Ingredients, a supplier of distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches, announced today that CEO Gus Griffin plans to retire from the company and its board at the annual meeting of stockholders on...

Laws Whiskey House Announces CA Distribution Partnership

Laws Whiskey House, a Denver-based distillery, has announced an exclusive strategic distribution partnership with Wine Warehouse, a California distributor of spirits, wine and beer. Effective immediately, the entire Laws Whiskey portfolio — including its flagship...

RNDC Names Corporate IT Leaders

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has announced the next level of leadership appointments for the integrated RNDC/Young’s Market Company Corporate IT Team, led by Darrell Riekena, Chief Information Officer & EVP. Riekena joined RNDC in...

Campari America Assumes U.S. Distribution of Cinzano and Mondoro Wines

Campari America will shift the distribution and marketing of the Cinzano and Mondoro wine brands in the U.S. from Palm Bay International to Campari America, effective immediately. With Cinzano 1757 Vermouth Di Torino already imported...