ProWein 2017 was held a few weeks ago in Dusseldorf, Germany, where more than 6,500 exhibitors from more than 60 countries presented their wines and spirits to nearly 60,000 trade visitors from 130 countries. A true global trade show, the event attracted a record number of visitors and wineries.
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In 2014, three entrepreneurs went on Shark Tank and secured a $1 million investment from Mark Cuban for their party punch Beatbox Beverages. The wine-based portable drink is 11.1% ABV and the 5-liter package contains the equivalent of 34 mixed drinks. Now, the company is offering an extension called...
The more things change for Jägermeister, the more they stay the same. Despite a new bottle and newly named U.S. importer for the world’s eighth best-selling premium spirit, Jägermeister’s 56-ingriedient recipe remains unaltered since 1935.
In 2015 the spirit’s producer, Mast-Jägermeister, purchased its U.S. importer, Sidney Frank Importing Company. Last...
Global drinks giant Diageo counts 111 Scotch brands among its portfolio. This spans the styles and includes Johnnie Walker, J&B, Bell’s, Lagavulin, Buchanan’s, Oban, Talisker, Mortlach, The Singleton and more. To share its Scotch strategies for 2017 — and to celebrate International Scotch Day (Feb. 10) — Diageo invited media to...
Bacardi’s Global Vice President of Grey Goose, Tom Swift, has just been named Vice President, Brand Managing Director of Bombay Sapphire and Martini & Rossi. Prior to his leadership on Grey Goose, Swift worked in the U.K. as Global Brand Director for Whisky, where he retooled Dewar’s and launched “The...
Just a few months after its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch, SpikedSeltzer is doubling its footprint with an expansion into 11 states in the mid-Atlantic and southeast. The four-year-old company, founded by Dave Holmes and Nick Shields in a garage in Westport, CT, offers four flavors of hard seltzers in cans...
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Beverage Wholesaler, a new weekly newsletter for the middle tier of the beverage alcohol industry - beer, wine and spirit wholesalers, distributors and brokers. This is the first and only publication dedicated to covering the wholesaler marketplace, bringing you the latest news, data...
