Jameson Caskmates was born from an idea shared between Jameson's head distiller and the head brewer of the Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork, Ireland. When talking at the neighborhood bar, the brewer asked for a few whiskey barrels to see how his stout would taste finished in them. When...
Countless U.S. consumers first tasted Italian wine from a Riunite bottle in the 1980s. The brand was booming — and continues to thrive today, celebrating 50 years in 2017 — thanks to its line of sweet, light, semi-dry, fruity wines from central Italy.
I recently spoke with Cristina Mariani May...
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...
