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Evan Williams Bourbon Unveils 2020 American-Made Heroes

Evan Williams Bourbon, the flagship brand from Heaven Hills Distillery, today announced the veterans selected as the 2020 American-Made Heroes. In this annual campaign, each veteran recognized will receive a $5,000 donation to the charity...

Knob Creek Releases 15 Year Old Bourbon

The newest whiskey from Knob Creek is their 15 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This is the brand’s oldest age statement released yet. Knob Creek 15 Year Old is 100 proof. Barrels used in this expression...

Southern Glazer’s Reaffirms Support for Racial Equality

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits has announced several actions to promote racial equality. This includes philanthropic grants and community education programming, plus internal workplace initiatives and programs to support black- and minority-owned wine and...

WSET Branching Out Into Beer Qualifications

The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) — the world’s largest provider of wine, spirits and sake qualifications — plans to develop a suite of beer qualifications. WSET wants to add two beer qualifications...

The Macallan Debuts Ecommerce Website

The Macallan has partnered with ecommerce provider Thirstie to offer consumers nationwide the ability to buy Scotch directly from the brand’s website. In honor of this launch, and during these unprecedented times, The Macallan will support the...

Southern Glazer’s Appoints New EVP & GM, Coastal Pacific Wine & Spirits of NY

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has appointed Carlos Ferrandiz to the new role of Executive Vice President and General Manager, Coastal Pacific Wine & Spirits of New York. This move is effective immediately. This...

Amber Beverage Group Names New Non-executive Director

Amber Beverage Group — a spirits producer, distributor, logistics provider and retailer of beverages — has announced the appointment of Roland van Bommel as the company’s new non-executive director. He will join a team currently led...

Paradise Brands Signs with RNDC in FL

Paradise Brands in West Palm Beach, FL, has signed with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) of Florida to handle distribution of Monkey in Paradise Vodka, and the company’s most recent acquisition, Blue Nectar Tequila. The...

Ohio House Passes Legislation Making Cocktails To-Go Permanent

The Ohio House passed legislation today to permanently allow the sale of cocktails to-go from restaurants and bars in the state.  The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) submitted testimony in support of the bill,...

On-premise Performance On The Upswing

It’s been a rough few months for full-service restaurants and bars, but things are starting to look up, according to the Nielsen CGA data. Among the states tracked, sales velocity in the week to...