Monthly Archives: March 2018

What We’re Reading —

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Jim Purucker on How U.S. Three-Tier System Makes for Safer Alcohol Purucker, executive director of Wine & Spirits Distributors of Indiana, notes that in the past few years, deaths from contaminated alcohol have been reported in Indonesia, China, Poland and … Continue reading →

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Willamette Valley Profit Up 5.7% in 2017 from 2016

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Willamette Valley Vineyards reports profit of $2,289,730, or 46 cents a share, for 2017, a 5.7%, increase in net profit from 2016. 

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Jim Beam Partners with Forest to Protect Water

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Jim Beam joined forces with Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest, a 15,625 acre privately held forest just south of Louisville, to

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A-B Launches Second Annual Saving Water Competition

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

It’s a competition between various Anheuser-Busch breweries to develop, and implement, new water saving initiatives to further

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Brown-Forman Prices $600 Million Debt Offering

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Brown-Forman Corp. said it will offer a $300 million, seven-year senior unsecured note and a $300 million 20-year senior

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Angry Orchard Releases an Exclusive American Cider Collaboration

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Angry Orchard launched Understood in Motion 03, a new collaboration cider created with distinguished U.K. Cider Maker Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider & Perry.

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