Monthly Archives: March 2019

A Denver Hotel, Brewer Develops a Local Brew Package

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joel Whitaker

Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel has partnered with Denver Beer Co. to officially launch the Brew Your Way Into Denver package, allowing guests the opportunity to experience Denver’s booming craft beer scene as soon as they check into their hotel room. Valid for … Continue reading →

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NY Craft Brewers Aid Upstate Brewery Gutted by Fire

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joel Whitaker

A fire late Monday gutted much of the brewhouse at Common Roots Brewing, South Glen Falls, N.Y. Almost immediately after the fire, other Upstate New York craft brewers offered help.  And while it’s too soon to tell exactly what help … Continue reading →

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Conn. Big Box Retailers Launch Campaign to Sell Beer

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joel Whitaker

Connecticut Alcohol Retailers Exchange (CARE), has announced launched a new intro video and campaign encouraging residents to support retailers selling beer at locations statewide and other pro-consumer initiatives. Nearly 40 states currently allow retailers with significant grocery offerings — like … Continue reading →

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Vintage Point to Rep Australia’s Chateau Tanunda

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joel Whitaker

Vintage Point, the Sonoma  company that offers sales, marketing and general management services to small, luxury wineries, said it entered into sales and marketing partnership with Chateau Tanunda, the Barossa winery, with an easy rhyme to remember—“Chateau Tanunda, from Down … Continue reading →

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Cakebread Cellars Seeks to Bust New Jersey’s Capacity Cap

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joel Whitaker

In an op-ed piece in the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, Dennis Cakebread, chairman and co-owner of Cakebread Cellars, complains he can’t ship directly to consumers in New Jersey because New Jersey says wineries that produce 250,000 gallons of wine or more … Continue reading →

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Merryvale Taps Pacific Highway Wines for Exclusive USA Sales

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Joel Whitaker

Pacific Highway Wines will represent Napa Valley’s Merryvale Family of Wines as the exclusive sales and marketing agent in the U.S., effective May 1. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to represent, and to grow, the Schlatter Family’s … Continue reading →

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