Monthly Archives: January 2020

Who & What –

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

New Hampshire Liquor Commission names Lorrie Piper director of its marketing,

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Plunge in Partner Brands Cuts Remy Cointreau Sales 4.1%

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Remy Cointreau reports total sales of €814 million, or $898.3 million USD in the first nine months of its fiscal year.  That’s a 4.1% decline.  But it noted that sales of Group

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December Beer Shipments Rise 4.7%

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

We don’t want to say beer’s decade-long slump is over.  Not yet. But Beer Institute estimates U.S. brewers shipped 13.55 million barrels, a 4.7% increase from taxable removals of 12.94 million barrels in December 2018.

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Alex Rodriguez Joins A-B as Chairman of Presidente USA

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Presidente is the Dominican Republic beer that Anheuser-Busch InBev acquired in 2012 when it purchased a minority interest in Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, the

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97,000 Gallons of Cab Sauvignon Spills from Rodney Strong Vineyards Tank

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

A door near the bottom of a blending tank popped open, releasing all the cabernet sauvignon into a sanitary sewer system on the Rodney Strong Vineyards property in

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Third Generation Takes Helm at Flora Springs Winery

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

The third generation of Napa Valley’s Komes-Garvey family will take the helm at Flora Springs, the family-owned winery with a history dating back over forty years.

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