Monthly Archives: April 2021

How Much Does Biden’s Budget Give TTB? Who Knows?

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

The White House released the outline of President Biden’s “discretionary funding request” Friday afternoon, the classic time when Washington operatives and corporate flacks put out bad news.  What we cared about mostly was how much the President was recommending be … Continue reading →

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CBrands 2021 Sales Up 3%, Net Rises 9%

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Constellation Brands reports net sales for Fiscal 2021 were $8.615 billion, up 3% from Fiscal 2020, and net income on a comparable basis was $2.773 billion, or $9.97 a share, up 9%. Constellation’s Beer Business posted depletion growth of more than 7% … Continue reading →

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Molson Coors Launches Its First Organic Beer

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Molson Coors launches its first USDA-certified organic beer, available nationwide. To celebrate, Coors Pure is calling on runners and beer lovers across the country to participate in a (literal) beer run. The beer run is simple – run in the … Continue reading →

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Black Button Distilling Enters Texas

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Black Button Distilling, one of the top five craft distilleries in the USA, and the first grain-to-glass farm distillery in Rochester, N.Y.. since Prohibition, is now available in retail stores as well as bars and restaurants throughout Texas. Black Button … Continue reading →

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Bollinger Buys Ponzi Vineyards

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Champagne Bollinger said it acquired Ponzi Vineyards, one of Oregon’s pioneering wineries. Ponzi Vineyards was founded in the northern Willamette Valley by Dick and Nancy Ponzi in 1970. Their original 20-acre farm southwest of Portland grew over the decades into … Continue reading →

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Lawson’s Finest Expands Distribution to 9 More States

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Knockout Blonde will be available across Lawson’s Finest Liquids distribution area — Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania — for the first time this year.  Previously it was available only in Vermont … Continue reading →

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