Author Archives: Donna Whitaker

Heineken Volume Slips in U.S., but Grows 8.3% Worldwide

The U.S. decline was “mid-single digit,” the Heineken N.V. reports this morning.

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Wine Feeling Climate Change More Than Other Industries: Rabobank

Rabobank‘s Wine Quarterly, released just this morning, notes that while many people talk about climate change, “for wine, there seems to be a greater sense of urgency. This industry is feeling the impact

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Boston Beer Sales Soared 32.1% in 1st Quarter as Shipments Rose 32.1%

Boston Beer Co. reports first quarter 2019 net revenue of $251.7 million, an increase of $61.2 million or 32.1% from the same period

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Supreme Court Case Could End COLA Censorship. Or It Might Not.

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau reviews alcohol labels for, among other things, decency.  A case argued recently before the U.S. Supreme Court might essentially end that part of the label

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A-B Expands Emergency Drinking Water Program

Anheuser-Busch will donate 1 million cans of clean drinking water in support of volunteer fire departments in 2019, beginning this

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Dan McKee to Succeed Pamela Heilmann as Michter’s Master Distiller

Heilmann is retiring May 1, and McKee will be elevated to Master Distiller and Distillery Manager Matt Bell will become Distiller.

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