Author Archives: Joel Whitaker

Who & What —

HIRED:  Leena Jain as Chief Marketing Officer of Coravin,a the wine technology company.  She joins from Humanscale, where she was CEO for three years.  Earlier she had been with L’Oreal.

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Lone Star Beer Celebrates Beauty, Culture of West Texas

Lone Star Beer’s High Desert Days release is now available at retailers throughout Texas.  It’s intended to honor the culture of West Texas. High Desert Days is a smooth, wheat-style beer with an ABV of 4.6% brewed in the Hill … Continue reading

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XED Beverage Co. Raises $4.5 Million in Seed Round

XED Beverage Co. (XED) said it completed its second seed round of funding.  In the past year, XED has raised a total of $4.5 million which will be used to grow XED’s flagship brand SESH and launch XED’s second disruptive … Continue reading

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Murphy Goode Picks 17 Finalists for ‘Really Goode Job’

We think it’s a really clever promotion because it plays off the brand name.  It drew more than 7,000 applications seeking their dream job in the wine industry.   As announced in June 2021, Murphy-Goode will select not one, but two, … Continue reading

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Moët Hennessy and Campari Group to partner in a 50/50 joint venture to create a premium pan-European Wines & Spirits e-commerce player through Tannico

Campari will be contributing its stake in Tannico to the JV.  Tannico focuses on online sales of wines and premium spirits under the Tannico brand.  Some 92% of its business is to consumers, and it has a 30% share of … Continue reading

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Speakeasy Hits 250 Brands on Platform

Speakeasy Co., an integrated DtC solution that enables bev/al brands the ability to sell direct-to-consumer while remaining three-tier compliant, is proud to announce that as of July they will be servicing 250 distinct beverage alcohol brands on their platform. Since … Continue reading

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