Category Archives: Spirits

What’s Driving Acquisition of Craft Distillers? Fear. What Big – and Small – Distillers Need to Consider in the M&A Dance

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Joel Whitaker

Large distilled spirits companies have looked at what’s happened in the beer space and vowed not to repeat the same mistake.

The “mistake,” of course, was ignoring the growth of craft beer until Big Beer found that, like Pac Man, craft brewers were steadily eating away at Big Beer’s market share.

We interviewed Akshat Dubey and Rakesh Mani, who are members of PwC’s strategy consulting business about what large players should look for in the small companies they seek to acquire – and what small companies should do to increase their attractiveness to large bev/al firms. . Continue reading →

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Cîroc to Launch French Vanilla Globally in October

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

The new variant pairs the rich and creamy taste of French vanilla with smooth texture of Cîroc, resulting in what Cîroc Global Brand Director Natalie Wills calls an “intensely indulgent and versatile flavor profile that lends itself incredibly well to … Continue reading →

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Who & What –

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Hennessy names Renaud Fillioux de Gironde as the eighth generation Master Blender. Renaud apprenticed under his uncle, seventh generation Master Blender Yann Fillioux. The passing of the Master Blender title and responsibilities continues a lineage that has remained unbroken for … Continue reading →

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Pernod Ricard, Beam Suntory Donate to Hiram Walker Statue

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Hiram Walker built what is still the largest distillery in North America in Walkerville, Ont., now a part of Windsor, Ont.  Walker’s whiskey empire was sold in the 1930s and again in the late 1970s,

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Distiller Set to Leave Anti-Alcohol County

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Vincent Puccio and his partner, William T. Willis, own and operate Dry Fork Fruit Distillery in Meadows of Dan in Patrick County, Va.  But they can’t sell their product on premises there because Patrick County does not allow liquor by … Continue reading →

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It’s One of the Prettiest Bottles We’ve Ever Seen

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

And it is literally handcrafted, not stamped out on some mass production line.  Clase Azul Tequila’s bottle was created to celebrate the brand’s 20th anniversary.

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