10 of the Oldest Breweries in America
The Cheat Sheet compiled the list. You can see it here. One Midwestern state is home to five of the 10 breweries on the list.
Wine Brands Must Blend Demand, Margin to Move Upscale, Says O’Neill CEO
O’Neill Vintners & Distillers started 14 years ago as a producer of wine and spirits brands and in bulk for retailers and other beverage-alcohol companies. But in the past few years the Marin County-based company has been creating and acquiring its own national brands in a move upscale.
Today, O’Neill ranks No. 26 among U.S. wine companies, producing 760,000 cases a year, and proprietary brands and control labels bump that figure to 1.125 million cases, according to Wine Business Monthly.
Jeff O’Neill, founder and CEO of Larkspur-based O’Neill Vintners & Distillers, talked to the Business Journal about his company’s move into $10–$20 wines, efforts to leverage large-scale production capacity to produce high-quality wines at those prices, and whether it’s more profitable to create new brands or revive existing ones to balance costs and bottle prices. You can read the interview here.
‘High End’ Beers in 18-Packs May Cost Less, But Could Hurt Independent Brewers
Interesting article from Food & Wine. Read it here.