Beer & Spirits News

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Mobile Advertising for CPGs Just Got Easier

The Leading Platform for CPG Mobile Advertising, AdAdapted, Integrates with Out of Milk, One of the Best Shopping List Apps for Android and iOS - March 01, 2018 - AdAdapted

Modernizing and Revolutionizing Mead, Salt Point Meadery is on Kickstarter to Gain Backers for Canning Mead

The Salt Point Meadery Kickstarter campaign has been launched for the project in canning mead, a honey-based alcoholic beverage produced by the meadery. - March 01, 2018 - Salt Point Meadery LLC

The Sea Aged Wine Company Based in Xàbia Spain Are Turning Green. Environmental Green That Is.

Since its conception some three years ago, the idea of saving the environment was at the forefront of the company. Since they refused to age wine on the sea bed and destroy the creatures environment that live there. They are now going even more environment friendly. - March 01, 2018 - Sea Aged

FemAle Brew Fest® 2018 Announces Growing List of Participants in the 2nd Annual Beer Festival Celebrating Women in the Brewing Industry

List of the breweries and partners for the FemAle Brew Fest® keeps growing - February 20, 2018 - FemAle Brew Fest

Global Icon Mýa Returns with Brand New Single Celebrating 20th Year Anniversary

Grammy-winning recording artist, Mýa, unveiled the release of her brand new single, from her highly anticipated upcoming 13th studio project. The global entertainer and humanitarian surprised eager fans by ushering in Valentine’s Day with a debut of her new music, once again breaking... - February 18, 2018 - Mýa

Announcing FemAle Brew Fest® 2018 - South Florida’s 2nd Annual Beer Festival Celebrating Women in the Brewing Industry

The Lillith Fair of Craft Beer returns for its second year and is moving to Huizenga Plaza in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. - February 06, 2018 - FemAle Brew Fest

Columbia Distributing Acquires General Distributing, Inc.

Columbia Distributing today announced it will purchase all stock of General Distributors, Inc. (GDI), based in Oregon City, Oregon. The nearly 100-year-old GDI represents a portfolio of more than 100 international, national and local beer, energy and water suppliers. The transaction is expected to... - January 31, 2018 - Columbia Distributing

The Rose of New England Women's Music Festival, Norwich, CT

The Rose of New England Women's Music Festival is a multi-genre music festival featuring local, regional and national artists. The festival will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Strange Brew Pub, on 86 Water Street, in Norwich, Connecticut. - January 20, 2018 - The Rose of New England Women's Music Festival

After Successful Brands of Bistro and Cafe, Now Hutch Chicago Has Opened a New Location, Hutch Kitchen

The third iteration of Hutch, a restaurant serving brunch every day and dinner items like brisket macaroni and cheese at night, debuted Tuesday night on the first floor of the former Cantina 1910 space at 1477 W. Winnemac Avenue. Hutch American Kitchen & Bar hopes to endear itself to a... - January 16, 2018 - Hutch Chicago

Yellow Tail Wine Teams Up with "Sandwich King" Jeff Mauro for Food Truck Road Trip to Football's Biggest Game

Yellow Tail, America’s No. 1 imported wine, takes food, fun and celebration to 32 stops in nine cities as food truck tailgate tour heads to Minneapolis. - January 12, 2018 - Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits

Greenville South Carolina Winery Rolls Out Innovative Bottle Recycling Program

City Scape Winery rolls out new bottle recycling program designed to keep its wine bottles out of Greenville County landfills with innovative new program. - January 10, 2018 - City Scape Winery LLC

New Sea Aged Wine. Aged in Tanks on Land, the Wine in Bottles Has a Controlled Temperature and in Complete Darkness. First Batch Nearing Completion.

Sea Aged Wine. Not just for the rich but now available for all. It has been said many times at tastings that Sea Aged Wine does taste different and it does have a uniqueness about it. (Joanna Lumley & Jennifer Saunders. Stated on this BBC wine program). And often it is said that it's “A... - January 08, 2018 - Sea Aged

Twinpanzee 4 Chimpanzees! Twinpanzee Brewing Co & Kristi Odom Photography to Host “Primates 4 Primates” Fundraiser for Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection Feb 11, 2018

Twinpanzee Brewing Co and Kristi Odom Photography to Host “Primates 4 Primates” Fundraiser for Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection: Fundraiser Party Sunday, February 11, 2018 3pm-6pm - January 03, 2018 - Twinpanzee Brewing Company

LUCARIS Opens Up a New World of Luxury Supplying Four of the Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Bangkok with Its World-Acclaimed Brand of Pristine Crystal Glasses

LUCARIS opens up a new world of luxury supplying four of the best fine dining restaurants in Bangkok with its world-acclaimed brand of pristine crystal glasses, in the THE TASTE WITH STYLE campaign. In this coming year, LUCARIS is going to take 2018 on a journey to specially nominated bars and restaurants that have chosen LUCARIS crystal glasses in Shanghai, China, and Delhi, India. - December 25, 2017 - LUCARIS

Apu Winery Announces Launch of Premium Peruvian Wines

Apu Winery and Vineyards, one of the highest wineries in the world, is proud to announce the release of their wines to the Peruvian market. Located in the Peruvian Andes at 2,850 meters, Apu has produced four varieties this year: cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc, sangiovese and rosé. - December 16, 2017 - Apu Winery

Revolutionary Meadery/Winery Allows Anyone to Invest

Described as a perfect storm of location, market trending, and experience, Shezmu Cellars is looking to define a new category of alcohol, mead. It launched its Fundable campaign today. - December 15, 2017 - Shezmu Cellars

Château de Pommard Welcomes New Assistant Winemaker

The Next Generation Winemaking Team; Château de Pommard Welcomes New Assistant Winemaker Eric Pignal - December 15, 2017 - Chateau de Pommard

Irish Spirit Takes "Dublin’s Own" DWD Whiskey Back to the USA

Coinciding with this weekend’s launch of their online store for rare and historic Irish whiskey, Irish Spirit have announced an exclusive release of historic DWD Irish whiskey "Heritage Edition" to US and international markets, where the brand thrived in the late 19th and early 20th... - November 24, 2017 - Irish Spirit

Ventura County’s First Public Market, The Annex, Opens at The Collection at RiverPark

The Annex Marks Ventura County’s New Home for the “Locally Grown” - November 22, 2017 - The Collection

Sir-Mix-A-Bot Robotic Home Bartender Hits the Market

Sir-Mix-A-Bot is launching the robotic bartender which has evolved from a side project into a full production venture. Sir-Mix-A-Bot moves forward in the name of delicious mixed drinks. The hardware in the kit or pre-assembled version is readily available and will never be out of reach. - November 19, 2017 - Sir-Mix-A-Bot

Josh Cellars Launches $10 Million Digital Advertising Campaign

Nostalgic Wine Ads Feature Founder Joseph Carr Sharing Stories Behind the Wine in Unconventional Settings. - November 16, 2017 - Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits

Kansas City Breweries Company Announces Major Brewery and Beverage Manufacturing Hub

Creating high growth value propositions for beverage, grocery and convenience store markets. - November 16, 2017 - Kansas City Breweries Company LLC

Award-Winning FOS Greek Mastiha Liqueur Announces National Expansion

FOS Greek Mastiha is now available in Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Oregon and Florida. - November 04, 2017 - Ambrosia Group

Houston Winery Opening for Business November 4th

Sable Gate Winery will open its doors on Saturday, November 4th as the newest Waters Edge Winery Affiliate. The winery is located at 2600 Travis Street Suite 104, Houston, Texas 77006. It offers guests a wide range of hand-crafted wines made by Sable Gate Winery using grapes grown around the... - November 01, 2017 - Waters Edge Wineries

Wine Routes Reinvents Wine Country Travel

Wine Routes, a new app that helps users plan trips and travel to wine country, has reinvented the wine country experience. The app, developed by Sonoma County based technology company Grapexchange, is a dual-purpose platform delivering highly integrated services to both consumers and wine... - October 31, 2017 - Wine Routes

Big Sexy Brewing Creates a Beer with the Sacramento SPCA to Raise Money

Big Sexy Brewing Company of Sacramento teamed up with Sacramento's SPCA to help raise money for the organization. - October 17, 2017 - Big Sexy Brewing Company

Announcing the Launch of Whiskey Lab Web Store. With the Launch of Their Web Store Whiskey Lab Brings Spirit Aging to Maker Homes Everywhere.

After completing a successful Kickstarter campaign, the BRAIN Labs team is now able to produce their Whiskey Lab vessels on a larger scale. The team is now launching online sales through their website, http://www.whiskeylab.net/shop/. Visitors to the online store can order the Whiskey Lab aging kit, replacement Barrelheads, engraved tasting glasses, and other accessories. To celebrate the team is offering a 10% discount on all items sold through their web store October 13-15. - October 10, 2017 - BRAIN Labs, LLC

On Pace Announces a Bottle & Bottega Franchise Resale in NW Suburbs of Chicago

Bottle & Bottega is the nation's premier chic wine and paint studio. The brand name is also growing rapidly, because B&B offers a unique service with one part artistic adventure and one part cocktail party. - October 06, 2017 - On Pace Franchising

Royal Dragon Vodka Presents World's Most Valuable Bottle of Vodka, The Eye of The Dragon

Royal Dragon Vodka will unveil “The Eye of the Dragon” at Studio City Casino's Anniversary Gala Dinner, on 7th October 2017 in Macau. This beyond luxury masterpiece is a 6 liter bottle of the most premium Royal Dragon “Imperial” Vodka, incorporating an extremely rare, round and fancy intense yellow diamond of 50 carat (GIA certified) plus almost 15,000 additional diamonds and nearly 2 kg/4.5 lbs of 18 karat gold. - October 03, 2017 - Dragon Spirits Limited

Cask 88 and Fine Art Asia Put Antique Whisky in the Frame

At the end of September, antique whisky will, for the first time ever, be exhibited alongside ancient and contemporary art from across the globe, giving recognition to vintage whisky as a branch of fine art in its own right. As part of this historic first appearance for whisky at Fine Art Asia... - September 21, 2017 - Cask 88

Commercial Realty Specialists LLC Completes $5.5 Million Sale of Physical Fitness Center in Cape Coral

$5.5 million sale of commercial building at the Shops at Cape Crossing on Pine Island Rd SW closed August 31st. The transaction was brokered by Bruce S. Preble, CCIM, at Commercial Realty Specialists LLC. - September 20, 2017 - Commercial Realty Specialists LLC

Hopsy Arrives in New York City

After San Francisco and San Diego, the fresh craft beer delivery service expands to New York. - September 14, 2017 - Hopsy

Canadian Entrepreneur and Single Mom Wins Gold Magellan Award for Travel

Canadian Business owner has won an internationally recognized Prestigious award for Travel innovation for her Wine Club Travel project. Aimed at bringing more tourism into the wine regions of Canada and offering overseas travel and events to wine clubs her project will create jobs and more business for all concerned. - September 13, 2017 - Concierge Travel Group

LIQUID-U™ Launches New Online Wine/Spirits, Beer & Bartender Skills Academy

LIQUID-U™ to provide restaurants, beverage retailers, distributors and suppliers a new turn-key training resource to upgrade and safeguard their employees’ basic beverage knowledge - all without the cost of content or elearning platform creation. - August 09, 2017 - LIQUID-U

Co+opportunity Market & Deli Opens Culver City Location

After 43 years in business, Santa Monica's most loved community-owned market opens its second location in Culver City. - August 04, 2017 - Co+opportunity Market & Deli

Clear Demand Awarded Patent on Advanced Retail Science Crucial to the Future of Retail

Major advance in Retail Science for Competitive Pricing, Line-Structure Pricing, and Assortment - July 26, 2017 - Clear Demand

Château de Pommard Reboots Burgundy

A New Brand Image Sets the Stage for the Future - July 20, 2017 - Chateau de Pommard

Twinpanzee Brewing Company to Open Loudoun County’s Newest Family Owned Nano Brewery in Sterling, Virginia: Grand Opening Celebration Saturday, August 12, 2017 12pm-10pm

Twinpanzee Brewing Company, Loudoun County's most anticipated new nano-brewery is set to have their Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, August 12, 2017 from 12pm to 10pm. - July 20, 2017 - Twinpanzee Brewing Company

SolarCraft Completes Solar Power Installation at Monticello Vineyards in Napa Valley - Corley Family Harvests Their Own Power

Novato and Sonoma based SolarCraft recently completed the installation of a 177 kW DC solar installation at Monticello Vineyards in Napa, CA. The photovoltaic (PV) system is expected to offset 95% of their utility bill helping Monticello save thousands every month in electrical costs. - July 14, 2017 - SolarCraft

Columbia Based Owner Opens 2nd Casual Pint in Lexington South Carolina

Doug Harmon, owner of The Casual Pint in the Vista section of Columbia, will open his second location in Lexington this Friday. - July 12, 2017 - The Casual Pint

Phanes Develops an Uber Integration for WooCommerce & Prestashop Platforms

Phanes 3DP is the company behind the STL calculator for the 3D print business. Today, Phanes is announcing the release of a UberRush Integration for WooCommerce and Prestahop Platforms, their first non 3D product for e-Commerce. - July 10, 2017 - Abacab Ltd.

Silhouette Unveils First Solid State Wine Display – And It’s Stunning

Silhouette, a specialty wine and beverage storage distributor, today unveils the Renoir – the brand’s first thermoelectric-cooling wine display made in North America. Named after the late French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the wine display’s picturesque front features a giant,... - June 30, 2017 - Danby

ICC Turnkey Selected for Engineering, Design and Build of Kona Brewery

Project valued at $23M and will be in operation in early 2019. - June 27, 2017 - ICC Turnkey

Clean Named Agency of Record for Spirits Maker Durham Distillery

Award-winning craft distiller expands national footprint for flagship gins and newly-launched cold distilled vodka. - June 17, 2017 - Clean

NZ Wine Navigator Provides Wines at "NZ Meets LA" Dinner at LA Food Bowl 2017

Sianne Dixon-Hall recently represented NZ Wine Navigator at the LA Food Bowl 2017 event, NZ Meets LA, dinner at Tangaroa Fish Market & Raw Bar. https://winepredator.com/2017/05/19/nz-meets-la-dinner-at-tangaroa-during-la-food-bowl-2017/ Tangaroa is a restaurant and fish market with a friendly... - June 09, 2017 - NZ Wine Navigator

The Iconic Airline Beverage Cart Gets All Tricked Up by Industrial Design Firm

U.S. company launches line of tricked up airline beverage carts "that turn heads, serve drinks, and makes the perfect entertainment or man cave accessory," according to Marc Anderson, creator of SkyHigh Airline Beverage Carts. - June 07, 2017 - SkyHigh Airline Beverage Carts

Startup Anniversary Invites Worldwide Toast to Japanese Whisky

dekantā, the leading online store for high end Japanese spirits will host a week-long event, starting Saturday 27 May, to mark two years since its founding by Japanese entrepreneur Makiyo Masa. The anniversary week invites customers, partners and friends to celebrate a second year of success... - May 29, 2017 - dekanta

ENGAGEcx Named a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner