Archive for January, 2016

Detailing its annual findings on the state of the wine industry in New York earlier this week, the Wine Market Council said significant differences in buying habits across generations and the increasing importance of the high-frequency, highly-involved wine drinker are … Continue reading →

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Binny’s Beverage Depot, the 31-store chain in Chicago, is teaming with the grocery delivery service Instacart to offer home delivery in select neighborhoods of the city. Binny’s, which inventories 30,000 SKUs, is making available 12,000 items—ranging from beers and wines … Continue reading →

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The Tesseron family, owners of Bordeaux’s Château Pontet-Canet and Tesseron Cognac, are striking out west to California, purchasing Villa Sorriso, a lavish Napa Valley estate previously owned by the late comedian Robin Williams. The estate has sold grapes for some … Continue reading →

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•Brown-Forman has introduced a new Woodford Reserve special edition under the brand’s Distillery Series. The new offering, Frosty Four Wood, is a mature Woodford Reserve Bourbon aged in American oak and finished in Maple, Sherry and Port barrels. Woodford’s original … Continue reading →

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•Craft spirits volume rose an estimated 35% to 2.4 million cases in 2015, according to the American Distilling Institute’s annual survey of craft producers. That increase puts current craft spirits sales at roughly twice the level of just two years … Continue reading →

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Just two weeks into the new year, the wine industry witnessed what might be the most important business deal of 2016. On January 11, Southern Wine & Spirits and Glazer’s Inc. sealed a merger agreement, increasing the size of the … Continue reading →

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