Tuesday August 27th 2013
Todays Liquor Industry News/Links
By: Mark C Lenzi CSW
Biodynamic Fruit AM But Root PM
Taste Early!
Popular wine brands Banrock Station and Blossom Hill offer 5.5% alcohol versions of drink to the disgust of experts
- Australian brands are releasing new low alcohol wines at 5.5% ABV
- Under EU law wine required to have minimum alcohol level of 8.5%
- Traditional wines have between 11% and 15% alcohol
By SEAN POULTER
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Chateau Montelena Recognized As Historic Place
Pioneering Napa estate now on national register.
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http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/08/chateau-montelena-recognized-as-historic-place
Texas wines aren’t always made from Texas grapes
Source: Examiner
By RON SAIKOWSKI
Friday, August 23, 2013
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Labor Day Cocktail Line Up
Posted August 27, 2013 by Vicki Cruz
http://chilledmagazine.com/Whats_Chilling_Right_Now-detail/labor-day-cocktail-line-up/
WIDE WORLD OF ONLINE WINE
27th August, 2013 by Patrick Schmitt
While small online wine retailers struggle to survive, the big names surge ahead with new ideas to keep their web customers satisfied.
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BAREFOOT WINE LAUNCHES BUBBLY PINK MOSCATO
27th August, 2013 by Andy Young
Californian wine brand, Barefoot is hoping to bring new customers in the sparkling wine category with the launch of Barefoot Bubbly Pink Moscato.
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Budweiser, Colt 45 among most popular alcohol brands with ER patients, finds study
Budweiser and Colt 45 are among the most popular alcohol brands consumed by US emergency room (ER) patients, a year-long study by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) has found.
Diageo has officially launched the newest addition to Cîroc vodka’s flavor line, Amaretto. The extension hit the market in July and is now available nationwide (priced at $34.99 for a 750-ml. bottle). Cîroc’s flavor lineup was initially launched in 2010. Now also including Peach, Coconut and Red Berry, the flavor line has become the brand’s growth engine of late.
Boston Beer’s A&S Acquires Coney Island Craft Label
Boston Beer Co.-owned Alchemy & Science has acquired the Coney Island craft beer brand from Shmaltz Brewing. Under the terms of the deal, upstate New York-based Shmaltz will continue to brew Coney Island, which was launched in 2007. Additionally, Shmaltz founder Jeremy Cowan will join Alchemy & Science—a Vermont-based “craft beer incubator” created by Boston Beer—in an advisory capacity. Meanwhile, Cowan will retain his leadership of Shmaltz, whose flagship He’brew brand was not part of the deal with Alchemy & Science.
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