Tag: Constellation Brands
Afternoon Brief, February 18th
Close Shave for European Wine Industry: After intense lobbying, the European wine industry dodged a major bullet this week, as the European Parliament softened several sentences in a resolution that might have launched the beginning of Prohibition...
Afternoon Brief, February 15th
Monster Beverage and Constellation Mergers Talks Are Progressing: Talks between Monster Beverage Corp., the maker of energy drinks, and Corona brewer Constellation Brands Inc. about a combination are progressing, according to people familiar with the matter...
Afternoon Brief, January 6th
Republic National Distributing Company Purchases White Mountain Beverage: Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), the national distributor and broker of premium wine and spirits, purchased White Mountain Beverage, an independent Anheuser-Busch wholesaler, combining wine and spirits with beer to have one consolidated route to market...
Afternoon Brief, January 4th
Sonoma County Winemaking Club Hit with COVID Outbreak: By the time Dec. 11 rolled around, the Garage Enologists of Sonoma County were a bit starved for normalcy. The well-established amateur winemaking club had conducted most of its monthly meetings via Zoom since the start of the pandemic...
Afternoon Brief, November 12th
Business Strategy Behind the Wine Group’s Partnership With MPL Brands NV: If you’re The Wine Group, you invest in a company that makes canned cocktails, a key part of the continually growing ready-to-drink category...
Afternoon Brief, November 8th
Is There Smoke In My Wine? Caldor Fire’s Impact on El Dorado County Wine Harvest: Smoke from the Caldor Fire can be smelled or tasted in some grapes harvested in El Dorado County — but they won’t make it in the bottle...
Afternoon Brief, October 6th
Napa Valley’s Fairwinds Estate Winery Sues Insurer Claiming Refusal to Pay Glass Fire Claim: Fairwinds Estate Winery says one of its insurers sold it a useless insurance policy shortly before the winery was destroyed by the 2020 Glass fire...
Afternoon Brief, August 20th
How Napa's Cakebread Winery Absolved Itself of Starting One of California's Most Destructive Fires: An electric fence at a vineyard was suspected of sparking the 2020 Glass Fire. So the winery commissioned its own investigation...
Mexicali Resiste Activist vs. Constellation Brands: Activists Demand Water Rights and...
Water rights activists threatened with false legal accusations for protesting U.S.-based multinational alcohol corporation Constellation Brands
MEXICALI, BAJA CALIFORNIA (August 4, 2021) - Mexicali Resiste,...
Afternoon Brief, July 30th
California Wine Country Rebuilds as Threats Persist: The drought in Northern California is severe, and the risk of fires remains high. But winemakers are trying to adapt to climate change...
Afternoon Brief, July 29th
New York Star Sommelier Arrested and Accused of Arson: Caleb Ganzer, wine director and co-owner of La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, allegedly set fire to outdoor dining spaces at other restaurants...
Afternoon Brief, June 30th
Goose Gap Is Washington’s 19th American Viticultural Area: Goose Gap is Washington’s newest American Viticultural Area (AVA). The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) will publish the final rule for Goose Gap AVA tomorrow, July 1, 2021, to officially define it as a designated wine grape-growing region...
Afternoon Brief, June 28th
How Unregulated Cannabis Is Threatening West Coast Wine Growers: Cannabis cultivation creates resource competition and could threaten tourism in wine country—but some argue that proper regulation could actually benefit premier regions...
Afternoon Brief, June 25th
NYC Restaurants Stuck with Thousands of Dollars in Unsold Wine as State Ends Takeout Alcohol Program: Some New York City restaurants have been selling bottled alcohol for the last 15 months. Now they have to clear their inventories in a day...
Afternoon Brief, June 21st
What Tourism Downturn? Napa Wineries Report off-the-Charts Demand for $500-Plus Tastings: Luxury experiences with limo rides and vintage airplane aerobatics are on the rise...
