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SAZERAC COMPANY GOES SHOPPING

The Sazerac Company is kicking off the new year with a slew of brand acquisitions. The close of 2O18 saw the completion of the sale of 19 brands from Diageo. The brands purchased are Seagram’s V.O., Seagram’s 83, Seagram’s Five Star, Myers’s, Romana Sambuca, Yukon Jack, Booth’s, Goldschlager, Popov, Relska,...
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BAIJIU DOMINATES THE GLOBE . . . AGAIN

Baijiu . . . it’s the most valuable spirit in the world yet so little is known about it in the U.S. According to a recent report, the Chinese spirit has once again dominated the world’s most valuable spirits list. In the 2O18 Brand Finance Spirits 5O report, Moutai grew...
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BOURBON TV

Because you can never talk too much about bourbon…Fred Minnick and his BOURBON+ magazine team are debuting the very first bourbon talk show, called “Bourbon Up.” Episodes will feature interviews with bourbon personalities, master distillers, executive chefs, musicians, and artists. The first episode features Buffalo Trace tour guide and Bourbon...
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EDRINGTON SELLS CUTTY SARK

Scottish drinks company Edrington has sold its Cutty Sark blended Scotch whisky brand to French spirits group La Martiniquaise. Edrington, which owns Scotch brands including The Macallan, Highland Park, The Glenrothes and The Famous Grouse, first announced that it was putting Cutty Sark up for sale earlier this year. The...
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MILLION DOLLAR MACALLAN

And the records keep shattering. The only bottle of 1926 Macallan featuring a hand-painted design by Irish artist Michael Dillon has broken the world record for the most expensive whisky after fetching £1.2 million (US$1.5m) at auction on November 29. Termed the “holy grail” of Scotch, the one-of-a-kind single malt...
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COLLECTORS, GET THE WALLETS READY

THERE SEEMS TO be no limit to what people will spend on opulent spirits these days with Scotch connoisseurs often leading the way.  The Macallan is betting that their newest release will be intriguing enough to pique the palates of drinkers, and they’re probably right.  The distiller has introduced The...
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PENDLETON WHISKY SOLD

THE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS trend of 2O17 is continuing right into the New Year. The Pendleton Round-Up’s branded whisky from Hood River Distillers has been sold to Becle (the parent company of the Jose Cuervo) for $2O5 million. Pendleton is one of a growing number of brands under the Mexico-based...
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THE WORLD’S DUMBEST THIEF

THIS MAY JUST BE the stupidest theft in history.  Someone stole a diamond-encrusted bottle of Russo-Baltique vodka, worth an estimated $1.3 million, drank the vodka and dumped the bottle.  But it was the bottle that held the value, not the vodka.  The bottle was stolen in early January from a...
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THE MR. BOSTON APP

THE MR. BOSTON website has now been made into an app, available for both iOS and Android users.  In 2O16 the company launched mrbostondrinks.com with every recipe from the Mr. Boston Official Bartender Guide since the first edition was printed in 1935.  In total, 1O,54O historical recipes have been digitized,...
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PARTYING OPOSSUMS

OPOSSUMS, as it turns out, enjoy a drink . . . or three. Well, one intrepid opossum in particular that is. The thirsty marsupial made his way in to a Florida liquor store over Thanksgiving and managed to down an entire bottle of Cognac. A liquor store employee found the...
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