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Greenspoon Marder expands the firm's Hospitality, Alcohol and Leisure Industry Group with the addition of partner Jaci P. Flug in the New York office.
Joel Whitaker
Full Glass Wine Acquires Wine Insiders
Full Glass Wine Co. said it acquired Wine Insiders from DRINKS, a pioneering and leading operating system for alcohol e-commerce. Terms weren't disclosed.
Acquisition of Wine Insiders marks the second DTC wine brand purchased by Full Glass Wine Co., founded earlier this year by alcohol industry veteran
Bacardi Rum to Launch 1st AI-Powered Album Produced by BOI-IDA
Bacardi and Grammy Award-winning producer Boi-1da are once again partnering to launch this year's evolution of the longstanding 'Music Liberates Music' program: The A.I. Powered Album.
Dropping this November, The A.I. Powered Album will champion works by five global up-and-coming
LVMH's Arnualt Being Probed in Oligarch Deal
The Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed Friday (10/1) that it is investigation accusations that Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov bought real estate at a luxury Alpine resort with help from Bernault Arnault, who provided a loan through one of his companies.
A lawyer for Arnault denied the accusation,
NBWA Beer Purchasers' Index Flat in September
The way things have been for beer lately, this qualifies as good news: The September data for the National Beer Wholesalers Association's Beer Purchasers Index did not change significantly from August, as the BPI stayed in place below the (50) benchmark at 45 while the At-Risk Inventory
Keepers of the Quaich USA Gala to Feature Outlander Sam Heu
Keepers of the Quaich USA Chapter (KOTQUSA.org),
the American arm of the Blair Castle-headquartered Scotch whisky society, announced that Outlander star, philanthropist and founder of The Sassenach Scotch whisky, Sam Heughan, will be the keynote speaker for the Gala at a private members club in Manhattan on Oct.
Tilray Acquires 8 Brands from A-B
Tilray Brands said it completed its acquisition of eight craft brands from Anheuser-Busch announced earlier this summer. Terms weren't disclosed.
Tilray is a cannabis firm.
The transaction includes Shock Top, Breckenridge Brewery, Blue Point Brewing Company, 10 Barrel Brewing Company, Redhook Brewery, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Square Mile