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Louisiana Senate Passes Bills Aiding Craft Distillers

The Louisiana Senate passed and sent to the Governor bills allowing craft distillers to sell at farmers' markets and permitting smaller distillers to distribute directly to eligible retailers and restaurants in Louisiana. "This legislation is monumental for small craft distilleries like mine," said Meagen Moreland-Taliancich, Co-

KickStand Cocktails Available Nationwide

KickStand Cocktails today announced it will be available directly to consumers across the country through Speakeasy, a leading e-commerce and fulfillment solution for alcohol brands, in time to spice up summer. Through this partnership, KickStand Cocktails and its portfolio of vodka-based spicy canned cocktails will now be available

Pursuit Spirits Re-Releases Oak Collection Toasted Bourbon

The Oak Collection is an ongoing series of curated whiskey blends and barrel finishes that provide an exploration of taste and constant innovation. Now, the Collection is being expanded by Pursuit Spirits re-release of its Pursuit United Oak Collection Bourbon Finished with Toasted American and French Oak with Batch

What We're Reading --

Wine Intelligence’s Lulie Halstead on why wine businesses fail at marketing Marketing typically isn’t taken as seriously as it could or should be in many wine businesses. This is most likely a reflection of our sector’s top-of-mind priorities. Operationally, we in wine are deeply focused

Hazelfern Buys 51 Acres for a Vineyard

Hazelfern Cellars bought 51 acres in the Yamhill-Carlton District AVA, adding to its 5-acre estate and winery property in Chehalem Mountains AVA. The new vineyard is expected to be planted with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Gamay Noir, and some experimental white grapes.

Who & What --

Ram’s Gate Winery promotes Rachel Bordes to deputy winemaker. She had been enologist.

Dan Clarke, 78, Wine Writer, Publisher, Dies

Clarke began writing about wine, food and travel in 1984 when he founded Foothill Wine Press, which evolved into the California Wine Press, In 1993, he created California Wine and Food, a print magazine that later became an Internet publication. More recently he published Taste California Travel and Taste Washington