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Craft Beer sales up 12% in 1st half of 2010! We are seeing massive growth at @napasmith as we roll it out across the US.... Napa Smith, Flat 12, Pelican Brands - more to come!

craft beer sales soar in 1st half of 2010 – outpacing all other beverage categories – Napa Smith, Flat 12, Pelican [...]

Exciting new brand - Elderflower Liquor - Pelican Brands and Chase Distillery partnership...

I’m very pleased to announce our partnership with William Chase and his distillery… as laid out below, William has created an exciting brand platform and everyone at Pelican Brands is very excited to bring these hand crafted brands into the US.  I look forward to tasting you on the Elderflower Liquor… you won’t believe it!

FOR [...]

Pelican - Altamar Brands Strategic Partnership, Anchor Brewery Acquisition

Well its been a busy couple of weeks since I posted my thoughts on the growth in Craft Brewing.  Since then, Tony Foglio and Keith Greggor of Griffin Group (Formerly Skyy and in the old days Diageo/UDV/Paddington) purchased the Anchor Brewery from Fritz Maytag.  Wow!  I’d like to say they read my post, and went [...]

Craft Beer Continues to Lead Beverage Alcohol Industry Growth

All the feedback on Craft Beer has turned incredibly positive.  Now that Pelican Brands is fully in the Craft Beer Segment with our outstanding beer, Napa Smith and legendary brewer Don Barkley, I thought I’d highlight some of the recent quantitative and qualitative information we are seeing in the market.  In just the past two [...]

The Margarita King Debuts Across the U.S. With Pelican Brands As the Exclusive Brand Manager For the Award Winning Margarita Cocktail In a Bottle

Today, Pelican Brands and The Margarita King announced their exclusive partnership across the US.  I am very excited by Pelican’s progress in attracting distinct brands with a real place with the consumer.  More to come!

Kind Regards,

Smoke

The Margarita King Debuts Across the U.S. With Pelican Brands As the Exclusive Brand Manager For the Award Winning [...]

Artá Holdings Appoints Pelican Brands As Exclusive U.S. Brand Manager For Its Award Winning Artisan Tequila Portfolio

Latest new brand for Pelican Brands – very exciting – more later, Smoke

FOR RELEASE April 7, 2010

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Megan Hochstetler

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Artá Holdings Appoints Pelican Brands As Exclusive U.S. Brand Manager For Its Award Winning Artisan Tequila Portfolio

Artá Hand Crafts Ultra Premium Tequila with a Conscience

Las Vegas, NV, San Francisco, CA & Carmel, [...]

Napa Smith Appoints Pelican Brands As Exclusive U.S. Brand Manager For Its Award Winning Craft Beer Portfolio And Its World Class Napa Wine Program

I’m pleased to share with you our latest announcement from my Pelican Brands company.  In 2009 the craft beer segment outpaced all others and grew on a volume basis over 5%.  We have been looking for the right premium craft brands to fit into our growing brand platform.  Napa Smith is the perfect fit!  More [...]

Remembering Ray Tye and Dustin Drapkin

I usually try to keep this focused on relevant issues I see in the industry that deserve being called out or discussed in some greater detail.  Those of you who have read my posts will know that once in a while I will reflect on something or in this case, someone, who has made a [...]

Commentary on the US Beer Market 2009 results and 2010 thoughts...

I’d thought I’d share some thoughts on the US beer market based on the 2009 results (starting to be published broadly) and my own insights calling on the distributors and retailers at Pelican Brands representing  Singha Beer.

First, the 2009 beer market was characterized by tough trading conditions overall, consumers trading down from a number of [...]

The Fall Season Shapes Up: Thoughts on online and offline Wine market...

My friend Liza has a nice piece in Winebusiness.com today on the Fall selling season.  Reports from Nielsen, Bill Cascio at Glazer’s, Wilford Wong at Beverages and more! all point toward improvement over last year, though value driving business.

Yesterday, another Wine 2.0 friend, John Corcoran’s blog “Think Wine Marketing” had a well [...]

Smoke Wallin, Wine 2.0 Chairman Interview with Carla De Luca on new film: ‘AMERICAS WINE: THE LEGACY OF PROHIBITION’

J. Smoke Wallin, Chairman of Wine 2.0, had the opportunity to interview filmmaker Carla De Luca Worfolk, Director, EP/Producer, and Writer of an amazing new wine film. Carla is an Emmy award-winning television and documentary producer. Her new DOCUMENTRY FILM ‘AMERICA’S WINE: THE LEGACY OF PROHIBITION’ is an amazing look at the history of the [...]

Boon Rawd Appoints Pelican Brands As Exclusive U.S. Brand Manager for Singha Beer

Singha Beer is The #1 Thai Beer Exported Around The World. Pelican Brands is Led by An Experienced Team from the Global Beverage Industry

BANGKOK, THAILAND, CARMEL, IN, October 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ — Boon Rawd Trading International announced today that it has appointed Pelican Brands as the exclusive brand manager for Singha Beer in the U.S. [...]

RED EYE® TEXAS STYLE BLOODY MARY MIX LAUNCHES TWO EXCITING NEW FLAVORS: “OUTLAW” and “FIRE”

Red Eye Outlaw is “Wild & Defiant”, while Red Eye Fire is “Red Hot & Sizzlin’”

Carmel, IN – October 2, 2008– Red Eye Texas Style Bloody Mary mixes announced today two incredible new Bloody Mary flavors available for distribution across the U.S.  Red Eye, a leading Bloody Mary brand in the Texas market, has an [...]

Red Eye Re-Launch

Link to the Press Release out today.

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/taliera-texas-brands-relaunches-red-eye-texas-style-bloody-mary-mix-across-the-us-67671.php 

RED EYE® TEXAS STYLE BLOODY MARY MIX LAUNCHES NEW PREMIUM LABEL ACROSS THE U.S.

Red Eye Ready For A Shoot-Out Anytime, Anywhere!
Carmel, IN – October 2, 2008– Red Eye Texas Style Bloody Mary announced today new premium packaging available for distribution across the U.S.  Red Eye is a leading Bloody Mary brand in the Texas market, with a growing presence in markets throughout the U.S. 

 The showdown has begun! [...]

TALIERA TEXAS BRANDS™ RE-LAUNCHES RED EYE® TEXAS STYLE BLOODY MARY MIX ACROSS THE U.S.

Carmel, IN – October 2, 2008– Taliera Texas Brands, LLC announced today that it has re-launched Red Eye Bloody Mary across the U.S.  Red Eye is a leading Bloody Mary brand in the Texas market with a growing presence in markets throughout the U.S.   
 “This re-launch of the Red Eye brand is our first step in [...]

Southern & Glazer’s Merge

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/southern-wine–spirits-america/story.aspx?guid=%7BD5FA53DA-BBC8-428A-941B-A3CB02EFBD0A%7D&dist=hppr 

It was only a matter of time, but the new combined company should do in excess of $11 billion annually.  The consolidation continues…