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Exciting new brand – Elderflower Liquor – Pelican Brands and Chase Distillery partnership…

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:51:36 +0000

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!

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6th Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium July 13 & 14 in Napa, CA

J Smoke Wallin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:04:37 +0000

Abbey Klassen, Executive Editor, Ad Age

For those of you who have followed this blog over the years, you will know that it was launched in 2005 when we first created WITS. The 6th Wine Industry Technology Symposium promises to be our best ever. Besides an action packed agenda of break out sessions with [...]

Pelican – Altamar Brands Strategic Partnership, Anchor Brewery Acquisition

J Smoke Wallin — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:35:32 +0000

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

J Smoke Wallin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:26:19 +0000

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 [...]

Kane’s Beverage News Daily – On Pelican Brands and J. Smoke Wallin

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:32:23 +0000

I’m posting the Kane’s article from Fall 2009 tracking some of my activities and discussing the launch of Pelican Brands… now that we have begun adding a strong platform of brands, I thought it was relevant to share this as we articulated our strategy well here.

Kane’s Beverage News Daily

Volume 5, No. 184 The National Beverage [...]

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

J Smoke Wallin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:08:46 +0000

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

J Smoke Wallin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:12:56 +0000

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

FOR RELEASE April 7, 2010

Media contact:

Megan Hochstetler

001-317-574-6407

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

J Smoke Wallin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:15:20 +0000

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

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:40:16 +0000

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…

J Smoke Wallin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:27:12 +0000

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…

J Smoke Wallin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:28:48 +0000

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 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:03:55 +0000

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

J Smoke Wallin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:53:08 +0000

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”

J Smoke Wallin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:19:03 +0000

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

J Smoke Wallin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:59:40 +0000

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