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		<title>Napa Smith to Launch in Sweden After Organic IPA Wins Monopoly Listing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exciting news today for Paddington Brands and Napa Smith Brewery!  Entering the Swedish market! Napa Smith to Launch in Sweden After Organic IPA Wins Monopoly Listing TOMP Beer, Wine &#38; Spirits appointed exclusive Swedish distributor for Paddington Brands portfolio. INDIANAPOLIS, IN, January 12, 2012 /PRNEWSWIRE/ &#8211; Paddington Brands and TOMP Beer, Wine &#38; Spirits announced today that ]]></description>
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		<title>WITS 2011 is fast approaching&#8230; here is the latest announcement on the exciting Trade Sales &amp; Marketing panels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope to see you there! Smoke Three-Tier Trade Sales &#38; Marketing Panels Announced At The Seventh Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium, July 12-13, 2011 June 24, 2011, Napa, CA – The Wine Industry Technology Symposium® WITS®, the premier event showcasing innovation and strategic use of information technology and services for the wine industry, has announced ]]></description>
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		<title>The Paddington Corp Announces Merger With Pelican Brands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pleased to share this announcement &#8211; Paddington Corp Merges with Pelican Brands forming Paddington Brands, LLC &#160; FOR RELEASE June 23, 2011 Media contact: Heather Carden 001-317-574-6408 &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; The Paddington Corp Announces Merger With Pelican Brands Indianapolis, IN USA – June 23, 2011 &#8211; The Paddington Corporation today announced the completion of ]]></description>
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		<title>Pelican Brands™ Portfolio ‘Sweeps the Board’ at WSWA</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/pelican-brands%e2%84%a2-portfolio-%e2%80%98sweeps-the-board%e2%80%99-at-wswa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 16:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very pleased to share a recap of our awards from the most recent WSWA wine and spirits tasting. WSWA Wine &#38; Spirits Tasting 2011, Sponsored By The Tasting Panel -With 18 medals- More Than Any Other Wine &#38; Spirits Supplier 3 Amigos Blanco Tequila wins “Best of Show Silver Tequila” and Gold Medal. Gemtree ]]></description>
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		<title>Pelican Brands Investment Group Acquires Napa Smith Brewery &amp; Winery</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/pelican-brands-investment-group-acquires-napa-smith-brewery-winery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE:  This deal has been a long time coming.  My team believes in this brand fully.  We are very excited to invest in Napa Smith, the Napa business community and build on our Napa based employment.  Napa Valley needs investment.  With unemployment hitting 10% in the valley, it is clear more business investment is needed.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Calatrasi And The Mineo Family Vineyards, Leading Italian Wine Producers, Announce A Long Term Strategic Partnership For The US Market with Pelican Brands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pelican Brands Will Import La Piazza And Allora Brands, Crafted By The Mineo Family In Collaboration With Calatrasi Carmel, IN, USA – November 10th, 2010 – Pelican Brands, Calatrasi, and the Mineo Family announced today the formation of a long-term strategic partnership for the U.S. market. The Mineo Family represents the alliance between Calatrasi, a ]]></description>
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		<title>Pelican Brands &amp; SOI Wines Announce a Long Term Strategic Sales &amp; Marketing  Agreement for the US Market</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/pelican-brands-soi-wines-announce-a-long-term-strategic-sales-marketing-agreement-for-the-us-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pelican Brands will Import and Drive the National Rollout of Barking Sheep Wines from Argentina, the first Brand to be Launched Under this Agreement Carmel, IN, USA – December 20, 2010 – Pelican Brands and Schwartz Olcott Imports, LLC (SOI Wines) jointly announced today the formation of a long term strategic agreement to launch Barking ]]></description>
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		<title>The Paddington Corporation Announces A Joint Venture with 3 Amigos Tequila To Market Their Award Winning, 100% Agave, Hand Crafted, 3 Amigos Family of Tequilas</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/the-paddington-corporation-announces-a-joint-venture-with-3-amigos-tequila-to-market-their-award-winning-100-agave-hand-crafted-3-amigos-family-of-tequilas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really pleased to share this announcement &#8211; a deal I&#8217;ve worked on for well over a year coming together.  Paddington Corp &#8211; one of my companies has partnered with 3 Amigos Tequila and appointed Pelican Brands as importer.  More on this soon.  It will be huge! Smoke FOR RELEASE Monday 4 October 2010 Media contact: ]]></description>
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		<title>Pelican Brands Acquires The Napa Smith Brewery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to share the following announcement.  Napa Smith beer is on fire in our march to a national roll-out.  We love this brand and believe it has a very strong future. FOR RELEASE Monday 20 September 2010 Media contact: Megan Hochstetler 001-317-574-6407 Pelican Brands Announces Acquisition Of Napa Smith Brewery Napa, CA &#38; Carmel, ]]></description>
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		<title>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&#8230;. more to come!</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/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-more-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[craft beer sales soar in 1st half of 2010 - outpacing all other beverage categories - Napa Smith, Flat 12, Pelican Brands]]></description>
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		<title>Exciting new brand &#8211; Elderflower Liquor &#8211; Pelican Brands and Chase Distillery partnership&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/exciting-new-brand-elderflower-liquor-pelican-brands-and-chase-distillery-partnership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very pleased to announce our partnership with William Chase and his distillery&#8230; 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&#8230; you won&#8217;t believe it! ]]></description>
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		<title>6th Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium July 13 &amp; 14 in Napa, CA</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/6th-annual-wine-industry-technology-symposium-july-13-14-in-napa-ca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 real take home value, I am ]]></description>
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		<title>Pelican &#8211; Altamar Brands Strategic Partnership, Anchor Brewery Acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 18:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;d like to say they read my post, and went ]]></description>
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		<title>Kane&#8217;s Beverage News Daily &#8211; On Pelican Brands and J. Smoke Wallin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting the Kane&#8217;s article from Fall 2009 tracking some of my activities and discussing the launch of Pelican Brands&#8230; 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 ]]></description>
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		<title>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</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;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 ]]></description>
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