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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 [...]

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 [...]

Is anyone serious in Washington?

Alas, given the current state of the US Budget and the latest one submitted by the Obama [...]

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 [...]

I was saddened to hear Fred Joseph passed away

I met Fred through my high school friend Scott Isherwood who worked with Fred for many years. Scott graduated 2 years earlier than me from Bayshore High School in Bradenton, FL and went on to Dartmouth. I followed to the north to Cornell two years later. We stayed in touch over the [...]

New York Wine industry booming

I just saw this report which points out what many of us have known for some time, that NY has a thriving wine industry. I thought it worth highlighting as we have a handful of NY based wine companies (some producers, some importers) joining our many other fantastic wines from CA and around the world [...]

Wine 2.0 Announces New York Premiere Of Documentary Film ‘America’s Wine: The Legacy Of Prohibition’ At Wine 2.0 New York Nov 18

New Film Takes Unprecedented Historic View of America’s Wine Industry – ‘America’s Wine: The Legacy of Prohibition’ Includes Interviews Which Chronicle The Rebuilding Of The Wine Industry And The Emergence Of A New American Wine Culture.

NEW YORK, NY, November 06, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ — Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and events in the wine [...]

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. [...]

WINE 2.0 ANNOUNCES ROBERT OATLEY VINEYARDS SIGNS ON AS CORNERSTONE SPONSOR FOR 2009 MULTI-CITY EVENTS SCHEDULE

New Brand Founded By Australian Wine Legend Bob Oatley, Founder Of Rosemont Estates, Will Jumpstart Marketing Push With Participation In Over 15 Events Around The US For 2009

San Francisco, CA (NEWSWIRE), February 10, 2009, Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and events in the wine industry, today [...]

WINE 2.0™ ANNOUNCES WINE 2.0 EXPO SAN FRANCISCO PRESENTED BY CRUSHPAD, APRIL 2ND, 2009

Event Features Cutting Edge Wine Industry Start-ups And Wineries From Around The World, Plus Over 1,000 Wine And Tech Lovers In One Exciting Event Timed To Coincide Again With O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0™ Expo

 

San Francisco, CA (NEWSWIRE), February 19, 2009, Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and [...]

ZAP (ZINFANDEL ADVOCATES & PRODUCERS) & WINE 2.0 ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION WITH TWO EVENTS AT ZAP FESTIVAL IN JANUARY “WINERY BEST PRACTICES” SESSION ON 1/30 AND “BLOGGERS’ LOUNGE” ON 1/31

                                             

San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2009, Wine 2.0, the innovator in social networking and events in the wine industry (www.winetwo.com) and ZAP, Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (an organization [...]

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 [...]

Wine 2.0 Announces Launch OF 2008 Wine 2.0 Business Plan Competition with Vator.tv

 

2007 Winner Crushpad Received $9 Million Investment, Credited Wine 2.0 Business Plan Competition With Providing Added Exposure 

To Investment Community. This Year’s Competition Expects To Partner With Investment Group To Sponsor 2008 Competition With $250K Seed Round Funding To Winning Company. 

 

  SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 03, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ — Wine 2.0, the innovator in social [...]

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 [...]