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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>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>
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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>
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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>Pelican &#8211; Altamar Brands Strategic Partnership, Anchor Brewery Acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 18:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Commentary on the US Beer Market 2009 results and 2010 thoughts&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d thought I&#8217;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 ]]></description>
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		<title>How are you going to sell that extra wine????  Spend the Week in NY, get involved in Wine 2.0 New York!</title>
		<link>http://drinktechnology.com/how-are-you-going-to-sell-that-extra-wine-spend-the-week-in-ny-get-involved-in-wine-20-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J Smoke Wallin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are on the fence or thinking about leaving your backyard to go sell some wine, Wine 2.0 NY is the perfect event to plan it around. You can&#8217;t sell all that extra juice sitting in wine country. Get out with consumers and have some fun and SELL SOME WINE! Here is my suggestion ]]></description>
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