Drake’s facilities can produce up to 20 million 2-ounce packets per month
May 6, 2020
Drake’s Organic Spirits announced plans to donate up to 1 million ounces of hand sanitizer to medical facilities, law enforcement personnel, EMTs and other first responders who answer emergency calls and place themselves in harm’s way.
Siete Bucks Spirits, led by founder Dwayne Johnson, co-founder Dany Garcia, and co-founders Jenna Fagnan and Ken Austin launched Teremana Tequila in March 2020.
With guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and exemptions and authorizations granted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), many spirits-makers are helping to manufacture ethanol-based hand sanitizer.
Baltimore Spirits Co. (BSC) has released its annual Asimina Pumila Pechuga spirit, a specialty liquor described by the distillery as “a reverent nod to Mexican Pechugas and a love letter to Maryland terroir.”
Bently Heritage Estate Distillery released a limited-edition variant of their Juniper Grove Gin, Alpine Gin, which is made from pinion cones foraged from nearby the distillery.
Coral Cay Distilling announces the launch of Tommy Bahama Spirits, coming spring 2020. The portfolio's island-inspired spirits will feature seven varieties of spirits, including a cask program.
In the first-ever release from the Fratelli Branca distillery, Milan, Italy, Branca USA, a New York-based import company, introduces Stravecchio Branca Italian Brandy to the United States.
Crafted using volcanic spring water from an inactive volcano near the city of Tequila, Mexico, Vida de Louie’s Tequila Blanco is distilled from agave that has been cooked for 32-36 hours in brick ovens and stainless-steel autoclaves.
For the fifth straight year, cognac exports continued to grow in 2018-2019, reaching their highest levels ever in both volume and value, the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) reports.