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1 April

Waitrose adds first bag-in-box for Duchy Organic range - The Drinks Business

Waitrose is introducing an organic wine in a bag-in-box format to its Duchy Organic range.

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1 April

Tattersall Distilling Releases Voyageurs Five Grain Whiskey - Bevnet

Tattersall Distilling and Voyageurs Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner of Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park, have announced the release of Voyageurs Five Grain Whiskey. This limited edition collaboration whiskey was created to celebrate the preservation of Voyageurs National Park’s dark skies.

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1 April

Nisa launches Spring Wine Festival - The Drinks Business

Nisa is launching its latest Spring Wine Festival to help its stores capitalise on the lighter and warmer evenings as lockdown measures begin to relax.

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1 April

Los Magos Sotol Launches in the U.S., Bringing New Life to Indigenous Mexican Spirit - Bevnet

Mexican born spirits brand, Los Magos, has announced the U.S. launch of their award-winning Sotol, an indigenous Mexican spirit made from the wild harvested Sotol plant. Known as the hidden gem of the Chihuahuan desert, Sotol is the flavorful ingredient that has been enjoyed for centuries but has never been truly and properly brought to the masses, until now.

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1 April

Fremont Brewing releases Brew 5000 - New School Beer

Pre-sales begin April 1st for Fremont Brewing’s 2021 release of their now 6 years long running barrel-aged series of Brew 5000. Limited edition wax-dipped 22oz and magnum sized bottles of this English-style barleywine that aged a full 16 months in 10–15-year-old, single-use bourbon barrels will go on sale at the brewery April 3rd. Each year Fremont Brewing makes a new correspondingly named batch that commemorates another thousandth batch of beer, making this year the 5000th.

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