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28 June

2021 USA Beer Ratings Registration Ends June 30, 2021 - USA Beer Ratings

For breweries located anywhere in the world, the USA Beer Ratings competition represents the perfect opportunity to get in front of influential judges, tastemakers, and commercial buyers. An award from the USA Beer Ratings competition is a prestigious mark of approval that is highly valued by consumers when they are making the choice of which beer to buy.

Registration link: USA Beer Ratings

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28 June

2021 USA Spirits Ratings Registrations End on June 30, 2021 - USA Spirits Ratings

For domestic and international distilleries looking to gain wider recognition within the U.S. marketplace, the 2021 USA Spirits Rating event is a fantastic opportunity to get in front of the industry’s most influential tastemakers.

Registration link: USA Spirits Ratings

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28 June

Final Call to Enter Your Wines in 2021 USA Wine Ratings - USA Wine Ratings

For any wine brand to earn its place on a retailer's rack or a restaurant's wine list - and after that indispensably remain where - they should be attractive and customer-driven and not simply created in the general expectation it can find enough people willing to sell and buy it.   

Registration link: USA Wine Ratings

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28 June

Epic Brewing Releases Rocky Mountain Chai - Brewbound

Come home to a beer you’ve never had before. Rocky Mountain Chai boasts uplifting spiced flavor with a cream ale finish that’s softer than a lullaby. This brew is the ideal sidekick for your next adventure down a country road or when you finally find yourself leaving on a jet plane again.

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28 June

Accolade Wines adds Lambrini to its portfolio - Drinks Retailing News

Accolade Wines has acquired leading perry brand, Lambrini.

Created almost three decades ago, Lambrini is the number one brand of perry, or pear cider, in the UK. The brand will join Accolade Wines’ diverse portfolio of brands, including popular wine labels Hardys, Echo Falls, Jam Shed, St Hallett, Grant Burge, and House of Arras.

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28 June

Smirnoff teams up with Fever-Tree for Spritz-Up campaign - Drinks Retailing News

Vodka brand Smirnoff No.21 is collaborating with leading mixer, Fever-Tree, to champion Spritz serves this summer. The two-million-pound integrated “Spritz Up” campaign is live now until August and will hero the vodka Spritz serve across On and Off Trade. The activity will see out-of-home, digital, social, sampling as well as in-venue/ store activations across the UK.

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28 June

Jim Beam Launches Jim Beam Orange - Bevnet

Jim Beam has officially announced its newest product available in the bourbon aisle this summer: Jim Beam Orange. Jim Beam Orange combines a juicy, bright orange flavor with Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey to give a light and bright twist to simple summer cocktails such as a Jim Beam Orange Highball.

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