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2 February

Bill Davies of Schramsberg Fame Launches Two New Wine Brands – Billy D and Ramble  - Wine Industry Advisor 

Rooted in the traditions of early winemaking days in Napa, Bill Davies launches a new, compelling line of wines, drawing on his family history as part of the iconic Schramsberg Winery.

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2 February

Opici Wines & Spirits Expands the LaLuca Brand with New Prosecco Rosé DOC Offering  - Wine Industry Advisor 

Opici Wines and Spirits is proud to present LaLuca Prosecco Rosé DOC, the highly anticipated new sparkler.

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2 February

Stone Brewing Sells Distribution Rights in Northern California to Matagrano  - Brew Bound by Justin Kendall

Stone Brewing Company has sold its distribution rights in Santa Clara County to Matagrano, which will begin distribution of the San Diego-based craft brewery’s portfolio beginning March 1.

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2 February

Cooper King Distillery's gins are now carbon-negative  - Drinks Retailing News 

Cooper King Distillery has announced it now produces carbon-negative gins as part of its ongoing commitment to fighting climate change.

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2 February

White Claw Hard Seltzer brings mango variant to UK off-trade  - Drinks Retailing News by Sonya Hook 

White Claw, the leading hard seltzer brand in the US, is introducing a new variant into the UK this month.

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2 February

Pernod Ricard launches "most recyclable glass bottle yet" for Absolut  - Drinks Retailing News by Sonya Hook 

Pernod Ricard has launched “the most recyclable bottle yet” for its Absolut brand.

The new limited-edition bottle is made from 60% recycled glass, and it follows the announcement last month that the brand was rolling out its prototype paper bottles.

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2 February

Sunriver Brewing introduces new beers in 12oz cans and 2021 Beer Calendar  - New School Beer by Ezra Johnson-Greenough

Bend, Oregon’s multi award-winning Sunriver Brewing Co. are releasing their first new beers in 12oz cans in nearly four years. Three new beers will be part of a rotating series with the first coming out in late February called Clearview west coast IPA. Clearview was released in draft in January in all  three Sunriver Brewing Company pubs as well as select locations around the Pacific Northwest.

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2 February

Laurelwood Brewing gets in on Stout Month with Space Stout variants  - New School Beer by Ezra Johnson-Greenough

Portland, OR’s Laurelwood Brewing is getting in on the February Stout Month celebrations with their own lineup of four different adjunct heavy and pastry stout inspired variations of Space Stout. The award-winning Foreign-style Space Stout is a longtime favorite of the brewery which is making it’s return this month, the 7% ABV base beer has been split up into four small batches each with their own special ingredients added. Laurelwood Public House will be tapping one of these variants each week for the rest of February, with very small amount on draft and in 16oz cans.

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