The 115th United States Congress has passed the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which reduces the federal excise tax for breweries, wineries and distilled spirits producers. Under the bill, the federal excise tax ...
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UPM Raflatac is launching a new visual sample book to showcase its premium label materials for wine, spirits, and craft beverages. Designed in collaboration with a team from SGA Corporate & Packaging Design led by chief designer Giacomo ...
Petainer, a container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages, has been selected by Canadian coffee firm Berendo as packaging partner to support the launch of the latter’s B2B wet coffee business. Berendo ...
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, has opened a new Napa office to better service its Ardagh Direct customers. In January, Ardagh Group launched its Ardagh Direct program to provide wineries of all ...
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Delicato Family Vineyards (Delicato) has introduced Earth Wise Vineyards Red Wine Blend, its first three-liter bag-in-box wine made with organically grown grapes from Spain. Earth Wise Vineyards Red Wine Blend is certified organic by the ...
Delicato Family Vineyards has introduced new Bota Box Dry Rosé, in reponse to the upward sales trends of Rosé and the continuing growth of Bota Box in the industry's fastest growing segment "The typical Bota consumer drinks ...
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Lila Wines, one of the leading premium canned wine brands in the US, has announced new bubbly addition called Lila Sparkling. Just in time for summer, the newest varietal in the Lila Wines portfolio offers a fun and convenient way to ...
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Where Food Comes From (WFCF) has acquired a 60% stake in California based SureHarvest for nearly $2.8m in a cash-cum-stock deal. Based in Colorado, WFCF is a North American food verification company whose controlling stake in an agri-food ...
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UK-based sustainable packaging provider Petainer has introduced new rental agreements to enable its customers to access its petainerKeg blowing and filling lines. Manufactured from highly engineered advanced polymers, the petainerKeg is a ...
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Constellation Brands has agreed to sell its Canadian wine business to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for about C$1.03bn ($786m). The sale includes Jackson-Triggs and Inniskillin wine brands and wineries, as well as Wine Rack retail ...
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Visit iSys Label in booth #6413 at the upcoming LabelExpo Americas tradeshow in Chicago, IL. for demonstrations of new and innovative label solutions for on demand printing. During the four day event, iSys Label will officially introduce ...
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The Netherlands-based Lightweight Containers is opening a new production plant in Grossbreitenbach, Germany. The fully automated production line has a capacity of 400 KeyKeg® Slimlines per hour and will be operational in the third ...
Kuvée has unveiled the world's first smart wine bottle designed to keep wine fresh for 30 days. Beginning today, Kuvée is available for pre-order via kuvee.com or Indiegogo, for a limited-time offer of $179. Pre-order ...
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Petainer, a provider of high performance and sustainable packaging, has expanded its distribution footprint in the US with a new partnership with ProStar Distributing. ProStar will exclusively sell petainerKeg products, targeting ...
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Tapp Label announced the opening of its sixth North American location and its first greenfield site, featuring state-of-the-art equipment including the latest HP Indigo digital press. Tapp Label is excited to provide a fully staffed ...
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