April
A plethora of wine and spirits trade organisations reacted to President Donald Trump’s most recent tariff announcement with deep concern.
Eric Vallat, the head of Rémy Cointreau for the last five years, resigned as the group’s CEO.
Constellation Brands lined up the sale of a raft of wine brands to California-based The Wine Group.
Gavin Hattersley, the head of Molson Coors Beverage Co, announced his intention to retire.
Pernod Ricard’s sale of virtually all of its wine operations to the owner of Accolade Wines completed in April, leading to the creation of a global wine company, Vinarchy.
May
Moët Hennessy commenced the process of consolidating its employee headcount, according to reports, with around 1,200 jobs on the line.
The recently-combined wine assets of Accolade Wines and Pernod Ricard became the subject of a consolidatory review by new owner Vinarchy.
Agreement was reached between India and the UK that will see the rate of tariffs on spirits exports from the latter to the former halved.
The head of Treasury Wine Estates lined up his departure later this year after five years at the helm.
Brown-Forman confirmed a significant change to its distribution in the US, following the completion of a ‘Request for Proposal’ in 13 markets.
June
Republic National Distributing Co announced plans to shutter operations in California following a brace of sizable distribution moves in the US state.
Pernod Ricard confirmed the commencement of an “internal project” that Global Drinks Intel understood at the time centred around bringing back-office operations together into two silos.
The US Government was reportedly planning to update the recommended daily alcohol consumption limits in its revised dietary guidelines.
reasury Wine Estates unveiled Treasury Collective, a new reporting unit containing the group’s lower-priced wine brands.
Campari Group started to deliver on its pledge to offload brands deemed to be “non-core” with the Cinzano and Frattina marks heading to Caffo Group 1915.
