Constellation Brands

US-based alcoholic drinks firm Constellation Brands has announced it has acquired a minority stake in Durham Distillery, a craft gin, vodka, liqueur and ready-to-drink canned cocktail producer located in Durham, NC, USA. The Durham Distillery product line includes Conniption Navy Strength Gin and Conniption American Dry Gin, Damn Fine Liqueurs (Chocolate, Mocha and Coffee), Cold Distilled Cucumber Vodka, and ready-to-drink canned cocktails (Conniption Gin & Tonic, Cucumber Vodka & Soda, …

Constellation Brands, the leading wine and spirits ompan company, has announced an agreement to sell its Black Velvet Canadian whisky brand to the distiller Heaven Hill for approximately $266 million. The firm said the sale formed part ot its “wine and spirits business transformation strategy”, including a focus on premium brands. The deal, which also includes a facility in Lethbridge, Canada and other brands associated with Black Velvet, is expected to be closed in the …

US-based alcoholic drinks firm Constellation Brands has announced it has acquired a minority stake in Montanya Distillers, a US rum firm, for an undisclosed sum. Montanya Distillers was originally founded in Silverton, CO in 2008 by Karen and Brice Hoskin and markets the Montanya Platino, Montanya Oro, Montanya Exclusiva, and Montanya Aniversaria range of rum. Montanya Distillers sells its rums in over 40 states and 7 countries around the world, …

Constellation Brands, the wine and spirits firm, has announced it has acquired a majority stake in Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery, a craft whiskey firm. Co-founded by brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson, Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery produces a variety of whiskeys under the Belle Meade Bourbon brand and is set to release a Tennessee whiskey later this year. Constellation Brands said it had initially acquired in minority stake in the whiskey …

Constellation Brands, the US wine and spirits firm, has announced it has taken a minority stake in Los Angeles-based mezcal firm El Silencio via its venture capital arm for an undisclosed sum. Available in the varieties Ensamble and Espadin, El Silencio is described as being made using “meticulously picked agaves” which are “roasted, crushed, and double distilled resulting in a full-bodied flavour”. The product is manufactured in Oaxaca, Mexico and …

US-based alcoholic drinks firm Constellation Brands has announced the acquisition of Four Corners Brewing, a Texan craft brewery founded in 2012, for an undisclosed sum. The craft beer brand will join California’s Ballast Point Brewing and Florida’s Funky Buddha Brewery within Constellation’s Craft and Speciality beer group. Four Corners flagship brands are Local Buzz Honey-Rye Golden Ale and El Chingon IPA. The firm is described as brewing “an entire portfolio …

Constellation Brands, the leading wine, beer and spirits firm, has announced that it is taking a majority stake in US-based craft distiller Copper & Kings. Based in Louisville, KY, Copper & Kings produces a  range of “untraditional, non-derivative” spirits including apple and grape brandies, absinthe, gin and liqueurs that are said to be non-chill filtered with no added colours, flavours or synthetic chemicals. In a statement, Constellation Brands said: “The collaboration …

Constellation Brands, the leading wine, beer and spirits firm, has announced the acquisition of Florida-based craft brewer Funky Buddha. Funky Buddha is described as the fastest growing craft brewery in Florida, with brands including Floridian Hefeweizen and Hop Gun IPA.  The firm’s 54,000 sq ft brewery has a capacity of 45,000 BBLs, and is said to be South Florida’s largest craft microbrewery by size and volume. Funky Buddha will join Constellation Brands’ Craft & …