Tech innovations touching the wine, spirits and beer industries.
Budweiser is in the NFT game now? Soft drink brands are crossing over into bev-alc? Data is driving consumer experiences in digital and in the bottle.
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AB Inbev is going crypto. Will this open up a world for beverage brands to build deeper relationships with their loyal consumers and let them own part of the brand?
Meanwhile soft drink brands are building partnerships to launch hard seltzers and trying to claim their piece of the seltzer pie. Can I say seltzer pie?
Coca-Cola’s Topo Chico Hard Seltzer has entered a buzzing – but also competitive – hard seltzer market. What has the company learned from its first months in the US and other markets? And with the brand representing Coca-Cola’s first global push into alcohol, can we expect more alcohol launches from the soft drinks giant to follow?
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Spirits revenue was up 52% in 2020. Our award total is over 30 awards, including NC Whiskey Distillery of the Year in 2020. Lonerider Spirits was born from Lonerider Brewing Company, one of the top 150 largest breweries in the U.S., and has the advantage of sharing that established branding.
