Bacardi International Ltd is shifting to a U.S. pricing model as it looks to refinance an existing $1 billion revolver, allowing the company to pay lower initial interest rates, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays and BNP...

Initial objections to the “At Rest” bill when it was proposed last year have now turned to outrage after it emerged that Empire Merchants, one of the few distributors large enough to benefit from this proposal, has donated more than half a million dollars over the...

    Constellation Brands Inc.'s quarterly profit shrank 21% as the wine and spirits maker's sharply higher tax rate and increased expenses offset its stronger revenue. Constellation has become a bigger player in Anheuser-Busch InBev NV's $20.1 billion bid to...

Wine companies largely are caught between escalating costs of production and mixed perceptions of how much of the rising costs the market for finished wine will bear. Those are among the topics five of the Bay Area’s innovative wine entrepreneurs are set to tackle at...

Italian wine producers are increasingly looking to international markets to escape their own crippled domestic economy.   Producer after producer at this week's ViniItaly wine fair in Verona confirmed their commitment to develop or reinforce existing...

After limping out of the gate, a bill that’s a priority for the St. Augustine Distillery is flying through the committee process. The bill would allow Florida distilleries to sell their products — things like vodka and rum — to customers, who would have to leave the...