The latest item up for auction, a weekend at the Jonata winery in Napa, was sold for $18,000. Its buyers, Dave and Cheryl Copham, had used the winery for their vintner dinner Friday night. “I wasn’t going to let that go,” Dave Copham said. Cheryl
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CALGARY, ALBERTA — 02/20/09 — Big Rock Brewery Income Trust (TSX: BR.UN) (the “Trust”) is pleased to announce that a distribution of $0.09 per trust unit will be paid on March 16, 2009 to unitholders of record on February 28, 2009. The trust units

Kirin Buys Stake in San Miguel Brewery to Boost Sales Abroad - Bloomberg
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Kirin Holdings Co. , Japan s biggest beverage maker, will take a 43.25 percent stake in San Miguel Corp. s Philippine beer unit as it seeks to counter slowing sales at home. Kirin will pay 58.9 billion pesos ($1.22 billion

Molson Reaches Agreement With Union to Transform Layoffs Into Nearly - StreetInsider.com
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Feb. 26, 2009) - Molson is pleased to announce that it is reclassifying nearly 100 temporary positions at its Montreal brewery into regular positions. This move mitigates the impact of a workforce reduction of 120

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A House committee Wednesday killed a proposal to increase the tax on beer and wine, which would have raised $14 million for substance abuse treatment and another $5 million for Idaho’s general fund. The 13-5 vote in the House