BevBlog

VOTE NOW — Best of BevNET 2006 Readers’ Choice

It’s that time of year again. From AriZona to Xcyto, we’re sifting through every last one of the hundreds of new products that we received this year in our quest to select BevNET’s “Best of 2006.”

That being said, we need your help. We want to hear your comments (post them below) about this year’s biggest hits, flops, and news. PLUS, we want you to vote for BevNET’s Readers’ Choice Award (using the link below). While we’ve seeded the list with products that had high levels of clicks or views this year, you are free to nominate your own; with enough support, we’ll add it to the list.

What happens next? Well, as the year finishes up, we’ll be counting the votes. We’re going to announce the Best of BevNET 2006 on January 10, 2007. Until then, feel free to come back to this page and view and respond to reader comments below.

PS – If your company launched a new brand, product, or line extension in 2006, please send us a note and some samples to refresh our memory (and palate). Send them to: Best of BevNET 2006, c/o BevNET.com, Inc., 1 Mifflin Place, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138. Please have them arrive by December 15th at latest.

VOTE NOW — Best of BevNET 2006 Readers’ Choice

Amidst newly unearthed allegations about LeNature’s — including a report that they forged Kosher certification on their products TWICE (note to Greg Podlucky and co. — we don’t care if you are saved, you don’t mess with the Rebbes) comes this shockingly weird flame war between a very, very dissatisfied customer and someone who may or may not have been a LeNature’s executive:

Don’t Mess with the MIT Kid

LeNature’s is currently trying to keep running, but it’s closed its plant in Phoenix and the vultures are circling. Of course, to read Jay Silver, you’d think the vultures had done something else entirely.