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Taste Radio: Why Selling Her Company Was The Right – If Unpopular – Decision

Alix Peabody, the founder of pioneering canned wine brand Bev, chronicled the three years leading up the acquisition of her company by global wine and spirits company E & J Gallo, how she analyzed the timing and opportunity to sell, and the resulting – and surprising – fallout with confidants.

OPTIMIST Launches First Ready-to-Drink Offering with Cali Spritz

OPTIMIST, the Los Angeles-based beverage company known for its award-winning, non-alcoholic distilled botanical spirits, announces today the launch of its first ready-to-drink offering. Almost three years of research and development, sipping and serving OPTIMIST cocktails in some of the best bars and restaurants across the US, has resulted in an RTD collection of four alcohol-free riffs on their favorites, one for each flavor profile in their spirits range, starting with the Cali Spritz.