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 Kentucky based Number JUAN Tequila LLC. maker of award-winning craft tequila announces an expanded national partnership with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) to grow the company’s distribution.  Currently the Number JUAN agreement with RNDC includes the following markets: Texas, Florida, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Hawaii, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, DC, Louisiana and Georgia.

Family-owned O'Neill Vintners & Distillers announced the introduction of Saint Javelin Vodka, a new premium vodka that will go on sale in mid-August, to support Ukrainian relief efforts and help rebuild a country and people brought down by a horrific war. O'Neill will be donating all proceeds to Razom, an organization that is providing critical humanitarian war relief and recovery to the people of Ukraine. In addition, to kick start the campaign, O'Neill will donate $50,000 before the first bottle is sold.

The Kraken Rum, the world's top-selling dark rum brand, announced its entry into the ready-to-drink (RTD) category with the release of three new canned cocktails. With the US RTD market expected to continue to expand at a compound annual growth rate of more than 13% until 20301, Kraken is leaning into the category to offer consumers a convenient option to bring their rum cocktails wherever they explore this summer.

Building on robust consumer sales in Canada, Tumbler & Rocks is poised to expand U.S. sales with new wholesaler relationships and a digital marketing campaign leveraging sleek packaging in the red-hot RTDS cocktail category.

Ole Smoky Distillery, the most visited distillery in the world and #1 moonshine brand in the U.S. is celebrating National Moonshine Day by paying tribute to its moonshine roots today at its distilleries across Tennessee with live entertainment, tours, and tastings. In Nashville, Ole Smoky’s “Shine Fest” kicks off this afternoon at their 6th & Peabody distillery with live concert performances from Levi Hummon, Roman Alexander, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys and Cisco.

Holmes Cay Rum, the US-based, independent importer of exceptional limited edition and single cask rums, announced a new partnership with Evergreen Beverage Canada, a national wine, beer, and spirits distribution company based in Toronto, Ontario. An array of Holmes Cay limited editions will be available to start, including the following single cask expressions: Jamaica Wedderburn 2011, Guyana Uitvlugt 2003, Fiji 2004 17-Year, South Africa Mhoba 2017, and the San Francisco World Spirits gold-medal winner, Barbados 2012 Port Cask.

Spritz Society, the award-winning brand of premium sparkling cocktails founded by media influencers and entrepreneurs including Ben Soffer, Claudia Oshry, Jackie Oshry and Jake Lewin, is announcing the release of their highly-anticipated first new flavor since launching in August 2021 – Peach. The new flavor was a collaboration between Spritz Society and their loyal community, as customers were instrumental in choosing the new flavor. Peach will be available direct-to-consumer nationally starting June 2nd and will roll out into retail starting in early July.