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March 16, 2007
2006 Impact Hot Brands Lists
Boasting a record-high 62 awardees in the spirits and wine categories, Impact’s 2006 Hot Brands are white hot. Incumbents, returnees and newcomers all abound, and their performances are all the more impressive considering they were able to thrive in the most intensely competitive environment the U.S. drinks market has ever seen. These 62 standouts, the most vibrant and dynamic brands in a market where change is the only constant, certainly earned their stripes in 2006.
The Spirits Category had 21 Winners:
Smirnoff (Diageo), Captain Morgan (Diageo), Jack Daniel’s (Brown-Forman), Crown Royal (Diageo), Jose Cuervo (Diageo), E&J (E&J Distillers), Jägermeister (Sidney Frank Importing), Grey Goose (Bacardi), Skyy (Skyy Spirits/Campari), Ketel One (Nolet Spirits USA), Patron (The Patron Spirits Co.), Svedka (Spirits Marque One), Seagram’s Vodka (Infinium Spirits), Burnett’s Vodka (Heaven Hill Distilleries), Maker’s Mark (Beam Global), Three Olives (White Rock Distilleries), Jose Cuervo Golden Margarita (Diageo), Jameson (Pernod Ricard), 1800 Tequilas (Skyy Spirits/Campari), UV (Phillips Distilling Co.) and Admiral Nelson (Luxco).
For Domestic Wine There Were 28, Honoree:
Peter Vella (E&J Gallo), Foxhorn (The Wine Group), Barefoot Cellars (E&J Gallo), Smoking Loon (Don Sebastiani & Sons), Crane Lake (Classic Wines of California, Bronco), Bogle (Bogle Vineyards), J. Lohr Estates (J. Lohr Winery), Sterling Vintner’s Collection (Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Co), Rodney Strong (Rodney Strong Vineyards, Klein), Fish Eye (The Wine Group), Rancho Zabaco (E&J Gallo), Mirassou (E&J Gallo), Black Box (Pacific Wine Partners/Constellation), La Crema (Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates), Pepperwood Grove (Don Sebastiani & Sons), La Terre (Centerra Wine Co/Constellation), Chateau St. Jean (Foster’s Wine Estates Americas), Concannon (The Wine Group), Tisdale (E&J Gallo), Simi (Icon Estates/Constellation), Salmon Creek (Classic Wines of California, Bronco), Castle Rock (Castle Rock Winery), Sebastiani (Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery), Menage a Trois (Trinchero Family Estates), Red Truck (585 Wine Partners), Edna Valley Vineyard (Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Co), Sonoma-Cutrer (Brown-Forman) and Big House (Bonny Doon Vineyard, The Wine Group).
Imported Wine Hot Brands Numbered 13 Hot Brands:
Yellow Tail (W.J. Deutsch & Sons), Lindemans (Foster’s Wine Estates Americas), Little Penguin (Foster’s Wine Estates Americas), Schmitt Soehne (H. Schmitt Soehne), Mezzacorona (Prestige Wine Imports), Verdi Spumante (Carriage House Imports), Santa Margherita (Terlato Wines International), Real Sangria (Shaw-Ross International Importers), Castello di Gabbiano (Foster’s Wine Estates Americas), McWilliams Hanwood Estate (E&J Gallo), Nobilo (Pacific Wine Partners/Constellation), Little Boomey (Trinchero Family Estates) and Wolf Blass (Foster’s Wine Estates Americas).
Source: “Ipact Names 2006 Hot Brands,” Paula Pou, Wine Spectator, March 16, 2007
Posted by fortna at March 16, 2007 10:03 AM
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