`Master of scotch' on the go.
Byline: Barbara M. Houle COLUMN: TABLE HOPPIN' We get woozy just writing about all the events Brad Jarvis attends. Jarvis is known in the world of spirits as the "master of scotch" or sometimes "master of whiskey." Sunday, it's Whiskey A-Go-Go,...

SEC exempts GSMI's stock sale to employees from registration.
Byline: Ana Marie Macuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday said it has exempted Ginebra San Miguel Inc.'s (GSMI) proposed issuance of three million common shares from the registration requirements of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). The shares, according to the SEC, will be...

SIBLINGS BOTTLE CREATIVE SPIRIT.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE - Just about anyone can start a business, said Jeff Meyers, co-owner of a distillery and bottling operation in Cottage Grove. The tough part, he said, is staying in business. "You've got to learn how to love...

Diageo and The Nolet Group Form Company for Ketel One Vodka.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-11 June 2008-Diageo and The Nolet Group Form Company for Ketel One Vodka(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Diageo, a spirits, wine and beer company, and The Nolet Group, the family-owned distiller of Ketel One Vodka, announced they have completed a transaction to form a...

Smirnoff Rolls Out Music Series With Signature Reinterpretations of Classic Hits by Common, Q-Tip and KRS-One.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-19 February 2008-Smirnoff Rolls Out Music Series With Signature Reinterpretations of Classic Hits by Common, Q-Tip and KRS-One(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The makers of Smirnoff vodka are launching a new Smirnoff Signature Mix Series, a campaign pairing three rappers with contemporary beat maestros...

Constellation to Sell Canadian Facilities to Diageo.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-21 May 2008-Constellation to Sell Canadian Facilities to Diageo(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Constellation Brands, an international producer and marketer of beverage alcohol, announced it has reached an agreement in principle to sell its Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada, distillery and bottling facility to Diageo. ...

Deputies find meth lab in home, arrest resident.
Byline: The Register-Guard SUTHERLIN - Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Sutherlin man Friday night while seizing a methamphetamine lab at his home. Ron Jackson faces charges of possession of an improvised explosive device, manufacture of methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm....

The Green Fairy; Storied, once-banned absinthe catches on locally.
Byline: Mark Melady Since last November, the drink list at the Sole Proprietor restaurant in Worcester has included a libation called "The Green Fairy." If drinks could talk, what a tale the fairy would tell, providing she could remember the next morning. Absinthe, the often...

Alliance Global targets 184% growth in revenues.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Alliance Global Group, Inc., the investment holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, is targetting to register a 184 percent jump in consolidated revenues this year to P25 billion from the P8.8 billion it posted in 2006. In a disclosure to the...

Consortium mulls building ethanol plant for sweet sorghum.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA A consortium of investors including, Seaoil Philippines Inc., Absolut Distillery and a car company is evaluating a proposal of Alfa Laval India Ltd. for a 100,000-liter per day sweet sorghum ethanol plant with an aim to begin ethanol production in 2009. ...