# $1 BILLION DOLLARS! | Barrow's Intense

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- Published at: 2017-07-05 17:49:20 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-14 19:18:44 UTC

## Author
Josh Morton

## Subject
Barrow's Intense

## Content
Have you seen the latest spirit acquisition done by Diageo? They are buying George Clooney’s Casamigos tequila, valued at an impressive $1 billion. Did you also know there have been many other deals recently? Here are some of them: The Beach Whiskey Company, a national spirits company, took on American Harvest Vodka, which is an American-made organic vodka.Constellation Brands Inc. has acquired craft whiskey maker, High West Distillery, for $160 million.Pernod Ricard purchased a majority stake in West Virginia craft whiskey distillery, Smooth Ambler. (undisclosed sum)Pernod Ricard also took a majority stake in the number one mezcal brand in the US, Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal. (undisclosed sum)Rémy Cointreau acquired Seattle-based Westland Distillery. (undisclosed sum)Bacardi bought out Louisville-based Angel’s Envy whiskey. (undisclosed sum)Super premium Bulldog Gin was sold to Gruppo Campari for approximately $58 million cash. We also wanted to share some press we with fellow WeFunders, Avuá Cachaça (https://wefunder.com/avuacachaca) in a trade publication before the biggest industry event of the year Tales of the Cocktail. https://talesofthecocktail.com/in-depth/how-up-and-coming-spirits-brands-use-crowdfunding-get-off-ground Who knows Avuá is trying to do for Cachaça what Patron did for Tequila, so maybe they could be the next Billion dollar brand?