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When bourbon and M&A collide (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Having just returned Monday from a trip to my home state of Kentucky, which included a tour of the Maker's Mark Distillery, it seemed only natural to comment on a bourbon deal that closed this week. Sazerac Co., parent of Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Ky., has purchased the Old...

Posted on June 24, 2009 11:16 AM

Acquired tastes: A wine dealmaker talks strategy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

When Constellation Brands Inc. put up a handful of U.S. wine assets this past spring, a new private equity-backed buyer stepped forward to scoop them up. Enter Ascentia Wine Estates LLC, based in Healdsburg, Calif., which agreed to pay $209 million in cash and up to an additional $25...

Posted on September 16, 2008 2:16 PM

Grape Expectations (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Paul Hetterich, executive vice president for business development and corporate strategy at the world's largest winemaker by volume, is a busy man. Among other things Hetterich (pictured) oversees mergers, acquisitions and divestiture initiatives at Fairport, N.Y.-based Constellation Brands Inc., whose 300-strong portfolio includes Robert Mondavi wines, Corona beer and...

Posted on September 11, 2008 9:24 AM

Foster's: No more wine, thanks (from Corporate Dealmaker)

More wine is the last thing Foster's Group Ltd. needs. So no wonder Foster's chairman David Crawford told Reuters that the company has not considered acquiring anything from larger rival Constellation Brands Inc., which recently put some of its Australian wine brands up for sale and has also been shedding U.S. wine brands.

Posted on August 26, 2008 3:26 PM

In vino veritas - and a varied career (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Paul Hetterich, executive vice president for business development and corporate strategy at Constellation Brands Inc., has played many different corporate roles in his career. The one constant has been wine. After graduating with a degree in business administration from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., Hetterich landed a job...

Posted on January 12, 2008 1:26 PM

A job like no other (from Corporate Dealmaker)

By nearly any measure - qualifications needed, compensation issues, likely career path - a job in corporate development is different from other corporate gigs. There are good reasons for that.

Posted on October 15, 2007 8:00 PM