Eastside Distilling Buys Azunia Tequila, Provides “Significant Growth Opportunity”

Dear Client:Oregon-based Eastside Distilling has acquired Azunia Tequila, making it the company's second national brand and first foray into the tequila category. The deal opens doors for Azunia as well as Eastside.WHY AZUNIA? In a corporate update call this morning, Eastside interim ceo Steve Shum explained the company was looking for several key elements in an acquisition: 1) highly attractive to shareholders; 2) real case volume and mass, though "not so much that it's on the radar screen of a