**Breaking** Constellation to Relinquish Tsingtao

Dear Client: "It was a gut-wrenching decision," Constellation Beers chief Bill Hackett told BBD just now. "But after much heartache and thought, we have decided to relinquish our rights to the Tsingtao brand, starting at the end of June." No word yet on where the brand will end up. Bill said it was a hard decision because he was there when Barton obtained the brand back in 1987, and Tsingtao was the first brand to go nationwide with them. Today