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Wine Industry Advisor published a piece on bribery in wine wholesaling, centered on Southern Glazer's.
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New York bodegas are joining grocery chains in pushing to sell wine and liquor in the state.
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McManis Family Vineyards, a 36-year-old California winery, is selling its main facility and 11 vineyards across San Joaquin and Sacramento counties for $22 million after Canadian provinces banned American booze in response to U.S. tariffs. Canada, mostly Ontario, once made up 40% of the company's export sales; the individual vineyards range in price from $800,000 to $14 million.
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Anheuser-Busch is investing $23 million in its Fort Collins brewery to boost Michelob ULTRA output and add 25-oz cans. The spend also funds a new manufacturing skills training center at the site.
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Stateside, maker of Surfside, and Anheuser-Busch have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit between Surfside and A-B's Skimmers hard tea, ending the legal fight between the two brands.
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Treasury Wine Estates has agreed to sell its Seppelt sparkling-wine business in Victoria, Australia to Aaron Drummond, CEO of Victoria's Stonier winery, for an undisclosed sum. The September 21 deal covers Seppelt's brands, its Great Western winery, cellar door and vineyards, plus the Drumborg vineyard, and follows Treasury's June plan to sell three other Australian vineyards.
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On-premise beverage-alcohol sales fell during the NFL season's first week despite high-scoring games, per on-premise insights firm BeerBoard. Anheuser-Busch led share gains over the period.
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U.S. rum volume fell from about 23 million cases in 2021 to 18.2 million last year, per Impact Databank, but marketers say the decline is driven by white rum, with aged rum down 6.1% over the past year versus 7% for unaged, according to Southern Glazer's. Aged and super-premium brands cited as outperforming include Planteray (180,000 cases), Diplomático (about 55,000), Bumbu (about 130,000), Zacapa (about 60,000), Santa Teresa (32,000), and Appleton Estate (245,000, up 30% in control states in the first half of 2026).
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Administrator AlixPartners reported that BrewDog Retail Limited, which ran the bar estate before Tilray Brands bought the business, has about £207m in unsecured creditor claims and no funds to pay them, after recovering substantially less than expected from the properties and facing rising administration costs. Even preferential creditors are set to receive nothing, including £489,000 in employee wage arrears and holiday pay and £2.4m owed to HMRC.
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Jefferies maintained a 'buy' rating on Diageo and forecast a 35% rise in its shares, tied to the turnaround of a US business that accounts for 40% of sales, in a market the brokerage expects to shrink 3% this year. Jefferies said the stock trades at a discount to peers and could re-rate as the recovery progresses; Diageo's first-quarter trading update is due November 5.
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Signorello Estate, the 50-year-old Napa winery rebuilt for more than $30 million after the 2017 wildfire, now carries $37 million in debt and faces foreclosure nine years later, per The Times of India. It would be California's first winery foreclosure since 1992; owner Ray Signorello's father founded the winery.
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Heineken's Star Pubs & Bars business is in talks to buy around 300 pubs from Stonegate's Platinum portfolio in a deal potentially worth £300m, The Sunday Times reported, though it noted no deal is guaranteed and other bidders remain interested. Star Pubs & Bars currently runs about 2,350 pubs across Britain, while Stonegate, which operates around 4,500 pubs, has been reviewing refinancing or sale options for its roughly 1,000 freehold Platinum sites.
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A Massachusetts federal judge trimmed a Boston University student's suit against the maker of Everclear, which she says caused a fireball at a fraternity party and left her with "life-altering burns" from the brand's 190-proof grain alcohol.
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The latest VinePair podcast looks at whether the hospitality industry is entering a new era of drinks specials and happy hours, pointing to recession indicators from inflation to consumer sentiment and the rise of all-you-can-eat restaurants.
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Tilray's Shock Top and Spirit Halloween have kicked off a multi-year partnership, with more to come from the collaboration, chief growth officer Prinz Pinakatt told Brewbound.
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South Australia's state government will put more than A$100m (US$71.3m) into a package it values at A$109m to help local winemakers battling oversupply and softer demand, aimed at transitioning producers, expanding market demand and drawing new regional investment. The pledge follows Wine Australia figures showing national export volumes fell 6% to 598 million litres in the year to June, a 22-year low and the first dip below 600 million litres since 2004.
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Jackson Family Wines has earned Regenerative Organic Certified status for its Napa Valley estate vineyards, roughly 663 acres in all. The winery says that makes it the largest ROC grower in Napa Valley.
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Campari Group has built its Negroni Week campaign around 'The Bitter Nine,' a group of nine creative figures led by actor Alan Cumming, riffing on a 1970s ad that claimed only nine in 10,000 people could appreciate Campari's bitterness. Partnering with organizer Imbibe, the brand is offering up to $15 cashback on Campari negroni purchases in select US markets and continuing support for the Slow Food-run Negroni Week Fund.
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Conflict in the Middle East has slowed aged-spirits sales in global travel retail by hitting passenger flows, though growth elsewhere, led by rising travel among affluent Indian consumers and airport investment, is partly offsetting the losses, per Drinks Intel. Executives cite premiumisation and localisation as key trends, with scotch and cognac facing inroads from other whisk(e)y origins, aged agave spirits and dark rum, and little sign of trading down despite economic pressure.
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Endeavour is partnering with AI and data analytics firm Quantium to aggregate and sell purchasing data from the 10.2 million members of the Dan Murphy's and BWS loyalty programs, giving suppliers paid access to shopper insights for the first time. Quantium, backed by Woolworths, will let brands use the data as they develop new products and plan supply.
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Wineries are partnering with cruise lines to reach captive audiences, from Cooper's Hawk chartering Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady for a wine club sailing (its February 2027 follow-up drew signups from more than 30 percent of the first cruise's members) to Princess Cruises running wine-pairing dinners with Caymus, Silverado, and Frescobaldi priced at $99 to $145. Four Feathers Wine Services makes a Columbia Valley brut that Holland America says is now the most-served adult beverage across its fleet, while Napa's Eleven Eleven Wines reported a 33 percent conversion rate among non-wine club passengers after a Mediterranean sailing.
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Allied Blenders and Distillers, one of India's leading spirits companies, has committed Rs 115 crore (£8.97 million) to build a new malt distillery as part of a push into premium spirits.
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Traditional wine sales remain under pressure, but The Drinks Business reports double-digit growth emerging across RTDs, alternative formats and occasion-led drinking. Kathleen Willcox reviews the data behind the shift.
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