Cannabis Briefs for July 1, 2025 July 1, 2025 •Last week, the House Appropriations Committee passed Republican-led agricultural legislation that could devastate the U.S.’s hemp-derived THC and CBD ...

Constellation Brands saw overall sales decline 4% organically to $2.5 billion in its fiscal first quarter ended in May, weighed down by slowing beer sales and large divestitures on the wine and ...

In case you missed Friday’s news alert, San Francisco-based artisanal spirits player Hotaling & Co. has appointed Aaron Webb as president and CEO, succeeding Dan Leese. Webb was most recently CEO of ...

Also on Friday, we reported that William Grant & Sons has appointed beer distribution giant Reyes Beverage Group as its wholesale partner in the California market, following RNDC’s planned exit from ...

Diageo has extended Casamigos into the RTD space with a new line of canned Margaritas. The new cocktails are all at 10% abv and 135 calories per 200-ml. can and come in Passionfruit & Prickly Pear, ...

A pioneer of the U.S. craft spirits category, San Francisco-based Anchor Distilling reached a volume of 230,000 cases last year, largely on the strength of its whisk(e)y range. The company’s lineup ...

Casa Cuervo is bolstering its position in the whisky category with a deal to acquire the Pendleton whisky brands from Oregon-based Hood River Distillers in a deal worth $205 million. Continue reading ...

Pabst Brewing Co. continues to build its portfolio, striking a partnership to distribute the brands of Vermont Hard Cider (VHC) in the U.S., effective next March. Continue reading → ...

Craft Brewing and Distilling News for September 23, 2019 •Sagamore Spirit has launched a Cognac-finished whiskey, the latest limited release from the Baltimore, Maryland-based whiskey company.

Consolidation is nothing new for the wine industry, but the pace of change has accelerated in recent years as interest rates have risen, costs of labor and supplies have jumped, and demand for wine ...