Legal cannabis is big business in America, with the top 15 states at $18 billion in sales in the year-to-date through September 2024. Leading markets include pioneers of legal cannabis like California ...

While American brandy has faced declines in recent years, it remains a nearly 7-million-case category in the U.S., led by big labels like E.&J. (Gallo) at 2.8 million cases, Paul Masson (Sazerac) at 2 ...

Treasury Wine Estates has made another move in the luxury California wine category, agreeing to acquire Paso Robles-based Daou Vineyards for up to $1 billion. The deal includes an initial payout of ...

•Santo Tequila, the brand from partners Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar, is introducing a new national ad campaign called “A Reputation Earned.” Continue reading → ...

•Domaine Clarence Dillon, owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau Haut-Brion, La Mission Haut-Brion and Quintus, has opened a new restaurant and wine shop in Paris’s Golden Triangle. Continue reading → ...

•Hirsch The Single Barrel Double Oak, Santa Fe Spirits Colkegan Unsmoked, and new bottlings from Laws and Starward are among the offerings featured in Whisky Advocate’s latest weekly roundup. Continue ...

•Nevada took a major step toward the advent of social cannabis spaces in recent days when the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) approved the first three business licenses for them. Continue ...

Miami-based importer and marketer Shaw-Ross International is extending its lineup with a new deal to handle the Santo Spirits range from Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar. Continue reading → ...

•Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond, Woodford Batch Proof, and newcomers from Still Austin, Penelope, Hidden Barn, Chattanooga, and Good Deeds are among the offerings featured in Whisky Advocate’s latest ...

•Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery, part of the MGP-owned Luxco portfolio, is debuting the second release in its Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection: Yellowstone Rum Cask Finish. Continue ...

Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview, Pete Carr, regional president of Bacardi North America, spoke with Marvin R. Shanken, chairman of M. Shanken Communications, about his company’s new ...

•Gallo has added wine-based RTD Spritz Society to its distribution portfolio. Continue reading → ...