With 86% growth to 16.4 million cases, according to Impact Databank, Spirit of Gallo’s spirits-based RTD High Noon Sun Sips vaulted into first place among all spirits brands in the U.S. last year.

One of the largest winemakers in the U.S. is set to change hands. Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, a driving force behind the development of the Washington wine category over the past few decades, is being ...

Japan’s Suntory Holdings saw its global beverage alcohol business slip 2.4% in sales terms to approximately $3.3 billion excluding liquor taxes in the first half of the year, as growth in its domestic ...

After posting full-year results yesterday, Pernod Ricard this morning announced the formation of new selling divisions in the U.S. as part of a shift in its route-to-market strategy, with changes ...

Industry veteran Dan Leese, who has led San Francisco-based importer, distiller, and marketer Hotaling & Co. over the past five years, is set to step down as CEO at the end of June. Hotaling said its ...

Wine industry veteran Rick Tigner grew up in Modesto, California, and in the early part of his career worked for Modesto-based E.&J. Gallo. In 1991, he joined Jess Jackson at Jackson Family Wines, ...

2024 was a bounceback year for the French table wine market in the U.S., as pricing stability returned after post-pandemic hyperinflation, offering drinkers a more attractive price-value equation.

•Johnson Brothers, the fourth-largest wine and spirits distributor in the U.S. with estimated revenues of $3.3 billion, according to Shanken’s Impact Newsletter, has appointed Diageo veteran Jack ...

Snoop Dogg-backed Iconic Tonics has launched Klaus, a new line of THC drinks made in partnership with mixologist and author Warren Bobrow. The brand offers three 10mg THC infused offerings in 4-packs ...

William Grant & Sons has announced two key leadership changes for the U.S., naming James Casey as the company’s new U.S. president and managing director, and Vérane de Marffy as CMO for the U.S.

After a 0.9% decrease in 2024, spirits volumes fell a further 1.4% in control states during the first eight months of this year, according to NABCA. The decline has moderated somewhat as the month of ...

Earlier this year, a total of 12 Tequila labels earned Impact “Hot Brand” honors based on their 2022 performances. With the category continuing to climb—especially at the premium end—nearly all the ...