[BND]Kane's Beverage News Daily

Good Morning and Happy Friday, June 5, 2026

Study: Light Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death from Cancer than Abstainers; Heavy Drinkers, More

Someone who has less than three drinks a week is less likely to die from cancer than someone who abstains, a just-released study by researchers with Weill Cornell Medicine and funded by the National Institutes of Health finds.

Treasury Wine May Sell Beringer, Sterling Vineyards, Etude Winery

Want to be the proprietor of the oldest continuously operating vineyard in Napa Valley? You might have that chance. Financially troubled Treasury Wine Estates yesterday laid out its plans for turning around its business. It plans to cut the number of wines it owns to 30 from 76, and to prioritize its investment in just 10 brands

Calif. Vintners Call for U.S., Canada to Resolve Trade Dispute

Restoring access to the Canadian market was the central focus of three days of meetings with federal lawmakers, administration officials and Canadian provincial representatives for a delegation of  senior winery owners, winemakers and executives from 14 California wineries during. Wine Institute’s 41st annual Washington Meeting.

The Best Reason for Ingredient Labels on Every Bottle of Alcohol

Why should you put ingredient labels on your product? Because an awful lot of people. spurred by antialcohol zealots, think you load your product with added sugars. So tell the truth:

Winemakers Jointly Buy Building at Vintner's Village

Coyote Canyon and Martinez & Martinez winery tenants of The Winemaker's Loft, a 20-year-old building at Vintners Village in Prosser, Wash., have joined with Desert Moon Winery, which moved into the building last year, to buy it.

Morgenstern Promoted to Publisher of Wine Spectator

M. Shanken Communications, Inc. has promoted Miriam Morgenstern to Publisher of Wine Spectator. 

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