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Joel Whitaker

[BND] Your Breakfast Briefing

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Tilray Brands Buys Brew Dog in $44.23 M Deal Tilray Brands said it completed the acquisition of certain highly strategic assets of BrewDog’s global platform, including the global brand and related intellectual property, Wine Sales Rose 3% in 2025, But

Wine Sales Rose 3% in 2025, But Volume Fell 3.4%

The total value of the U.S. wine market rose by more than 3% to $114 billion in the 12 months through January. but total market volume headed in the opposite direction declining 3.4% to 374 million cases. That's the estimate from market research firm bw166. Domestic

Amaterra Winery Names Morgan White as Head Winemaker

Amaterra Winery, the Portland, Ore., winery and restaurant rooted in a “For the Love of the Earth” philosophy, promoted Morgan White to Head Winemaker. White, who previously served as Assistant Winemaker and Production Manager, will now lead winemaking operations at Amaterra’s state-of-the-art, gravity-flow facility.

Jackson Family to Close Carneros Hill Winery

Thirteen employees will lost their jobs at the Sonoma production facility, Jackson Family Wines told California in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice. The site “served as overflow production capacity and was not tied to any specific brand” and had “become underutilized,” prompting consolidation, Jackson Family Wines communications director Sean

Jackson Family Wines Buys Oregon's Big Salt Wine Brand

Jackson Family Wines purchased Big Salt, an Oregon wine brand. Terms weren't disclosed. Big Salt specializes in dry white wine blends featuring aromatic grape varieties such as riesling, gewürztraminer and muscat. The wines are said to be highly coveted for their energetic acidity, minimal intervention during winemaking and

Tilray Brands Buys Brew Dog in $44.23 M Deal

Tilray Brands said it completed the acquisition of certain highly strategic assets of BrewDog’s global platform, including the global brand and related intellectual property, the UK brewing operations and eleven strategic brewpubs in the United Kingdom and Ireland, for a total consideration of £33 million. Tilray, which also produces

Bev/Al Stocks Down, But It's Earnings, Fundamentals, to Blame -- Not Trump's War

Of the 10 largest U.S. alcoholic beverage stocks, only MGP Ingredient rose Monday. The rest fell, largely, analysts said, because of company and industry-specific factors, especially Diageo's report last Wednesday in which the company reported net sales fell 4% to $10.46 billion. Profit, meanwhile, rose