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Heineken Taps Soft Drink Exec for Top Slot

Heineken nominated Rafael (Rafa) Oliveira as the company’s new Chair of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer. The Supervisory Board will nominate Rafa to be appointed for a period of four years, effective 1 October 2026, at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Aug.

Why Wine Institute Opposed American Wine Bill

A California bill that would have required wines labeled “American” and sold, made or marketed in California to contain 100% United States-grown grapes, is dead for the 2025-26 legislative session. The California Association of Winegrape Growers had sought the legislation because large wineries, based in California, were importing

SGWS, FTC Near Accord in Antitrust Case

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits and the Federal Trade Commission are nearing a settlement in the FTC's antitrust case against the nation's largest bev/al wholesaler. The federal district judge overseeing the case granted their joint request to put a 45-day stay on

Heaven Hill Offers Spring 2026 Edition of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series

Heaven Hill Offers Spring 2026 Edition of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series

Heaven Hill Distillery released the Spring 2026 edition of the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series, a 10-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Comprised of barrels produced in the spring of 2016, and bottled in the spring of 2026, the seventeenth national release ushers in the latest hallmark