[BND] Kane's Beverage News Daily

Good Morning, and Happy Tuesday, July 7, 2022

Retailers Assail 'Irresponsible' Call to Stigmatize Alc Like Tobacco

National Association of Wine Retailers responded with a sharp and detailed critique of an "irresponsible and biased" opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times calling for the social stigmatization of alcohol in the same way that tobacco waa stigmatized. The Los Angeles Times piece noted that "on 1965, 42.4% of the U.S. population smoked. By 2022 that figure had dropped to 11.6%. "This steep decline did not happen because of a single intervention, but through decades of accumulating scientific evidence...

FIFA Fuels Beer and Spirits Resilience; Prepared Cocktails Bolster Upward Trajectory: NIQ

The latest Total Alcohol sales trends "underscore the fragility of the industry, with performance heavily dependent on seasonal and event driven influences to usurp broader challenges." NIQ reports. Prepared Cocktails stand firm in positive territory, swaying much less than the unstable core categories, while Wine is the biggest lagger in the industry. Spirits may have found a near term pocket of resilience, joining Beer in some form of stable declines, both supported by FIFA viewership and sum

Oregon Winegrape Output Down 25%%, 12% Fewer Acres Harvested

Oregon wine grape growers harvested 12% fewer acres (34,542 acres) than in 2024, at an average yield of 2.81 tons per acre, a decrease from 3.31 in the prior year. The resulting wine grape production decreased 25% from 2024, with tons crushed similarly down by 23%, 

Services Expansion Continues in 24th Month

Economic activity in the services sector continued to expand in June, the nation’s purchasing and supply executives say in the latest ISM Services PMI Report. The Services PMI registered 54%, the 24th consecutive month in expansion territory. The report was issued today by Steve Miller, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Services Business Survey Committee: “In June, the Services PMI registered 54 percent, a decrease of 0.5 percentage point compared to May’s figure of 54.5 percen

High-End Wine Buyers Precise About Loyalties

The Napa Valley Wine Study, an independent qualitative research project on the psychology of serious Napa wine buyers, has completed 70 in-depth interviews since launching in January 2026. The goal is 250 interviews. Participants are collectors and longtime buyers who spend $100 to $500 or more per bottle, with cellars built over years or decades. Interviews cover how they found the wineries they buy from, why they stay, and what ended the loyalties that ended. At 70 interviews, six distinct b

Joe Campbell, Early Willamette Valley Vintner, Dies

Joe Campbell, who with his wife Pat founded Elk Cove Vineyards in Willamette Valley, the first winery in what today is the Yamhill-Carlton appellation, has died. He was 87. He was also a physician. His work on medical missions was among the things for which he was most proud. Read more: Sean P. Sullivan has a terrific obituary in Northwest Wine Report. Among the things you'll learn: Joe Campbell and his wife cut trees on the property to get the logs to make a log house.

Thanks for reading. I'll be back tomorrow. – Joel