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# [BND] Kane's Beverage News Daily
- URL: https://bevnews.net/bnd-kanes-beverage-news-daily-90/
- Published: 2026-11-02T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T11:00:05.000Z
- Author: Compiler
- Tags: Newsletter

***Good Morning and Happy Monday, November, 2, 2026.***

### [Control States Results Rebounded in September: NABCA](https://bevnews.net/control-states-results-rebounded-in-september/)

Control state results rebounded in September, aided by the timing of the Labor Day holiday, which fell in September this year compared with August in the prior year, National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association reports. Michigan was the only state with fewer selling days than last year, with one less day, but still posted modest growth. Montana, Alabama, and North Carolina each reported double-digit gains. Spirits sales improved considerably in September, with 9L volume increasing 3.2% and

### [51% of Total U.S. Spirits Exports Went to EU in 2025 As Exports to Canada Fell 70%: DISCUS](https://bevnews.net/51-of-total-u-s-spirits-exports-went-to-eu-in-2025-as-exports-to-canada-fell-70-discus/)

At first glance, it may be surprising that the EU is the largest export market for U.S. spirits. After all, for the last year, at least, we've heard a steady cacpohony of alarm about the impact on bev/al exports of President Trump's trade war with Canada. And, indeed, U.S. spirits exports to Canada are down 70% year-over-year since Canada removed American spirits from retail shevles in March 2025 through 2025, the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. reported. 

### [Who & What --](https://bevnews.net/who-what-234/)

DIED: Dolores Huerta, who, with Cesar Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve the working condutions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields, at 96\. With Chavez, she negotiated collective bargaining agreements and contracts with big grape growers, winning the first health and benefit plans for farmworkers.

### [What I'm Reading](https://bevnews.net/what-im-reading-53/)

- The Story of Wine Snobbery and Wine Elitism in America And the culprit isn’t who you think it is. (Fermentation/Tom Wark)
- He Took on Trump’s Tariffs at the Supreme Court and Won — Meet Our Wine Advocate of the Year (Food & Wine)

***Thanks for Reading. I'll be back tomorrow. – Joel***