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# [BND] Your Breakfast Briefing
- URL: https://bevnews.net/bnd-your-breakfast-bulletin-5/
- Published: 2025-12-17T11:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-17T11:00:21.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Newsletter

***Good Morning and Happy Wednesday. It's December 17, 2025.***

## [Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits Acquires Mumm Napa](https://bevnews.net/trinchero-family-wine-spirits-acquires-mumm-napa/)

Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits agreed to acquire Mumm Napa from Pernod Ricard. Terms weren't disclosed. 

## [Seneca Lake Winery Sold](https://bevnews.net/seneca-lake-winery-sold/)

Glenora Wine Cellars, a pioneering small Finger Lakes winery, has been sold to FLX Winery. Terms weren't disclosed. 

## [Floating Solar System Powers 100% of Nelson Family Vineyards, Cuts Electric Costs $90k a Year](https://bevnews.net/floating-solar-system-powers-100-of-nelson-family-vineyards-cuts-electric-costs-90k-a-year/)

A floating solar system on an irrigation pond is enabling Nelson Family Vineyards, Mendocino County, Calif., to power 100% of its operations with renewable energy and save an estimated $90,000 a year in electric costs.

## [Ohio Gov. to Decide on Intoxicating Hemp](https://bevnews.net/ohio-gov-to-decide-on-intoxicating-hemp/)

The Ohio Senate cleared a bill that will ban most intoxicating hemp within 90 days, but THC and CBD beverages will be available at least through 2026

## [More Jobs, Even More Unemployment](https://bevnews.net/more-jobs-even-more-unemployment/)

President Trump's tariffs may have begun to bit. Or maybe they haven't. What's clear, however, is that the U.S. unemployment hit its highest level in more than four years – 4.6% – in November, just seven months after "Independence Day," when Trump

## [Supply Execs See Economy Improving in 2025](https://bevnews.net/supply-execs-see-economy-improving-in-2025/)

The U.S. economy will continue to improve in 2026, the nation's purchasing and supply chain executives believe.

## [Historic Tile Facade Found During Rhinegeist Renovation](https://bevnews.net/historic-tile-facade-found-during-rhinegeist-facade-renovations/)

Facade renovations at Rhinegeist Brewery, Cincinnati, uncovered a stunning early-twentieth-century encaustic tile mosaic by famed ceramicist Herman Mueller.

## [Bronco Wine Names Deb Juergenson Chief Winemaking Officer](https://bevnews.net/bronco-wine-names-deb-juergenson-chief-winemaking-officer/)

Bronco Wine Co. named Deb Juergenson as its new Chief Winemaking Officer. The company said the appointment marked "a significant step in the company's commitment to quality, innovation, and a winemaking strategy that reflects evolving consumer preferences.

## [Bill Fuller, 88, Willamette Valley Winemaker, Received Best of Show in Red, White from Queen Elizabeth II](https://bevnews.net/untitled-129/)

Willamette Valley Vineyards' consulting winemaker and longtime collaborator, Bill Fuller, who helped shape Oregon's wine industry, died Dec. 14\. 

## ['Emotional Retail Drives Preference, Purchase'](https://bevnews.net/emotional-retail-drives-preference-purchase/)

Travel retail has changed, and brands that serve only the formal travel retail imperatives of functionality rick being left behind. 

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