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[BND] Kane's Beverage News Daily

Good Morning, and Happy Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Alcohol Searches for Sales Traction During the four weeks ending Oct. 24, Total Alcohol remained on a subdued trajectory. Dollar sales reached $8.1 billion, down 2.2% from a year earlier, while case volume totaled 154.9 million, declining 4.%, NIQ

MGP Ingredients' New Name: Sempreon

MGP Ingredients Inc. has completed the transition to its new name, Sempreon, as announced Oct. 15. This change takes place alongside the introduction of a new corporate website at sempreon.com. The company operates across three complementary businesses, Branded Spirits, Distilling Solutions and Ingredient Solutions, each with its own distinctive

Midleton Very Rare Irish Whiskey 2026 Available In U.S.

Midleton Very Rare announces the U.S. availability of its 2026 Vintage Release. For more than four decades, successive Master Distillers have set aside small quantities of exceptional whiskeys to create each annual Vintage. Carefully selected casks are aged in historic warehouses, some dating back to the 1860s. It was

Cork Claims Role as Primary Driver of U.S. Off-Premise Wine Revenue

During the 12 months ended July 2026, cork-sealed wines generated 62.3% of all domestic off-premise wine sales (at a value of $7.74 billion) and nearly half of total case volume (56.32 million cases) across the $12.42 billion total U.S. market. When isolating traditional

Stateside Vodka's New Campaign Seeks to Bring Brands into a Defining New Era

Stateside Vodka launches “The New American Classic,” a new campaign and refreshed brand identity celebrating its homegrown roots, timeless style and modern take on American vodka. With updated branding and packaging designed in-house, Stateside introduces a refreshed look rooted in a quiet, modern Americana that feels crisp, unpretentious and

For Bev/Al, This Election May Matter More Than Most

Will Republicans lose control of the House and the Senate or just the House? Does that make any difference for President Trump's next steps in the Iran War? Will Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) be re-elected to the U.S. Senate? Will James Talarico defeat Ken Paxton

Alcohol Searches for Traction

During the four weeks ending Oct. 24, Total Alcohol remained on a subdued trajectory. Dollar sales reached $8.1 billion, down 2.2% from a year earlier, while case volume totaled 154.9 million, declining 4.%, NIQ reported. Weekly dollar sales totaled $2 billion, up 0.3% versus the week

What I'm Reading --

Clearing the Air Smoke research is changing how the wine industry responds to wildfire season (Oregon Wine Press) Study links brain cancer risk with exposure to elevated concentrations of radon Odorless, tasteless and colorless, radon dilutes quickly in open air and is generally harmless before it decays, but indoors or

Who & What --

Cakebread Cellars names Barbara Vakassian as director of hospitality and Danielle Cantrell as director of PR & marketing. Vakassian joins from Roederer Estate where she was director of DTC and Cantrell joins from Traditional Medicinals Inc., where she was director of marketing.

[BND] Kane's Beverage News Daily

Good Morning and Happy Monday, November, 2, 2026. Control States Results Rebounded in September: NABCA 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

Control States Results Rebounded in September: NABCA

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,

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

Who & What --

DIED: Dolores Huerta, who were 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

What I'm Reading

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 Wine importer Victor Schwartz never expected to battle