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Bottle of The Macallan 1926 Sells for £2.1 Million / $2.8 Million

Bottle of The Macallan 1926 Sells for £2.1 Million / $2.8 Million

A bottle of The Macallan 1926, featuring the Fine & Rare label, sold for £2,125,000 / $2,807,975, becoming the second most valuable bottle of whisky ever sold in sterling, but the most valuable bottle ever sold at auction when measured in US dollars. Sotheby’s now holds

2 Firms Agree to Acquire RNDC Michigan Business

Great Lakes Wine & Spirits (GLWAS) agreed to acquire RNDC Michigan’s ADA business and, together with Imperial Beverage and Vintage Wine Company, to acquire RNDC Michigan’s wine business. GLWAS is also partnering with National Wine & Spirits (NWS) to acquire RNDC’s building in Livonia. The acquisitions are

New: Meiomi Blanc White Wine

Meiomi announces the launch of Meiomi Blanc White Wine, a premium white wine blend that marks the next chapter in the brand's evolution and an expansion into one of the wine industry's fastest-growing categories. Building on the successful introduction of Meiomi Sauvignon Blanc, Meiomi Blanc

Opinion: Why Southern Glazer's Will Be Untouchable Until 2284

In his Fermentation Substack, Tom Wark asks just what it would take for the State of California to revoke Southern Glazer's permit to operate in the Golden Gate State. It certainly won't be the recent "miniscule $12.5 million" fine Southern Glazer's

What Will Determine Wine's Winners and Losers

By Angelo A. Camillo, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management Wine Business Institute, Sonoma State University Wine’s winners and losers are increasingly separated not by vineyard acreage or case volume, but by management judgment, brand clarity, and the capacity to learn faster than the market changes. Failure is rarely

EDIT: Spot Buying During Calif. Harvest -- And a Warning on Ripping Out Vineyards

This is different: Some California winegrape growers are beginning to warn about ripping out too many vines for fear the state's crops may not meet even reduced demand. Enough vineyard acreage has been reduced, and yields are down enough this year that Ben Kolber, KG Vineyard Management (Lodi/