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A Note from Joel – Twenty-five years ago today, I was attending the National Beer Wholesalers Association convention in Las Vegas. As I rolled out of bed to get ready for a 7:30 a.m. presentation, I turned on the TV to hear a network morning show comment that

The share of Americans who say they drink alcohol remains at a record-low 54% for the second consecutive year, the lowest reading in Gallup’s trend dating back to 1939. Self-reported drinking fell over the previous three years, from 62% in 2023 to 58% in 2024 and 54%

We're not in the habit of correcting other publications errors – we have enough of our own – but this one is so egregious that we feel we have to correct the record. From The Spirits Business for June 30; "Yesterday (29 June), the Supporting Producers Through Incentives from

In a first for the Lone Star State, Standard Cooperage has opened its doors in Blanco, Texas, bringing premium American oak barrel production home to the state's rapidly growing wine and spirits industries. Despite being the fifth-largest wine producing state and fourth-largest* when it comes to

Just two U.S. alcoholic beverage producers are on the Fortune 500 list this years. Molson Coors Beverage's $13 billion of revenue places it at No. 332 and Constellation Brands' $9.1 billion in revnue places it at No. 429.

On day 21 of the federal government shutdown, the political tensions and policy differences that contributed to it appeared likely to destroy any chance for the GOP-controlled Congress to find the bipartisanship needed to pass the dozen bills needed to fund the government.  While that is very inside baseball,