•Veteran Shaw-Ross International executive Bruce Hunter will retire at the end of the year after three decades with the company and a half-century in the drinks industry. Hunter joined Shaw-Ross in ...

The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) remain steadfast in their support of regulations governing the hemp THC industry, firmly opposing the scheduled ban set to take effect November 2026.

•Massachusetts’ total cannabis sales through December 2 this year reached $1.66 billion, according to data from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission (CCC). During that period, $1.52 billion came ...

Canada’s regulated cannabis market reached $2.9 billion (C$4b) through September 2025, with sales accelerating on a year-over-year basis in nearly every month of 2025, according to Statistics Canada.

Across the U.S., the cannabis industry is facing headwinds, with leading multistate operators like Curaleaf, Trulieve, Green Thumb, and Verano seeing declining revenue or gains in the low single ...

New York-based importer and marketer Palm Bay International, owned by the Taub family, has appointed industry veteran Mark Federighi as chief sales officer, as it looks to ramp up growth moving ...

William Grant & Sons has appointed Diageo veteran Matt Johnson as its chief commercial officer for the U.S. Continue reading → ...

•Six restaurants have newly earned Wine Spectator’s Grand Award in 2014, the highest honor for a restaurant wine list. Continue reading → ...

It was a shovelful of dirt 20 years in the making. Sonoma State University broke ground on a new home for its Wine Business Institute June 1, beginning construction on the Wine Spectator Learning ...

Treasury Wine Estates has released a new limited-edition wine from 19 Crimes in a new collaboration with water brand Liquid Death. The wine, Severed Red, is a 14.5% abv red blend made from California ...

According to reporting in the Wall Street Journal, Anheuser-Busch is considering a $700 million play for wine-based RTD Beatbox. The brand, known for its high abv fruit- and tea-flavored drinks that ...

Ahead of a February 2026 trial date, part of former Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits president Tom Steffanci’s legal team has asked to be removed from the case. The firm, New York’s Gibson, Dunn & ...