Iconic California Zinfandel brand Ravenswood is back after a five-year hiatus, returning a beloved wine label to the market. What’s more, founding winemaker Joel Peterson is consulting on the relaunch ...

•Spain’s Best Beer Inc., part of Mahou-San Miguel Group, has purchased a majority stake in Michigan’s Founders Brewing Co, according to a report in MiBiz. Continue reading → ...

Boston-based Cantrip is among a number of hemp THC beverage brands rapidly expanding across the U.S. market. Retail sales of hemp THC beverages in the U.S. surged from $100 million to approximately ...

•Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve has debuted Chocolate Whisper Redux 139.4, the latest release in the Versailles, Kentucky-based brand’s Distillery Series. Continue reading → ...

•Florida’s PureNative hemp brand is expanding into hemp-derived THC with a new line of seltzers. Continue reading → ...

The Illinois cannabis market—counting both adult-use and medical—set new records in 2024, with sales surpassing $2 billion. Continue reading → ...

California’s Jackson Family Wines is debuting a new Passerelles brand from France’s Loire Valley. Continue reading → ...

•Bronco Wine Co. has acquired a set of brands and a production facility from California’s Wine Hooligans at auction. Continue reading → ...

While 2017 started off more slowly than anticipated across the wine and spirits business, the U.S. market’s major wholesalers expect conditions to improve over the course of the year, with ...

•According to a new survey commissioned by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the upcoming ballot initiative to legalize cannabis is in trouble, with only 57% of respondents indicating that they would ...

Brown-Forman continued to encounter challenging conditions in its fiscal first quarter through July, with sales down 4% organically to $1 billion and operating profit plunging 13% to $281 million.