•In case you missed yesterday’s news alert, MGP Ingredients has agreed to acquire St. Louis-based spirits producer and marketer Luxco for $475 million, split evenly between cash and stock. Continue ...

Whisky bidders took their pick of the rarities in the early days of 2025. Whisky Auctioneer delivered the highest prices of the month so far, with a bottle of Macallan The Reach 81 year old leading ...

Total Champagne shipments declined 9.2% to 271 million bottles (22.5m cases) globally last year, according to the Comité Champagne, with both the domestic and export markets in decline. Continue ...

•A newly introduced California bill would legalize hemp-derived THC products in limited circumstances, allowing producers the chance to sell again in the Golden State following the emergency ban on ...

Legal cannabis is big business in America, with the top 15 states at $18 billion in sales in the year-to-date through September 2024. Continue reading → ...

American single malt is the latest legally defined style of American whiskey, with the Tax & Trade Bureau’s new rules governing the category officially going into effect over the weekend. The new ...

Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump gave an update on his tariff plans last night, saying he’s now thinking of imposing 25% tariffs on key U.S. trading partners Canada and Mexico on February 1.

•Frankfort, Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace Distillery, part of Sazerac, has announced the second iteration of the Prohibition Collection, its tribute to medicinal whiskey produced during America’s dry ...