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AlcBev in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beer, wine and spirits business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Deals, brand moves, regulation and the category shifts reshaping the trade. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For distillers, brewers, vintners, importers, distributors and the buyers who move the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five

  1. hace 4 h

    Trump Signs Canadian Alcohol Ban, Effective September 29

    Trump order bans Canadian alcohol imports from Sept. 29. An executive order would halt U.S. imports of Canadian wine, spirits and beer within three weeks, per Shanken News Daily, leaving importers little time to adjust. (Shanken News Daily, The Drinks Business, mint) NIQ: most top U.S. alcohol markets show declines. NielsenIQ's four-week read to August 29 shows most top-10 markets down in volume and dollars, a demand signal the firm ties to household budget pressure. (Shanken News Daily) Boston Beer outlines premium, innovation strategy at Barclays. The brewer told investors it is leaning on premium brands, faster innovation and tighter spending while acknowledging category pressure, per Investing.com. (Investing.com) Diageo Cameronbridge workers vote to strike over job cuts. Unions say staff were not consulted on job losses at the Scottish distillery, per Just Drinks, an early labour test of Diageo's cost programme. (Just Drinks) Also moving today: Constellation Execs Say Reshaped Wine And Spirits Unit Outperforming (Shanken News Daily) Southern Glazer's Appoints Glendal Vandenbempt as Managing Director of New Gold Division (Southern Glazer's) Wild Goose, SS BrewTech Owner to Discontinue Brewing Division, Cites Secondary Equipment Market (Brewbound) Exclusive: Impact’s “Hot Prospect” Wines Point The Way Forward (Shanken News Daily) JOHNNIE WALKER DROPS LIMITED EDITION SABRINA CARPENTER BLACK LABEL BOTTLE DESIGN (Adnkronos, The Manila times, The Montreal Gazette) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  2. hace 1 día

    US Bans Canadian Alcohol Imports

    US announces import ban on Canadian alcohol. The Trump administration has announced a ban on most Canadian alcoholic beverages, leaving importers and cross-border brands with immediate supply questions. (Drinks International, SouthAsianDaily.com, The Daily Star) EU spirits exports fell 6% last year, Just Drinks reports. EU spirits export sales declined 6% in the past year under pressure in the US and China, the two markets most European producers rely on for volume. (Just Drinks) Molson Coors tells investors beyond-beer gains offset by costs. At a Barclays conference, Molson Coors described gains from its beyond-beer push as offset by inflation and freight pressure, per Investing.com. (Investing.com) Brown-Forman adds Switzerland to Coca-Cola HBC distribution deals. Switzerland becomes the twelfth market where Brown-Forman routes its spirits through Coca-Cola HBC, extending a spirits-through-bottler distribution pattern. (Yahoo! Finance, Just-Drinks) Also moving today: Middleby to Discontinue Brewing Group (Middleby) Whole Foods’ Mary Guiver Departs Retailer’s Bev-Alc Team (Brewbound) 2025’s Top Growth Brands Held Ground Ahead of Labor Day 2026, per NIQ Weekly Scans (Brewbound) CAMPARI GROUP LAUNCHES SARTI IN THE U.S., INTRODUCING ITS SIGNATURE SPRITZ TO A NEW GENERATION OF APERITIVO DRINKERS (CNHI News) Breckenridge Distillery and Southern Glazer's Expand Partnership Across New York and California (The Kingston Whig-Standard, The Montreal Gazette, The Manila times) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  3. hace 2 días

    Constellation Trades Expansion for Discipline

    Constellation Brands signals shift from expansion to operating discipline. Constellation told investors at Barclays' consumer conference it is moving to a more operator-focused model, a signal for how it will fund pricing and portfolio spend into next year. (Investing.com) Heineken reports stronger first-half volumes, uneven market conditions. Heineken used the same Barclays conference to describe a growing business still facing uneven conditions across markets, a second same-day read on global beer demand. (Investing.com) Southern Glazer's report names five beverage alcohol growth opportunities. The largest US distributor published its inaugural trends report identifying five growth opportunities, framing that tends to reach supplier reviews and shelf resets. (Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits) Pernod Ricard reportedly hires four banks for India IPO. Pernod Ricard has reportedly appointed four investment banks for a potential listing of its Indian business that could raise more than US$1 billion. (The Drinks Business, cnbctv18.com) Also moving today: Boston Beer Appoints Samsung Electronics America CMO as Next Marketing Lead (Brewbound) Rogue IP Auction Ends with $2.82 Million Winning Bid from Fitness Company (Brewbound) Top Import, RTD and NA Brands Find YoY Growth Despite Misaligned Labor Day and Wonky Comps in Circana Weekly Scans (Brewbound) Brown-Forman revives dormant Kentucky Boy brand to honor bourbon legend (Yahoo, The Courier-Journal, Market Screener) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  4. hace 3 días

    France's Thinnest Harvest in 30 Years

    France heads for one of its smallest wine harvests in 30 years. Preliminary government figures point to a third constrained French vintage, tightening supply for anyone contracting French wine into 2027. (Just Drinks) Circana scans show beer softness concentrated, not category-wide. Some leading beer brands posted a late-summer lift despite the category's slump, per Circana's latest weekly off-premise data. (Brewbound) Pernod Ricard engages four banks for India IPO, sources say. People familiar with the matter tell Moneycontrol the Absolut and Jameson owner has hired advisers for a proposed listing of its India unit valued above $1bn. (MoneyControl) Travel retail spirits split as Indian whisky gains, Scotch works harder. Drinks International reports Indian whiskies thriving at home airports while Scotch brands struggle to convert Asian travellers. (Drinks International) Also moving today: AB InBev invests Rs 200 crore in Rajasthan brewery as beer demand surges beyond big cities (Economic Times, Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd, LatestLY) Northern Ireland distilleries are increasingly winning business in Europe as sales to the US are impacted adversely by tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump (Belfast News Letter) CVH Spirits to resume Scotch sales in South Africa (Just Drinks, CapeTown ETC, Cape Business News) Rémy Cointreau names new Dutch distributor (Yahoo! Finance, Just-Drinks) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  5. hace 4 días

    Beer Supply Slips, India Says Old Monk Is Not Rum

    Beer Institute: July U.S. beer supply down 4.9%. The Beer Institute reports July domestic beer supply fell 4.9% year over year despite peak summer occasions, with imports cited as the drag, a supply-side signal for inventory and import planning. (Brewbound) FSSAI tells Bombay High Court Old Monk is not rum. India's food regulator told the Bombay High Court that Old Monk, made with neutral spirit and rum flavouring, should be labelled a rum-flavoured spirit, a category line with relabeling implications beyond one brand. (mint, India Today, The Indian Express) IWSR report frames Sub-Saharan Africa as long-term drinks growth. A new IWSR report calls Sub-Saharan Africa one of the most compelling long-term growth opportunities in drinks, while flagging structural volatility and entrenched local products as entry barriers. (The Drinks Business, drinkstuff-sa.co.za) Firestone Walker begins brewing Stone beers in Paso Robles. Firestone Walker has started producing Stone Brewing beers at its Paso Robles brewery, per The Tribune, two long-time California craft rivals now sharing a brewhouse. (The Tribune) Also moving today: Material and Wine Market Council Release New National Study Showing Where Wine Connects, and Where It Doesn't, in Online Media (Wine Market Council) Beer gets its buzz going as spirits market sobers up (Economic Times) Acclaimed NJ distillery is leaving for NY, as the Garden State industry pleads for reform (Gothamist) Australian Vintage “stronger” despite pressure on profits (Just Drinks) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  6. 4 sep

    Diageo Cuts 305 in New York

    Diageo to cut about 300 jobs at North America HQ. Just Drinks reports Diageo is cutting roughly 300 roles at its New York headquarters, putting a figure on a turnaround the group has said it is pursuing. (Just Drinks) Brown-Forman CEO says US business improving slowly. The outgoing Brown-Forman chief describes a gradual US recovery, a supplier-side read on American spirits demand tied to the group's profit outlook. (Just Drinks, NASDAQ Stock Market, The Drinks Business) House to vote on delaying November hemp THC ban. Shanken News Daily reports the House will vote this week on a one-month delay to the hemp THC ban, following the Senate, leaving timelines for a competing intoxicant category unsettled. (Shanken News Daily) Bloomberg reports younger drinkers shifting away from carbonated serves. Bar and campus behavior described by Bloomberg points to still drinks displacing fizzy ones among younger consumers, with implications for RTD, seltzer and mixer formats. (Bloomberg Business) Also moving today: FIFCO USA Acquired by Former CEO’s Private Equity Group (Brewbound) Martignetti Acquiring Mass A-B Distributor Girardi (Shanken News Daily) Impact’s “Hot Brand” RTDs Keep Climbing Heading Into Fall (Shanken News Daily) Liquid Death Founder and Sazerac Launch Mr. Fancy Canned ‘American Bubbly’ (BevNET, Brewbound) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  7. 3 sep

    Brown-Forman Slips, Hemp THC Gets a Month

    Brown-Forman Reports Q1 FY27 Sales Down 1%. Brown-Forman reported a 1% net sales decline for the quarter ended July 31 and reaffirmed its full-year outlook, a signal of how a major supplier expects FY27 to trend. (Brown-Forman, Benzinga, Yahoo! Finance) NIQ Data Shows Beverage Alcohol Sales Down 3%. NielsenIQ measured a 3% value and 5% volume decline in total beverage alcohol over four weeks, putting numbers to the affordability shift buyers are already seeing at shelf. (Shanken News Daily) House Votes to Delay Hemp THC Ban by One Month. The House approved a one-month delay to the scheduled November hemp THC ban, extending the planning window for anyone holding hemp-derived THC drink inventory. (Shanken News Daily, Just Drinks) Diageo Removes ESG Metrics From Long-Term Executive Pay. Diageo has dropped responsible-drinking and sustainability targets from its long-term executive reward plan, a visible signal of how those commitments are currently weighted. (Just Drinks) Also moving today: Martignetti to Acquire Red Network Distributor Girardi in Massachusetts (Brewbound, BevNet) India's beer boom is pouring beyond affluent cities and nightlife districts (Economic Times) Spiked Sports Drink Race Heats Up with 2 Early Leaders, New Entrants (Brewbound) Tilaknagar invests in Tequila firm Black Tiger Distilleries (Just Drinks, Trade Brains, Economic Times) Henkell Freixenet buys majority stake in Irish distributor (Just Drinks, Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  8. 2 sep

    Hemp Ban Slips to December, Castel Governance in Dispute

    Congress delays federal hemp ban to December 11. A continuing resolution pushes the hemp ban deadline back a month, leaving beverage makers' inventory and shelf-space plans unsettled. (Brewbound, BevNet) Castel family branches call for governance "stability". A statement attributed to the wine group's majority family branches makes a control dispute public, with counterparties downstream of the outcome. (Just Drinks) Henkell Freixenet buys 60% of Cassidy Wines. The majority stake gives Henkell Freixenet direct route-to-market control in Ireland, a further step in European wine distribution consolidation. (Drinks International) Craft brewery roll-ups lag in off-premise scans, analyst says. Bump Williams Consulting reports consolidation among craft brewers has not produced stronger retail sales data. (Brewbound) Also moving today: Old Monk buckles under FSSAI pressure, tells HC it will drop '7 years old blended' from label | Company Business News (mint) Finnish Long Drink Cuts Sales Roles After Mark Anthony Acquisition (BevNET, Brewbound) Athletic Brewing Appoints Dan Kleinman as CMO (Brewbound, BevNet) We Have a New World's Oldest Whisky: The Balvenie Unveils 88-Year-Old Single Malt (Yahoo, sg.style.yahoo.com, Yahoo!) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

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AlcBev in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beer, wine and spirits business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Deals, brand moves, regulation and the category shifts reshaping the trade. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For distillers, brewers, vintners, importers, distributors and the buyers who move the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five

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