Multistate operator Verano saw revenue rise 1% sequentially to $208 million for its first fiscal quarter of 2026. The company attributes the quarter-over-quarter gains to strong performance at retail.

•Florida’s Trulieve has applied with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to register its medical cannabis facilities, following the agency’s move to reclassify medical cannabis as a Schedule III drug.

Viña Concha y Toro saw U.S. sales slide 32% to $28 million on volume down 30% to 615,000 cases in its first quarter ended in March, weighed down by shipment phasing related to RNDC’s exit from the ...

After exiting the beverage alcohol category in the 1990s, Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, has returned with a vengeance. Continue reading → ...

California’s O’Neill Vintners & Distillers is extending its 200,000-case FitVine brand with Free, a new offshoot billed as the first functional non-alcohol wine to market. Continue reading → ...

After seeing declines in 2023 and 2024, mezcal bounced back in the U.S. in 2025, with exports growing to 560,000 cases, up roughly 15% over the previous year. Continue reading → ...

Having already agreed to sell its business across 11 markets to Reyes Beverage Group, RNDC has now revealed it’s in talks with multiple other parties to sell off the majority of the company. Among the ...

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sazerac has joined Pernod Ricard in pursuit of a deal with Brown-Forman, aiming to combine two giants of American whiskey. Yesterday afternoon, the WSJ ...

Registration is now open for the 50th Annual Impact Marketing Seminar, October 8th, 2026, in New York City. Sign up now.

Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour 2026 kicked off April 18 with a return to the Mile High City. More than 1,000 wine lovers gathered at the Sheraton Denver Downtown, featuring a walk-around tasting of 230 ...

This month’s whisky auction performance is on track to outperform April 2025, with a series of good results for Macallan Fine & Rare bottlings, and a rare appearance of the 2005 edition of Ichiro’s ...

•New Jersey-based Royal Wine Corp is launching J Folk Unwine, said to be the first kosher-certified dealcoholized wines in the U.S. Continue reading → ...