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 ...

•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 ...

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.

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 ...

Offering an update on its business last night, Treasury Wine Estates said the divergence of fortunes at the upper and lower ends of the wine market are ongoing, with luxury brands like Penfolds ...

In the second part of our interview with Mac Brands lead investor Nishant Machado, CEO David Mukpo, and president Jared Dougherty, we touch on growth trends in hemp THC compared with other beverage ...

Driven by its flagship Jack Daniel’s franchise and its array of fast-rising upscale whiskey entries, Brown-Forman posted double-digit sales growth in the U.S. market in its recently completed fiscal ...

Florida’s Sunmed, one of the U.S.’s leading CBD retailers with more than 250 locations across the U.S., has joined the fight against the federal hemp THC ban and is pushing for a higher THC cap for ...

•Despite the scheduled federal ban on hemp-derived THC products, policymakers in Texas are continuing with their own framework for regulating the category. The rules, in development by the Texas ...