Bacardi Limited has jumped fully into the mezcal game and acquired Ilegal Mezcal, the company announced today.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has won the first round in the lawsuit against Diageo alleging that his spirits brands received worse treatment because of his race.

Non-alcohol spirits, wine and beer now have a market value exceeding half a billion dollars in off-premise channels, according to a new NIQ report on the category.

As new luxury tequilas aim to compete with those started by celebrity partners, one brand is hoping to carve out a niche in the segment by emphasizing what it doesn’t have.

If you’ve stumbled into a Chicago bar late at night, it’s likely you’ve been offered a shot of Jeppson’s Malört. Like Fernet to San Francisco, the Swedish-style liquor has become a bartender's handshake in the city and an unlikely regional icon. Now, hitting its 90th anniversary, the owners are building on its organic social media buzz, merchandise collection, and even its polarizing taste to push it into bars across the country.

A staggering 70% of women working in the whiskey industry have experienced sexual harassment while on the job, a new survey of over 600 women reports.

With ready-to-drink UPC proliferation nearing 7,000 items, how does an independent spirits company find a niche on the shelf - especially when starting from scratch? For Wolf Spirit Distillery, an Oregon-based spirits producer, the opportunity lies in upscaling a version of a cocktail people already love, and possibly upping the size too.

Investment firm Pronghorn, an initiative focused on boosting Black entrepreneurship in spirits, announced yesterday new investments in three more spirit companies: Abisola Whiskey, Los Hermanos Tequila 1978, and Alexander James Whiskey. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Moderate and declining spirit trends continued over the first half of 2023, leaving the category slightly down against the backdrop of inflation-weary consumers looking for high quality deals, according to a new report.

Volume growth decelerated on a sequential basis across beer, wine, spirits and flavored malt beverage categories, while holding relatively steady across hard seltzer in the two-week period ending August 12, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.