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10-16-26

Here is a summary of the key stories featured in the “LIQUOR INDUSTRY NEWS 10-16-26” Flipboard collection:

  1. Rough Times for Wine (by Kevin R. Kosar / Substack)
    • Highlights ongoing struggles across the wine industry—not just for high-end producers, but even those making bargain wines—as headwinds from weather, changing consumer habits, and market challenges mount.
  2. As Wine Sales Soften, What Will Happen to the World’s Coopers? (Wine Enthusiast)
    • Examines how declining wine sales are impacting the traditional craft of barrel-making (cooperage). With demand for new wine barrels dropping, artisan family-run cooperages in places like Hungary and France are facing halved production rates, prompting some to pivot or diversify into spirits like Cognac and whiskey.
  3. A Maine Distillery Found a Way to Turn Lobster Shells Into a $30 Bottle of Vodka (Food & Wine)
    • Explores an innovative sustainability and product development approach in Maine, where a distillery is utilizing the roughly 75% of crustacean waste from the state’s seafood industry to craft a versatile, $30 lobster-shell vodka designed to enhance drinks like Bloody Marys and Dirty Martinis.
  4. Old Forester Is Releasing a $300, 12-Year-Old Bourbon With a Bottle Inspired by the 1950s (Food & Wine)
    • Details a major upcoming luxury release from Old Forester: a 12-year-old bourbon priced at $300, packaged in a distinctive retro-styled bottle honoring design elements from the 1950s.

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