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