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Weekender
Jul 12, 2026
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4 min read
Plus: The world’s most expensive wine, now sold by... Reyes?!
Buzzwords
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Jul 10, 2026
1 min read
It's your Fingers Buzzwords of The Week!
Jul 8, 2026
7 min read
Plus: What killed Deschutes’ killer Coscto collab?!
Jul 3, 2026
Special Reports
2 min read
With major layoffs laid out, the troubled mega-firm's reorg takes shape
Jul 2, 2026
Embattled cofounder asks judge to stay pending sale of one-time whiskey "unicorn"
The struggling firm acquired the Ryan Reynolds-backed gin brand for $610 million in 2020
Interview
Jul 1, 2026
5 min read
The Fingers Podcast with STAT's Isabella Cueto on the MAHA movement's mysterious disinterest in alcohol
Jun 28, 2026
Plus: Keep those Stag’s Leaps, 19 Crimes, and Prisoners coming, boys!
Jun 26, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
6 min read
Plus: Amid more layoffs, Diageo pitches a “Bigger, Better, Fewer” future!
Jun 23, 2026
3 min read
Struggling spirits giant hopes layoffs, new strategy will juice US sales, internal documents show
Jun 21, 2026
An annual update on the State of The Boozeletter
Jun 19, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
Plus: Anchor Brewing’s union workers want their jobs back!
Jun 14, 2026
Plus: Gallo is closing another big wine facility!
Jun 12, 2026
Jun 10, 2026
Plus: Monster finally goes full Brawndo in Trump’s ‘Idiocracy’!
Jun 7, 2026
Plus: Reefer madness is forever!
Jun 5, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
Feel Goods' Kate Bernot on how demographic and workforce shifts are rocking the booze business
Jun 1, 2026
Memo from Idaho's largest wine wholesaler details investment from total-beverage counterpart
Days after judge's scathing order against cofounders, appointee says "African-American"-owned firm has entered non-binding agreement
May 31, 2026
Plus: Read RNDC's farewell memo to the 11 markets it sold to Reyes!
May 29, 2026
Email from CEO Marc Sachs marks close of mega-deal, thanks outgoing employees
