Fingers special reports
Special Reports
Jun 1, 2026
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Memo from Idaho's largest wine wholesaler details investment from total-beverage counterpart
3 min read
Days after judge's scathing order against cofounders, appointee says "African-American"-owned firm has entered non-binding agreement
May 29, 2026
Email from CEO Marc Sachs marks close of mega-deal, thanks outgoing employees
May 27, 2026
4 min read
Late-night filing by receiver hints at separate federal investigation of embattled distillery
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May 20, 2026
6 min read
Suppliers, former employees, tenant notice shed light on failed mega-wholesaler's outstanding debts
May 18, 2026
Federal database shows recent registrations from the shuttered San Francisco icon
May 13, 2026
1 min read
Internal documents detail exit of c-suiter, plus North American org changes
May 11, 2026
Memo from Hayden Beverage Co. CEO details exit of 18-year joint-venture
May 6, 2026
CEO memo details deals with BreakThru and Quality Brands for five remaining markets
Apr 30, 2026
Memos from Manhattan Beer & Beverage and Opici Family detail tumultuous transfer
Apr 27, 2026
Read Marc Sachs' internal memo signaling a national firesale at the troubled wholesaler
Apr 4, 2026
Attaboy Local 134 hopes to succeed where other high-end hospitality drives have failed
Mar 24, 2026
7 min read
Notes on last week's Uncle Nearest legal developments
Mar 20, 2026
5 min read
New memo from wholesaler CEO Marc Sachs confirms "disappointing news" of spirits conglomerate's departure
Mar 6, 2026
Read the internal memos flying about the latest expansion of the middle tier mega-deal
Mar 5, 2026
The embattled spirits conglomerate declined to renew its on-premise contract, triggering layoffs
Feb 18, 2026
Read Tom Bené's memo about the cuts at the country's third-largest wine and spirits wholesaler
Jan 26, 2026
New memo from mega-distributor brass details departure of US' 5th-largest winemaker
Jan 22, 2026
Notes on the shuttered San Francisco icon's long-awaited, still-unofficial return to production
Jan 13, 2026
The ailing mega-distributor's head honcho has emailed about the Reyes deal and the firm's new financing
Jan 8, 2026
10 min read
Confidential memo from mega-distributor details Proximo's near-nationwide exit
Dec 6, 2025
The country's fifth-largest brewery is in trouble—and trying to sublet its headquarters
Nov 10, 2025
8 min read
After a weekend of deal-cutting on Capitol Hill, the booming industry is facing a de facto ban
Sep 24, 2025
14 min read
At the macrobrewer's non-union Wicked Weed subsidiary, a hard lesson on labor vulnerability under Trump
Sep 10, 2025
Big Booze keeps quiet on POTUS' financial motives, RFK, Jr.'s anti-science ideology after trumpeting its "commit[ment] to science over bias"
