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Josh Cellars jury trial WHEN

Aug 30, 2026

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4 min read

Josh Cellars jury trial WHEN

Plus: Pabst parlayed stolen PBR into a savvy social-media spot!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Like 'Shock Doctrine' for Chardonnay

Aug 23, 2026

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4 min read

Like 'Shock Doctrine' for Chardonnay

Plus: Read the internal memo from Sazerac’s CEO about the firm’s latest bourbon bargain!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

The girls (booze lobbyists) are fightinggg again

Aug 16, 2026

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4 min read

The girls (booze lobbyists) are fightinggg again

Plus: Treasury Wine Estates took another huge haircut!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Wine's biggest PR guy thinks wine needs better PR

Aug 9, 2026

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4 min read

Wine's biggest PR guy thinks wine needs better PR

Plus: The THC endgame is taking shape in Washington!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

If case counts be falling, please consider BuzzBalling

Aug 2, 2026

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4 min read

If case counts be falling, please consider BuzzBalling

Plus: Sazerac is trolling Brown-Forman again!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Boston Beer Co. bets on Duds MacKenzie

Jul 26, 2026

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4 min read

Boston Beer Co. bets on Duds MacKenzie

Plus: Behold the TH(C)ree-tier system!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Nobody is safe from Uncle Nearest's receiver

Jul 12, 2026

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4 min read

Nobody is safe from Uncle Nearest's receiver

Plus: The world’s most expensive wine, now sold by... Reyes?!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

More than twice the Loko of other Lokos on the market

Jun 28, 2026

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5 min read

More than twice the Loko of other Lokos on the market

Plus: Keep those Stag’s Leaps, 19 Crimes, and Prisoners coming, boys!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Six years of Fingers

Jun 21, 2026

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5 min read

Six years of Fingers

An annual update on the State of The Boozeletter

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

A total and complete shutdown of MBAs entering the beer industry

Jun 14, 2026

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4 min read

A total and complete shutdown of MBAs entering the beer industry

Plus: Gallo is closing another big wine facility!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Some guesses on Uncle Nearest's mystery buyer

Jun 7, 2026

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4 min read

Some guesses on Uncle Nearest's mystery buyer

Plus: Reefer madness is forever!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Warren Buffet, recently former Modelo fellow

May 31, 2026

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4 min read

Warren Buffet, recently former Modelo fellow

Plus: Read RNDC's farewell memo to the 11 markets it sold to Reyes!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

There's action again at Anchor Brewing

May 17, 2026

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4 min read

There's action again at Anchor Brewing

Plus: Zoomers aren't "sober-curious" so much as "broke," exhibit eleventy-bajillion!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Half of Napa vineyards lost money last year

May 10, 2026

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4 min read

Half of Napa vineyards lost money last year

Plus: Distilling-dynasty disagreements scotched Brownod-Forcard!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

The Phony Negroni goes corporate

May 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Phony Negroni goes corporate

Plus: No THC relief in the House's just-passed farm bill!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Recalling Blanton’s busts and Papp-rehensions of yore

Apr 26, 2026

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4 min read

Recalling Blanton’s busts and Papp-rehensions of yore

Plus: "Is your wine a secret immigrant?!"

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

A colossal cash-out courtesy of Ol’ Pappy BuzzBallz

Apr 19, 2026

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4 min read

A colossal cash-out courtesy of Ol’ Pappy BuzzBallz

Plus: Napa cabbage can’t offset Napa Cabs!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

A “permanent underclass” can't splurge on booze

Apr 5, 2026

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11 min read

A “permanent underclass” can't splurge on booze

Plus: Monaco is no silver bullet for the maker of Silver Bullet!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

The median Jack Daniel’s drinker can't even pronounce "Pernod"

Mar 29, 2026

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11 min read

The median Jack Daniel’s drinker can't even pronounce "Pernod"

Plus: IT'S MIDDLE-TIER MEGA-DEAL MAYHEM, FOLKS!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

+1

Raise your hand if you miss the old Four Loko

Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

Raise your hand if you miss the old Four Loko

Plus: Trying to make sense of George Clooney’s new nonalcoholic beer brand!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

How much more "winning" can America's wine industry take?

Mar 15, 2026

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11 min read

How much more "winning" can America's wine industry take?

Plus: Does the country’s biggest beer distributor even *want* to sell wine?!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Millennial malt liquor investment opportunity

Mar 8, 2026

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11 min read

Millennial malt liquor investment opportunity

Plus: Reyes is biting off an even bigger chunk of RNDC!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

What's $20 million between whiskey frenemies?

Mar 1, 2026

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10 min read

What's $20 million between whiskey frenemies?

Plus: Younger drinkers are (brace for it) “mov[ing] from barstools to barbells” (woof)!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

BrewDog hired the Enron clean-up crew because the jig is up

Feb 22, 2026

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11 min read

BrewDog hired the Enron clean-up crew because the jig is up

Plus: It’s cutting season for the country’s biggest winemakers!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Treasury's long RNDC California nightmare is finally (almost) over

Feb 15, 2026

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10 min read

Treasury's long RNDC California nightmare is finally (almost) over

Plus: Boring beer spots benefited from the Super Bowl’s dystopian ad slate!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante
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