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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

Weekender

Why Super Bowl beer ads have gone to shit

Feb 8, 2026

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12 min read

Why Super Bowl beer ads have gone to shit

Plus: A note on Fingers’ PoLiTiCaL coverage and commentary of drinking in America!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Inventory day at The Fingers Reading Room

Feb 1, 2026

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11 min read

Inventory day at The Fingers Reading Room

Plus: What comes after "multicultural LDA Zillennials"?!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

The reign of "multicultural LDA Zillennials" is coming to an end

Jan 25, 2026

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10 min read

The reign of "multicultural LDA Zillennials" is coming to an end

Plus: Anchor Brewing Co. is steaming again!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Who up enjoying they "allure of social competition"?

Jan 18, 2026

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4 min read

Who up enjoying they "allure of social competition"?

Plus: Every angle on the Reyes-RNDC deal 2026 (so far)!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

"Neo-Hedonism" is just the beginning

Jan 11, 2026

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10 min read

"Neo-Hedonism" is just the beginning

Plus: With RNDC reeling, Jose Cuervo says "adios"!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Jim Beam is already on glut watch for 2026

Dec 21, 2025

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10 min read

Jim Beam is already on glut watch for 2026

Plus: Treasury Wine Estates continues to be down bad!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

+1

Honoring a life in beer

Dec 14, 2025

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7 min read

Honoring a life in beer

Plus: The Fingers Shop is almost sold out!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Hustling Tetra Pak’d poop juice for half a billion dollars

Dec 7, 2025

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11 min read

Hustling Tetra Pak’d poop juice for half a billion dollars

Plus: Sazerac is indeed sending Svedka’s sexbot to the Super Bowl!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Trump take America’s brewing future

Nov 23, 2025

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11 min read

Trump take America’s brewing future

Plus: Sour grapes about the WSJ's ABI-BeatBox scoop!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Costco's bottle-popping problem got a lot worse

Nov 16, 2025

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10 min read

Costco's bottle-popping problem got a lot worse

Plus: A US Senator is shitposting about Trump's THC ban!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante

Weekender

Molson Coors is nursing a pricey hangover from the bourbon boom

Nov 9, 2025

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11 min read

Molson Coors is nursing a pricey hangover from the bourbon boom

Plus: More like Jai Goodbai, amirite?!

Dave Infante
Dave Infante
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