AlcBev in Five

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• Australia's Smallest Crush in 25 Years 17.07.2026 4min

  Australia's 2026 wine harvest slumped to a twenty-five-year low, and The Drinks Business and Just Drinks report grape prices kept falling despite the smaller crop, pointing to a supply glut. Liv-ex data cited by The Drinks Business and Harpers shows US buyers steadying the fine wine market through the first half as Asian demand eased. Also today: Brown-Forman's succession question after Lawson Whiting's retirement, Ian Macleod cutting Glengoyne and Rosebank output thirty percent, and a receiver's counterclaim in the Uncle Nearest litigation.
• Spirits Pull Ahead, India Cuts Scotch Tariffs, RNDC Splits Again 16.07.2026 4min

  NIQ's latest On Premise analysis describes a diverging beverage alcohol market, with spirits gaining share while beer and wine stay under pressure, and trade voices pointing to account-level velocity as the binding constraint for smaller suppliers. The India-UK trade agreement took effect on the fifteenth, cutting customs duty on UK whisky from one hundred fifty percent to seventy-five percent, with Firstpost reporting expectations of roughly five to ten percent in initial retail relief. Quality Brands closed its acquisition of RNDC's Nebraska and Dakotas businesses, Horse Soldier Bourbon opened a two hundred million dollar Gallo-backed distillery in Kentucky, and Fawn Weaver was fired as Uncle Nearest CEO by the company's court-appointed receiver.
• Brown-Forman Opens Its CEO Search 15.07.2026 4min

  Brown-Forman confirmed Lawson Whiting's retirement, effective on the appointment of a successor, and reiterated a fiscal 2027 outlook of roughly flat organic net sales with organic operating income down three to five percent. IWSR's latest Bevtrac survey puts the Gen Z adult drinking rate across fifteen markets at seventy-four percent, up eight points in three years, with the firm calling Gen Z moderation debunked, per The Spirits Business. Also: June CPI has beer prices up three point one percent while the rest of bev-alc trails inflation, NIQ reads the Fourth as a small blip in off-premise scans, and DISCUS is challenging Oregon's Extended Producer Responsibility glass fees in court.
• Brown-Forman's Top Job Opens as RNDC Winds Down 13.07.2026 4min

  Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting plans to step down as the spirits supplier works to push past an alcohol slowdown, while RNDC's national wind-down nears completion and ripples through the three-tier system. Circana's Fourth of July off-premise scans came in roughly flat, a coalition backs a federal hemp-beverage bill, and French heat and drought are set to cut Champagne yields about ten percent. Also moving: a U.S. Champagne rebound, softer super-premium Tequila projections, Asahi's full buyout of Gulpener, South Korean label changes, spirits-based RTD growth, and a take-private offer for Viva Wine Group.