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A years-long legal dispute between two Kentucky bourbon companies over who holds the title of the state's first Black-owned bourbon distillery has come to a close, at least for the time being, after a federal appeals court sided with Fresh Bourbon LLC earlier this year. The ruling, handed down

A $2.37 Billion Wake-Up Call The numbers are in, and they tell a story that every whiskey drinker, bourbon collector, and spirits enthusiast in America should be paying attention to. U.S. spirits exports dropped 3.8% in 2025, landing at $2.37 billion — a meaningful slide from where the industry st

The Foreclosure of LF Heritage and What It Says About an Industry in Trouble The American bourbon industry has been riding a wave of prestige and premium pricing for years, but the cracks are starting to show — and they're getting harder to ignore. The latest sign of trouble comes out of Scott Cou

The spirits industry has been taking hits from every direction lately — slumping sales, health-conscious consumers pulling back, tariff pressures squeezing margins, and now even cannabis drinks nibbling at market share. Against that backdrop, two of the biggest names in the business are reportedly

There's a moment India Robinson hasn't been able to shake. She was out with a client who had just scored a major win — the kind of night where you order 20 bottles to the table and toast like there's no tomorrow. Robinson suggested bourbon. Her client shut it down fast. "Bourbon isn't for celeb

The story of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey was always supposed to be one of triumph. A Black distiller from Tennessee who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey, finally getting the recognition he deserved more than 160 years later. A brand built by a Black woman who saw that story and refused to l

The bourbon world is buzzing after spirits giant Sazerac quietly maneuvered to take control of Garrard County Distilling Co., a high-profile Kentucky distillery that never really got off the ground before collapsing into financial ruin. Sazerac, the New Orleans-based company behind some of the

A rough start to 2026 for American spirits sales — and the numbers tell a complicated story The first month of 2026 handed the American spirits industry something it did not want to see: a broad, across-the-board sales slump that hit nearly every category and showed few signs of a quick recovery.

The numbers don't lie. In less than a year, one of the most reliable foreign markets for American whiskey has virtually disappeared — and the damage is still mounting. U.S. spirits exports to Canada collapsed by nearly 70 percent, falling from roughly $250 million annually to just $89 million,

The numbers don't lie, and for the American whiskey industry, they're ugly. In just under a year, U.S. spirits exports to Canada have cratered by nearly 70%, wiping out what had long been one of the most reliable and lucrative overseas markets American distillers could count on. What was once a $25