Global Bar Report 2025: North America Navigates Rising Costs, Shifting Consumers, and a New Era of Creativity
North America’s bar industry is facing another challenging year, yet operators across the region are…
Beverage Industry Trends: Key Market Shifts and Brand Developments in Early November 2025
The first half of November 2025 has delivered a wave of market updates, corporate restructurings, production forecasts, and category-specific shifts across beer, wine, spirits, and hospitality. The beverage sector continues to navigate economic pressure, supply-side volatility, consumer behavioral changes, and a challenging global trade environment. This Beverage Industry Silo Report consolidates every major development we…
Global Bar Report 2025: North America Navigates Rising Costs, Shifting Consumers, and a New Era of Creativity
North America’s bar industry is facing another challenging year, yet operators across the region are showing resilience, creativity, and renewed commitment to hospitality. After several unstable years, many bar leaders believe the sector is adapting to a new generation of drinkers and a new set of economic realities. A Changing Generation of Guests According to…
Global Wine Production Rises 3% in 2025 but Remains Below Average as Climate Pressures Intensify
Global wine production increased in 2025, offering a modest sign of recovery after last year’s historic collapse. According to initial estimates from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), global output reached 232 million hectolitres, up 3 percent from 2024. Even so, production remains 7 percent below the five-year average as vineyards worldwide continue…
Global Alcohol Volumes Expected to Fall Faster in 2025, New IWSR Forecast Shows
The global beverage alcohol industry is heading into a deeper downturn in 2025 than analysts expected earlier this year. According to the IWSR’s first-ever mid-year forecast update, total beverage alcohol volume is now projected to fall by 0.4 percent in 2025. This is double the decline forecasted in May. Beer Volumes Drive a Sharper Global…
Ardent Spirits Acquires Chapter 7 Whisky After Liquidation, Expands Scotch Portfolio
Ardent Spirits, the Scotland-based independent bottler and owner of Dark Matter Distillers, has purchased Chapter 7 Whisky after the company entered liquidation. The deal strengthens Ardent’s growing portfolio and reinforces its ambition to scale within the global whisky market. This acquisition comes at a time of significant change in the whiskey industry. Earlier this month,…
Molson Coors Takes $3.6B Goodwill Impairment, Signals Shift in Strategy
Molson Coors Beverage Company reported a $3.645 billion goodwill impairment charge in the third quarter of 2025. The writing down of its portfolio underscores the severity of the headwinds facing the U.S. beer market and beyond-beer segments. Massive Impairment Reveals Strategic Reset CEO Rahul Goyal described the impairment as a way “to check ourselves” and…
Molson Coors Writes Down $75 Million Bourbon Asset as Whiskey Market Weakens
Molson Coors Beverage Company, the parent of brands such as Coors Light and Miller Lite, announced an impairment of $75.3 million tied to its premium bourbon brand Blue Run Spirits. The impairment reflects a drop in the brand’s carrying value on the company’s balance sheet. Impairment Details and Financial Impact Molson Coors revealed that a…
MGP Reports Steep Whiskey Sales Decline as Industry Faces Global and Domestic Headwinds
One of America’s largest whiskey producers has reported a major drop in quarterly sales, highlighting the mounting challenges facing the U.S. bourbon and whiskey industry. MGP’s Third-Quarter Results Reveal Sharp Decline Indiana-based MGP, a leading producer of bourbon and rye whiskey, announced a 19 percent decline in consolidated sales to $130.9 million in the third…
Study Links Heavy Drinking to Earlier and More Severe Strokes
A new study from Harvard researchers suggests that people who consume three or more alcoholic drinks a day may experience strokes more than a decade earlier than lighter drinkers. The findings also link heavy drinking to more severe brain bleeds and long-term cognitive damage. Heavy Drinking Tied to Earlier Stroke Onset The research, published in…
2025 Wine Harvest Promises Quality Amid Lower Yields and Climate Challenges
Source: Bloomberg The 2025 wine harvest has delivered a mix of optimism and caution. Across Europe and beyond, winemakers report high-quality grapes but smaller yields as rising temperatures and extreme weather reshape the global growing season. Earlier Harvests Signal a Changing Climate This year’s harvest began weeks ahead of schedule in many of the world’s…
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