Wealth managers detail drastic rise in fine wine investment among clients - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News New analysis from fine wine trading platform WineCap ’s 2026 Wealth Report, which surveys top UK wealth...

not a wealth manager and i don't have one lol, but this seems... unwise

Sazerac ‘approach’ sends Brown-Forman shares soaring - Just Drinks Shares in Brown-Forman jumped more than 12% today (9 April) after a report said Sazerac had approached its fellow US distiller about a possible deal.

A love triangle of spirits behemoths: Paris-based Pernod Ricard, the world's second-biggest spirits maker (USD $15B revenue) and US spirits giant Sazerac ($1B), have both expressed interest in a deal with with Brown-Forman, the largest producer of American whiskey ($5B).

75% of the total decline in US wine exports is due to the importation ban in most Canadian provinces

100 Most Dynamic Debut Albums: The Velvet Underground’s ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ (1967) Though thousands of excellent first albums have been recorded, our team has weighed in on the 100 most dynamic debuts of all time.

The Velvet Underground released their debut album 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' 59 years ago on March 12, 1967

album.ink/VUandNico67

'Bloodbath' hits wine country as millennials and boomers abandon alcohol Younger consumers drink less wine while baby boomers scale back, creating generational shift crushing California's wine industry and forcing closures.

The trend has contributed to more than $1B USD in lost wine revenue last year and a roughly 6 million-case drop in production

Vinnie Pasquantino of Team Italy: WHERES THE FUCKIN WINE

Annual alcohol sales per capita in Canada, in litres Near 8.4L in 2008-2009 plummeting to 6.8L in 2024-2025

sales per capita chart:

Beer, wine and spirits sales fall as Canadians cut back on alcohol, Statistics Canada says | CBC News Canadians are buying less alcohol, leading to the largest annual drop in beer, wine, spirits and cider sales in the 20 years Statistics Canada has been tracking the data, according to the agency's new...

Beer, wine, and spirits sales all fell in both dollar amount and volume. Sales per capita dropped even more sharply.

⚫ ‘FENIAN’ is released on April 24th via @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social marking the 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

🔴 Smugglers & Scholars - OUT NOW!

⚫ A track reminiscing on Revolutionary times in Ireland, driven by a hopefulness, when the working class, academics and good people everywhere united and took action in search of a better future.

Whack it up!🔥

👉 kneecap.lnk.to/smugglersand...

📷 Tom Beard

Smugglers & Scholars, by KNEECAP track by KNEECAP

New @kneecapceol.bsky.social track dropped today from the forthcoming album FENIAN

Why Chile’s ‘forgotten’ ancestral grape is due a second renaissance A decade ago, Miguel Torres sparked a País revival by proving Chile’s “forgotten” ancestral grape could make serious wine. Today, the producer predicts a second resurgence of the variety, thanks to it...

Fine País is brilliant like Cru Beaujolais. Look for Clos de Luz, Morande, and Miguel Torres, among others.

America’s biggest wine maker shuts down production in Napa Valley in huge blow to wine heartland Gallo announced the closure of a large Napa Valley production facility and the elimination of jobs across two counties — a stark sign of the shifting landscape around alcohol consumption in America…

80+ CA wineries have closed in the last 12 months, most recently this large Gallo facility in St. Helena.

KNEECAP feat .GRIAN CHATTEN - 'BETTER WAY TO LIVE', by KNEECAP track by KNEECAP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow

KNEECAP feat. Grian Chatten:
🎵 Better Way to Live

#KNEECAP #GrianChatten

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

Only Dust Remains, by Backxwash 10 track album

this month i picked up ONLY DUST REMAINS by @backxwash.bsky.social, an album i found last year and absolutely fell in love with. i put history of violence on my playlist but you should for real buy the entire album:
backxwash.bandcamp.com/album/only-d...

Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Rare Studio String Version) YouTube video by Michael Jackson - GLOBAL RARE

Not even kidding but this is one of the greatest things I have ever heard

youtu.be/eVhl896h2NI?...

Little House of Savages The Walkmen · Bows + Arrows · Song · 2004

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

The Walkmen:
🎵 Little House of Savages

#TheWalkmen

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Spotify:

yeah same colour and yes it's as sweet as it looks

The image shows a person holding a glass of white wine with a scenic view. The beverage appears to be a light golden color, consistent with aged white wines.

the colour of this 20 year old vendage tardive gewurztraminer from Hugel 😍

Immigration crackdown hits tequila sales as Hispanic consumers in US stay at home World’s biggest tequila producer latest group to highlight impact of ‘very delicate’ atmosphere

US immigration policy is affecting beer and tequila sales:
Fearful Hispanic consumers are staying home from bars and restaurants and sending their children to grocery shop for them.

✅ @dandywarhols.com has been verified by @bsky.app.

Deceptacon, by SPRINTS 1 track album

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

SPRINTS:
🎵 Deceptacon

#SPRINTS

#newRelease - 🆕 single

▶️ 🆕🪄 Automagic 📻 playlist: 👉 New releases played on KEXP 👈

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

DJ Próvai wearing his trademark tricolour bally and blindfold emblazoned with "FENIAN"

FENIAN 24.04.26

🔴 FENIAN 🔴 NEW ALBUM 🔥24.04.26🔥 They tried to stop us by branding Kneecap 'terrorists', with cancellations, with statements from the Prime Minister himself. We had all the motivation we needed…this isn't a swift reaction, but a considered response to those that tried to silence us. And failed. Inspired by, and proudly named 'Fenian', who were warriors in Irish folklore, and later a derogatory term for the Irish. Now we're using it to name everyone speaking truth to power. After 800 years of colonisation, they thought the Irish language would die, it didn't. Thanks to Muintir na Gaeltachta, and all the Gaels who refused to let their culture and language be destroyed. And KNEECAP is much the same…we haven't gone away. The Paddies are back. 💿 Released via Heavenly Recordings on Friday 24th April. Sign-up to our WhatsApp channel for exclusive album news via the link in our bio. 📺 Tune into @BBCR1 with Jack Saunders at 7.30PM and head over to Youtube for the video premiere of ‘Liars Tale.’ ⚫️Artwork by Gianni Clifford 🔴Photo by Tom Beard

🔴 FENIAN 🔴

NEW ALBUM
🔥24.04.26🔥

The Paddies are back.

💿 Released via Heavenly Recordings on Friday 24th April.

📺 Tune into @BBCR1 with Jack Saunders at 7.30PM and head over to Youtube for the video premiere of ‘Liars Tale.’

⚫️Artwork by Gianni Clifford
🔴Photo by Tom Beard

FENIAN, by KNEECAP 14 track album

Just Announced: FENIAN, the new album from @kneecapceol.bsky.social arrives April 24. Stream the single Liars Tale now:

Deceptacon, by SPRINTS 1 track album

Dublin band SPRINTS have recorded a cover of the classic Le Tigre single.

Geese - Trinidad - Live on SNL

can't get over how Pearl Jammy this bonus track sounds. Seb channeling Eddie here.

NOT TODAY, by Kim Gordon from the album PLAY ME

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

Kim Gordon:
🎵 NOT TODAY

#KimGordon

#newRelease - 🆕 single

▶️ 🆕🪄 Automagic 📻 playlist: 👉 New releases played on KEXP 👈

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

California winery closure points to deepening North American wine crisis The planned shutdown of one of California’s oldest wineries reflects the scale of the challenges facing the US wine industry. Falling consumption, oversupply and prolonged weak demand are driving pain...

Falling consumption, oversupply and prolonged weak demand are driving painful restructuring across the sector.

Happy 20th Anniversary to Cat Power’s seventh studio album ‘The Greatest’ originally released January 20, 2006 | Listen to the album + watch the official videos here: album.ink/CatPowerTG