Booze News Weekly Roundup: Uncle Nearest Nears Sale, a $5M Wine Heist in Italy, and More

Booze News Weekly Roundup: Uncle Nearest Nears Sale, a $5M Wine Heist in Italy, and More

This is VinePair’s Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what’s happening in the beverage alcohol industry. This week, we have updates on Uncle Nearest’s potential buyers, Mark Zuckerberg’s Guinness flop, the latest product releases, and more. News to know: Sale is on the horizon for Uncle Nearest: After a year-plus-long legal saga, Fawn Weaver’s embattled whiskey brand is close to finding a buyer, according to a court document receiver Phillip G. Young Jr. filed last Friday.

Published by vinepair.com at 2026-10-16