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RNDC, Brown-Forman for sale, and Uncle Nearest crashes out: the most important stories of 2026 (so far)

Liquid Assets: A Beverage Industry Podcast

[SPEAKER_A] Beep.

[SPEAKER_B] From Rabobank, this is a RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness podcast. What if we did Chardonnay but like bolder?

[SPEAKER_C] You know, what if it was just melted butter?

[SPEAKER_A] Barrel-aged butter.

[SPEAKER_C] Barrel-aged butter.

[SPEAKER_B] That's delightful. Hello, this is Bourcard. This is Liquid Assets, and I'm here with two of my best friends from the industry conference circuit. Because you're not my best friends. Wow. Two of my favorite people from the industry conference circuit to talk about the biggest stories so far this year. First up is Chris Shepard. He is the Senior Editor at Beer Marketer's Insights, and I'm sorry, I used a definite article for the Senior Editor. It should be an indefinite article because he is only a Senior Editor at Beer Marketer's Insights. Hey, Chris.

[SPEAKER_A] Hey Bourcard, how you doing? Feeling good?

[SPEAKER_B] Yeah. Look, I invited you guys on specifically because I thought this would just be a very fun and silly episode that I didn't have to prepare for. So enjoy the vibes, everyone.

[SPEAKER_A] It already feels that way. I'm into it.

[SPEAKER_C] The vibes are good.

[SPEAKER_B] Yeah. Anyways, next up is Sarah Barrett, Managing Editor at Wine Spirits Daily. And before you get too excited about her role, she did get to choose her own title.

[SPEAKER_C] Um, so yeah, it's like choose your own adventure.

[SPEAKER_A] Yeah, we're writers. It's all meaningless.

[SPEAKER_C] We have to embellish.

[SPEAKER_A] Nothing's true.

[SPEAKER_B] The opposite way. Well, uh, I'm so glad I got these two folks from the trade press because what we're going to do is one of our favorite things, which is a draft, and we're going to choose two rounds of stories that we think are, are going to be the most important...

RNDC, Brown-Forman for sale, and Uncle Nearest crashes out: the most important stories of 2026 (so far)

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RNDC, Brown-Forman for sale, and Uncle Nearest crashes out: the most important stories of 2026 (so far)

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not the earnings call.