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News Briefs for September 17, 2025

September 17, 2025

•Foley Family Wines & Spirits’ Banshee has released Complicated Pinot Noir, a new partnership between the brand and singer Avril Lavigne. The California wine is from the 2024 vintage, bottled at 13.9% abv, and named for Lavigne’s 2002 hit song. The wine retails for $30 a bottle and is exclusively available through Banshee’s website and at the wine brand’s tasting room. In addition, the company is releasing 50 “Sit and Spin” sets that also include a record player and a copy of Lavigne’s 2002 album Let Go. Last year, Banshee was up 15% to 166,000 cases in the U.S., according to Impact Databank.

•Royal Wine Corp has launched new wines from Israeli winery Pinto to select markets across the U.S. The wines, made in the Negev desert, include Holot White ($60), a Roussanne-based blend; Holot Red ($60), a Malbec-based blend; Grenache ($42); Chardonnay ($42); and Wadi Shualim ($33), a Grenache-based blend. The wines are made by winemaker Yaacov Oryah and are available in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Illinois, California, Maryland, and Texas, with wider distribution to come.

•New York’s Great Jones Distilling Co., part of Proximo Spirits, has debuted a new 10-year-old Bourbon, made and aged entirely in New York. The 52.5% abv Bourbon is distilled from corn, barley, and rye grown in the Hudson Valley, with the whiskey maturing in upstate New York. The new whiskey carries a suggested price of $199 and is exclusively available at the company’s Manhattan distillery.

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