BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 15, 2026--
Archer Roose Wines, the premium canned wine company founded by Marian Leitner-Waldman and co-owned by Elizabeth Banks, has been named a 2025 Hot Prospect Brand Award winner for the imported wine category by M. Shanken Communications’ Impact Databank. This is the second consecutive award for the brand, which requires depletions over 50,000 and double-digit depletions’ growth for three consecutive years. Archer Roose Wines grew 35% from 2024 to 2025 amidst continued declines for the broader wine category.
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The recognition marks an important milestone for Archer Roose Wines as the brand continues to outperform the wine category and lead within premium canned wine, building the category around a simple consumer need: a great glass of wine without the commitment of opening a full bottle.
“This recognition is meaningful because it reflects the strength of the business we’ve built,” said Marian Leitner-Waldman, Founder and CEO of Archer Roose Wines. “Archer Roose Wines was created to make quality wine more accessible, more flexible and more relevant to the way people want to enjoy wine today. Being named a Hot Prospect Brand Award winner once again reinforces that RTDs are evolving beyond spirits, and that premium canned wine has a real role to play in how today’s consumers discover and enjoy wine.”
The Hot Prospect Brand Awards recognize emerging beverage alcohol brands demonstrating strong sales and marketing achievement. For Archer Roose Wines, the award acknowledges continued momentum in the independent on-premise, where it sources ~80% of its volume, as well as within the retail and travel channels. Archer Roose Wines is unlocking growth by tapping into accounts previously underserved by the wine industry and providing an alternative to beers or hard seltzers.
Archer Roose Wines is known for its globally sourced wines, perfectly portioned 250mL cans and commitment to making premium wine easier to enjoy across more occasions, from restaurants and bars to travel to casual gatherings and everyday moments.
About Archer Roose Wines
Archer Roose Wines is the award-winning, globally sourced wine by the glass that leads with transparency and quality. Founded in 2015 by Marian Leitner-Waldman and co-owned by Chief Creative Officer Elizabeth Banks, the proudly women-led brand sources its portfolio from seven of the world's most renowned winemaking regions across five countries: Italy, France, Chile, Argentina, and Australia. Made in a low-intervention winemaking style with no added sugar, sustainably grown grapes, and 100% recyclable aluminum cans, Archer Roose Wines is built for the way modern consumers actually drink and allows for a great glass of wine without having to open a full bottle. The brand's portfolio is poured at premium hospitality partners including Cinemark and Regal Cinemas, Dave & Busters, Five Iron Golf and bars & restaurants nationwide and is stocked at retailers including Sprouts, BevMo!, Gopuff, Spec’s and Total Wine & More. You can also enjoy Archer Roose Wines on JetBlue, Princess Cruises and Breeze Airways. Learn more at www.archerroose.com.
Founder and CEO, Marian Leitner-Waldman, and Co-Owner and Chief Creative Officer, Elizabeth Banks
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center on Tuesday from returning President Donald Trump ’s name to the iconic performing arts venue in a move meant to recognize his renovation efforts, saying it would violate an earlier ruling that his name was illegally added to the building.
Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that, “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing.”
The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Center voted in August to inscribe the president’s name on the venue’s facade so it would read “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.”
If the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reached $100 million, another inscription would be added reading: “Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.”
The plaza in front of the Kennedy Center would have also been renamed in Trump’s honor, as part of the board’s vote.
Cooper ruled in May that only Congress can approve changes to the Kennedy Center’s name. In an emergency hearing on the matter in August, the administration argued it was no longer attempting to rename the building and that the vote was simply a recognition of Trump’s effort to secure money for much needed renovations.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose wife sits on the Kennedy Center board, compared the move to the way hospitals and colleges recognize high dollar donors.
But a lawyer for U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, argued the changes amounted to “deja vu” and violated Cooper’s earlier ruling.
“The law is extremely clear: The John F. Kennedy Center is named for President Kennedy — and no one else," Beatty said in a statement Tuesday. "But President Trump is holding the Kennedy Center hostage unless he can put his name on this sacred memorial. The Court just rejected this proposal for the second time. This unlawfulness is as breathtaking as it is wrong, and it needs to stop.”
Tuesday's ruling is the latest twist in a months-old naming saga that first saw the board installing Trump's name above Kennedy's. After Cooper shot down that move, an elevated tarp was erected which obscures Trump's name and most of Kennedy's.
A more recent board proposal floated multiple options for getting Trump's name on the grounds, including inscriptions like “Renovation and endowment overseen by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.” Another option: “With Gratitude for Support from President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.”
The proposed board resolution was submitted to the court by Beatty as part of her effort to prevent the board from proceeding with the planned closure. It flatly states that “without such appropriate recognition” it's unlikely that Trump will financially support what the board says are desperately needed renovations.
Cooper, in his Tuesday ruling, tartly notes “the government plays word games.”
In a scheduling hearing Tuesday morning, prior to the release of his ruling, Cooper appealed to lawyers for both sides to find a mediated solution to the fate of the performing arts center. The center's board has claimed the building is in desperate physical shape and the institution is desperately close to insolvency.
“Is it possible to turn down the temperature a little bit?" Cooper asked. “I'm not ordering you to do it, but there is a larger public interest here.”
Visitors walk at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
An sculpture of President John F. Kennedy is seen at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
