Published: Jul 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

With western market sales of cream-based liqueurs turning sour, natural yogurt liqueurs could be one way for brandowners to stem the tide, according to Euromonitor International.

Published: Jul 07, 2012

Bacardi has announced the appointment of Gianpaolo Perego as its new regional president of Latin America, with responsibility or leading all the spirit's giant's operations the region.

Published: Jul 06, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Diageo said that the initial European launch focus for its Chinese ‘baijiu’ brand Shui Jing Fang will be UK ‘meal occasions’, although success will see it pursue sales in other channels that retain the drink's premium positioning.

Published: Jul 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has declined to confirm whether it plans to apply to the UK Supreme Court for permission to appeal after losing the latest round of a bitter trademark dispute to Czech rival Budějovický Budvar over the ‘Budweiser’ name.

Published: Jul 04, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Molson Coors (UK & Ireland) claims consumers are increasingly attracted by world beers as it rolls-out a new four-pack of bottles including Cobra, Singha, Grolsch and Grupo Modelo's Pacifico Clara.

Published: Jul 04, 2012

Despite rumours that AB InBev could eventually follow-up its Grupo Modelo acquisition by attempting to swallow rival SABMiller for $80bn, one analyst said that such a deal raised anti-trust issues, despite the two firms’ ‘complementary footprints’.

Published: Jul 03, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

A new study assessing Chinese attitudes to wine labeling has debunked the traditional view that consumers are only really attracted to wines promoting traditional and French labeling cues.

Published: Jun 28, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Pernod Ricard is expanding its direct African presence by opening four new affiliate companies this year to boost strategic brands and target ‘standard’ spirit sales, potentially at the expense of beer.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Staff Writer

Heineken could face more intense price pressure in Mexico if rival AB InBev acquired the other half of native brewer Grupo Modelo, according to a New York-based analyst.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Exeter Magistrates have ordered St Austell Brewery to pay nearly £19,000 in fines and costs after workers refurbishing a Devon pub were exposed to deadly asbestos dust without adequate protection.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

Intake of the red wine polyphenol resveratrol could help boost exercise performance by improving strength and endurance, according to new research in rats.

Published: Jun 22, 2012

Jack Daniel's has rejected claims made by a Welshman that his distant relative may have founded the drinks dynasty when he emigrated to the States in the nineteenth century.

Published: Jun 19, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

The West Midlands brewery Holden’s is planning major expansion to meet Japanese demand for exports of British real ale. The growth is set to create 10 jobs.

Published: Jun 16, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Diageo has announced the successful closure of its public offer to acquire an addition 10.62% state in Hanoi Liquor Joint Stock Company (Halico), as it aims to work with the company in the 'rapidly growing' Vietnamese branded spirits sector.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The Chinese are drinking more beer and buying more expensive varieties, but multinational brewers need to innovate to seize a growth opportunity presented by groups such as female drinkers, according to Mintel.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Brown-Forman admits that flavoured brown spirits category growth has hit Southern Comfort sales, but expects to launch US success story Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey globally in this space in 2013.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Pernod Ricard says it will ‘continue to fight’ for its alleged US trademark rights to the Havana Club name, but bitter rival Bacardi USA expects its pending federal application claiming the name to be granted and plans nationwide sales using it in the ‘ne

Published: Jun 12, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Health and consumer groups in Australia are calling on government authorities to ban alcoholic energy drinks, which have been linked to the death of a teenager this year.

Published: Jun 12, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The North British Distillery in Edinburgh has closed its cooling towers after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served an improvement notice for alleged failures to control the risk of legionella.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: foodmanufacture

Shadow public health minister, Diane Abbott has slammed the coalition’s “failing” health policy and called for a move to put public health before big business.