Drinks

China’s Vineyards Overtake France As Europe Uproots Grapes

China now uses more land for growing grapes than France, the world’s largest wine exporter and home of the most expensive bottles, from the Burgundy...

Brewdog Expands Its ‘Equity For Punks’ Scheme

Craft brewery Brewdog has announced its plan to raise £25m (€37m) through its crowdfunding scheme Equity for Punks (first revealed in 2010), as...

Bordeaux Value in Older Vintages as Recovery ‘Elusive,’ WAM Says

Older wines from Bordeaux are showing value as investors and collectors await release prices for the 2014 vintage, while a recovery in the broader market r...

Diageo Sales Unexpectedly Slide as Demand Wanes in Europe

Diageo said sales unexpectedly declined in the third quarter as business deteriorated across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Organic net revenue in the...

Brewhouse No. 4 Awarded Top Environmental Certification

Brewhouse No. 4 at Guinness’s St. James’s Gate has become the first manufacturing plant in Ireland, as well as the first major brewery in the w...

Italian Producers Against Increasing Juice Quantity In Drinks

The Italian Consortium of Citrus-Processing Industries (Citrag) is opposing an increase – from 12 to 20 per cent – in the minimum amo...

Diet Pepsi Dumps Aspartame As Consumer Backlash Hurts Sales

PepsiCo Inc. will start selling Diet Pepsi without aspartame later this year, the biggest change to the beverage in three decades, after a consumer backlas...

Wine Suppliers Need To Use Global Insights For Category Growth, Bridgethorne Says

A new global survey into wine retailing trends by ProWein has identified the rise of convenience purchasing, online sales and store consolidation as major...