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(16-07-2008)
The Macallan is launching a new limited edition product called ‘Estate Oak’. For every bottle purchased, The Macallan will plant an oak tree on The Macallan Estate on Speyside in Scotland.
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(16-07-2008)
Diageo is testing two new vodka flavours this month in the UK market, as extensions to the Smirnoff brand.
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(16-07-2008)
Anheuser-Busch (A-B), has agreed a takeover by the Belgium-based brewer InBev for $52 billion, after InBev raised its previous offer by $5 a share to $70 a share. The deal will create the world’s largest beer company.
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(16-07-2008)
Coca-Cola Amatil has reportedly said that it will not bid for the Foster’s Group because of a number of operational issues.
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(16-07-2008)
From October, EU airports will stop confiscating duty-free drinks from air passengers taking connecting flights within Europe having commenced their journeys in the US and Canada.
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(16-07-2008)
A powerful international bloc is debating the adoption of an international agreement on the counterfeiting of goods, insisting upon cooperation over fighting fake drinks products.
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(16-07-2008)
French wine production will fall from 52.8 million hectolitres annually from 2000 to 2004 and reach 43.9 million hectolitres in 2015, according to research commissioned by independent winemakers.
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(16-07-2008)
Bruce Jack, the South African founder of Flagstone wines, which was recently acquired by Constellation Europe, has been named Wine Personality of the Year at South Africa’s inaugural Financial Mail Wine Business Awards held in Johannesburg.
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(01-07-2008)
The Power 100 report for 2008 into the most powerful spirits and wine brands in the world has placed Smirnoff Vodka in number one position for the second year running.
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(01-07-2008)
A report by an Australian Senate committee has recommended raising the country’s legal drinking age from 18 to 21.