Carling says that the branding and packaging for its new limited edition citrus beer, Carling Zest, was desined to push its premium positioning as an alternative to other summer drinks such as cider.
Packaging giant Rexam says it is excited by demand for whisky-based ready-to-drink (RTD) products in India, and has also seen double-digit growth for other spirits in the region.
Ball Packaging Europe has created a new can design for fruit wine maker EB-Secco, which has been presented to consumers at the ProWein trade show in Düsseldorf from this week.
Beer brand Grolsch is set to launch redesigned packaging across its whole range, with the roll-out set to start from March 5, with one claimed benefit consistency of appearance across world markets.
The EU’s Standing Committee on Organic Farming (SCOF) has agreed new rules for organic wine that it claims will raise its profile within the bloc and worldiwde, in a move welcomed by a prominent group representing organic producers, despite the latter’s...
An Irish researcher whose team has developed novel technology to brew cost-effective, tasty low alcohol beer says he believes such products have a genuine market, as a major European brewer awaits the results of further work.
Only weeks after it scaled-back production in Australian due to a flat market for glass caused by slow beer sales, glass packaging giant Owens-Illinois (O-I) has opened a new production plant in Vietnam.
Austrian prosecutors have dropped a legal case that followed complaints about alcohol being sold online that carried portraits of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and swastikas on labels.
An astonishing rise in bulk wine exports over the past decade has led to ‘democratisation, commoditisation, innovation and over-supply’ of products that has changed the industry for good, according to Rabobank.
A Spanish study published by Chiva-Blanch et al. has found that both ethanol and non-alcoholic compounds in red wine could potentially cut the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
SABMiller said today that ‘intense competition’ within European lager led to a fall in beer volume sales during the last quarter, but the brewer told BeverageDaily.com that it didn’t think there was a fundamental problem with the category in this market...
Big beer brands face something of a double bind in trying to stem the tide of declining UK beer sales and entice new consumers to the category, in a market where simply taking over small, successful craft brands risks diluting their appeal, according...
An extension of its FroZen Viniflora range of malolactic starter cultures range for smaller scale red wine makers is set to revolutionise production through the faster rate of fermentation, claims Denmark based Chr. Hansen.
Australian scientists say they have conducted tests revealing that two commercially available barley-based low gluten beers had substantial levels of one or more hordein proteins (a gluten source).
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) says it is focusing on the London 2012 Olympics to spur sales, but admits that any French soda tax could lead to retail price rises there of around 10 per cent.
A US beer brand is claiming that its product is the 'first beer in space', after two fans of the drink blasted a can into the earth's upper atmosphere.
There is huge potential to cut the amount of water used in the beer brewing process, yielding both significant efficiency and cost benefits, said Alfa Laval.
KHS claims its new Innopro ECOStab beer stabilisation machine will help brewers of all sizes achieve longer shelf lives for beer, and reduce costs as well as processing times.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that wine clarified with egg white can still cause allergic reactions in susceptible individuals and should be labelled accordingly.
Australia’s Premium Wine Brands and Treasury Wine Estates call on the government to reform the current value-based levies and abolish the wine equalisation tax (WET), as the country’s tax summit looms on the horizon.
International wine manufacturers should look to cultural preferences for niche and premium red wines to be successful in China, according to an industry analyst.
Light consumption of red wine in particular may protect against weight gain, according to a recently published review study from Spanish academics at the University of Navarra.
A report by Human Right’s Watch (HRW) slating employee conditions in the South African wine industry is biased and unbalanced, said the country’s trade organisation.
A new study suggests red wine polyphenols may protect omega-3 fatty acids from breaking down in the body, offering a possible mechanism for the cardiovascular benefits associated with red wine consumption.
The UK tax duty reduction on reduced alcoholic beer will not have a strong impact on the beer industry, at least not in the short-term, according to Euromonitor.
Molson Coors’ new beer could be tapping into a £396m opportunity in the UK if it can achieve its aim of getting more women to buy into the category, said the brewer.
A new wine that targets women through its perfume-like packaging has been singled out by Datamonitor’s Product Launch Analytics team as its Innovation of the Week.
Wine and spirit trade industry body the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is launching a fraud prevention unit in an effort to combat fraud in the sector.
Chr Hansen is launching a new yeast for making fruitier wines that can be added directly as a frozen product rather than having to be rehydrated first.
Russia is threatening to ban sales of PET beer bottles but a new report from Pira indicates that the global popularity of the plastic among brewers is on the increase.
Higher prices have helped AB InBev post a 5.6 per cent increase in quarterly revenue despite bad weather in Brazil and persistent unemployment in the US.
A year on from the formation of Oenobrands, a joint venture between DSM and Anchor Yeast, we went down to their offices in Montpellier, France, to find out about its first crop of wine yeasts and enzymes.
German scientists claim that new research into the main substances that cause beer to deteriorate over time could unlock secrets to extending shelf life.
As customs officers in the UK raid an illegal vodka plant and the FSA sends out a warning about fake bottles of Jacob’s Creek wine, scientists in Leicester claim to have developed a counterfeit wine and spirit detector that works on unopened bottles.
Just one extra beer a week for Chinese men would require 231,235 hectares of annual barley production in the UK - the equivalent of a fifth of its current output, claims the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).
