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).
A new Rabobank report suggests that Australian wines have succeeded in commanding higher prices in emerging markets than some more established wine growing nations.
Owens-Illinois (OI) has agreed to acquire glass packaging firm Hebei Rixin Glass Group in a deal aimed at opening up opportunities in the growing mass beer market in China.
Heineken is rolling out a new bottle design across the globe, cutting the number of sizes available, in an effort to achieve greater brand uniformity and streamline its supply chain.
PET is unlikely to replace glass as the material of choice for French wine producers but at Emballage in Paris this week plastic packaging firms said demand from the wine sector is increasing fast.
Further growth is expected for PET packaging in the beer sector, predicted Sidel when BeverageDaily.com caught up with company’s executive VP of engineering and material handling, Marc Aury, at Brau Beviale earlier this month.
Export volumes of wine have recovered well from the lows of early 2009 but suppliers are under pressure from lower margins in the UK market, according to a new Rabobank report.
UK consumers have lost their taste for beer in the third quarter as supermarket sales slump more than 10 per cent, according to data published by the British Beer & Pub Association.
A new $20m winery, brewery and food-processing centre at the University of California (UC) Davis aims to become carbon neutral over the next two years, with plans to also become self sustainable in its energy and water use.
PET may have something of an image problem to overcome in the beer market but researchers from Pira International believe technological developments could spark a take off in the coming years.
The authors of a new paper identifying new proteins in beer believe that the research could help brewers to fine tune the flavour and aroma of the drink.
Factors such as faster filling speed and reduction of beer waste have accelerated the take up over the past 18 months of optical technology for oxygen measurement by leading breweries in the US and Europe over the well established amperometric systems,...
Australian wine producers have pledged to phase out the use of important European names like Champagne and Port as part of a new wine agreement with the EU.
Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) from soft drinks and beer products is “extremely low” said Health Canada after carrying out a survey on levels of the chemical in 38 products.
A poor Russian wheat harvest and a ban on grain exports are unlikely to have a major impact on the European beer market, but could represent another setback for the home market, according to a Canadean analyst.
Bremerhaven is confident that the EU project Sustavino will deliver sustainable and economically viable solutions to deal with wastewater and residual materials from wine production.
Organic lobbyists have expressed disappointment and concern over the failure of the Commission to agree on standards for the production of organic wine.
The EU Commission has withdrawn draft proposals to introduce standards for the production of organic wine, citing an unwillingness to dilute organic rules.
American researchers have identified specific genetic markers in the grape genome to improve the fruit quality, and disease and pest resistance, and could quicken the development of better grapes.
DSM and Anchor BioTechnologies have agreed to set up a joint venture bringing their bio-tech wine ingredients together under one roof in the south of France.
A new study suggests that beers containing plenty of hops or pale barley malts could promote better bone health thanks to their dietary silicon content.
Workers at Anheuser-Busch InBev are into the twelfth day of a blockade of factory gates in Belgium that is running stocks dry at supermarkets and bars.
A company created by film director Francis Ford Coppola is suing Suberus-owned packaging supplier Vinocor USA over allegations its wine bottles and screwcaps were faulty.
Private label beers have traditionally struggled to compete with big branded rivals in Western Europe but new Canadean research suggests the recession has given them a larger slice of the market.
France may reclaim from Italy the title of biggest wine producer in the world this year, according to provisional 2009 data from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
According to trend experts Mintel, the wine market in the US will grow 2.1 per cent in 2009 as consumers begin to see signs that the worst of the recession is over.
