News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
The different levels of taxation on wine, beer and spirits within the European Union remains a 'distortion of the single market', claims taxation Commissioner Fritz Bolkestein who, it seems, has not abandoned his much-derided plans for harmonisation.
Negotiators in Prague and Brussels are nearing agreement on the definition and labelling of the traditional plum brandy slivovitz once the Czech Republic joins the EU.
Declining consumption has prompted many observers to pronounce the premature death of the German beer industry - with investment by major foreign brewers seen as the only waty of resurrecting the body. But is this really the case? We asked Erich...
United Glass has officially opened its glass recycling centre in Alloa, Scotland. The £1.3 million (€2m) project was funded by an investment of Packaging Recovery Note money to construct the processing plant and a new visitor centre.
As green tea grows in popularity new research from Japan suggests that this ancient ingredient may provide some relief to allergy sufferers.
The world's largest and most expensive collection of old Scotch whiskies is embarking on a worldwide tour in a bid to drum up interest in an eventual auction. All the whisky aficionado needs to walk away with a bottle of The Macallan 1926 is a mere...