Wine

'This May, raise a glass' says the slogan for Aussie Wine Month. Pictured: Tasmania

beverage bites: news up to May 21, 2015

Wine in the limelight; Pepsi launches Limon; and more beverage bites

By Rachel Arthur

This week is a good one if you like drinking wine: it’s Aussie Wine Month, English Wine Week, and London Wine Week. Meanwhile, Pepsi Limon hits the shelves, while Tesco cuts sugar in soft drinks… read on for more beverage bites.

Men from Mars, women from Venus in liquor store tastes

Australia

Men from Mars, women from Venus in liquor store tastes

By RJ Whitehead

As Australia’s alcohol market shrinks, researchers have told retailers they should understand better that men and women don’t always look for the same qualities in a liquor store, with different demographics being swayed by different things.  

From goon sack to cask: Australia’s wine box celebrates 50 years

Innovations

From goon sack to cask: Australia’s wine box celebrates 50 years

By Mary Taylor

One of South Australia’s best-loved inventions—alongside the Stobie termite-proof telegraph pole, the Hills Hoist clothesline and the Jump plough that doesn’t get stuck on rocks—the so-called “goon sack” was the brainchild of a “frustrated inventor.”

China now the world’s biggest red wine consumer

China now the world’s biggest red wine consumer

By RJ Whitehead

With consumption almost tripling over the last six years, China has leapfrogged France and Italy to become the world’s biggest red wine market, with surging demand for the variety in stark contrast to that for its inauspicious white counterpart.