A strategic partnership between two established family-owned businesses, Loxtonia Cider and Van Loveren Family Vineyards, bodes well for significant growth in the South African premium cider market and paves the way for global expansion.
SAB's Castle Lager brand is admirably joining the global sustainability trend to add value to brewing by-product - with a project to make it a source of a nutritious bread for poor communities.
Overall, the short- and medium-term trend for wine is challenging, with the long-term trend of slowly-declining volumes in many markets expected to continue.
Nestlé has unveiled its latest innovation for its plant-based products: a milk alternative that combines a unique blend of oat and fava, with a strong nutritional value.
New analysis published in the Journal of Dairy Science shows how some packaging materials can impact milk’s sensory quality and chemical properties.
Distell has given its uber popular 4th STREET sweet wine range a bottle revamp, with a new curvier and more sophisticated shape.
Low in sugar and alcohol and with a fresh fruity taste, the popular French wine-based aperitif Lillet Rosé is launching in South Africa.
SAAFost has announced details of its three, in-person workshops on SA's new draft labelling regulations, R2986.
South Africans, yes, spend more time ‘connected’ than any other nation, making it particularly difficult for manufacturers to break through with their newest grocery lines. Here we look at how innovation can ‘pop’ more and be remembered. Spoiler alert: being liked is no longer enough!
Soy, oat, almond and other drinks that bill themselves as “milk” can keep using the name, according to draft US federal rules released last week.
Recently published draft regulation R2986 is set to replace the existing R146 on the labelling and advertising of foodstuffs.
Perdeberg Wines has revamped the packaging of its popular easy-drinking and fruit-driven Soft Smooth Range (SSR) in 250ml cans.
The world certainly changed over the last three years as a result of the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine - here Maijaliina Hansen-Chipps, marketing category lead for RTDs at Distell, offers these trend insights....
The count-down has started to the 21st annual SAAFFI seminar - and it is once again a LIVE EVENT!
We might have been bit slow off the blocks, but DRINKStuff SA has only recently become aware of this important wine marketing news, thanks to a recent article in the Mail & Guardian.
Distell is tapping further into the no-low trend with its new Savanna 0.0. Launched with the same crisp, dry taste but less than 0.05% ABV, it is "officially the driest alcohol-free drink around".
Which? Magazine survey finds some high-street coffee brands have enough caffeine in them to wake the dead.
NoMU has to be one of your editor's favourite brands - always agile, always on-trend, always offering class and quality! Latest in its line-up is NOMU ‘REDUCED SUGAR’ Chocmilk.
This Economist podcast explores how innovators are dreaming up ways to enjoy the effects of alcohol, without the costs
