Long4Life, the new investment company started by Bidvest founder, Brian Joffe, will pay up to R360m for Gauteng co-packaging bottling company, Inhle Beverages.
How best to enjoy whisky has long been debated, but two chemists say they have discovered why diluting your dram might make it taste better.
Kombucha, the ancient fermented tea, is enticing many producers and fans into its immune-boosting and adventurous taste arena. It's moving from kitchen to craft to mainstream in many markets - and SA, too, is not off this map.
American Millennials are increasingly swapping a can of beer for a glass of rosé wine.
Distell's value wine brand, Drostdy Hof, has a sophisticated new look: with the new label design being "both respectful of the legacy and modern in expression, inviting consumers to 'share the moment' with Drostdy Hof".
Box wine, that 1980s fridge staple beloved of secret, non-fussy drinkers, is back in vogue. According to the wine bible, Decanter, sales are rocketing.
Coca-Cola is calling on the public via the crowdsourcing platform HeroX to develop a natural, low-to-no-calorie sweetener, but the compound must not contain, or be derived from, stevia or monk fruit.
South Africa's leading cold-drink manufacturer is pulling its sugary soft drinks out of school tuck shops, but is still offering kids a sweet deal.
The proposed tax on sugary drinks is likely to go ahead later this year, following negotiations between government, labour and industry at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac).
As the lines between food and medicine become more blurred, it’s no wonder we’re looking towards food and drink for its restorative benefits. If we can eat or drink something delicious rather than pop a pill – bonus. What’s next on the drinks menu for body-aware consumers?
Pieter “Mr Bubbles” Ferreira has been synonymous with sparkling wine for almost three decades after joining Graham Beck in 1990 to what has become one of South Africa’s prestige sparkling wine producers.
Beer famously includes just four ingredients – grain, hops, yeast and water – but in recent years, a fifth ingredient has emerged: fruit. This trend update from Mintel....
As has been anticipated for some time, Coca-Cola in the US has announced that it would stop selling Coke Zero in the US in August, replacing it with a beverage with a different recipe, design, and name: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.
Organic food has a reputation for being healthier than conventional, and there's some evidence for that. But when it comes to organic wine, the health benefits are much less clear, experts say. And it won't help you avoid a hangover.
At a time when carbonates sales are slumping in many markets worldwide, ginger ale volumes are on the increase. Euromonitor International explains why...
The extreme drought in the Western Cape has, until now, not had a major effect on the wine industry, but adequate rainfall is needed this winter for good vine performance and crop yields for the coming season, wine producer body VinPro says.
Alternative packaging formats are increasingly being used in Europe and the US to drive wine sales in the face of fierce competition - and here's news of an innovative single-serve pouch.
AB-InBev subsidiary, SAB is investing R2.8-billion into brewery expansions, including two new packaging lines for returnable glass bottles, at its Alrode and Rosslyn breweries, in Gauteng.
On the shop floor the battle of the shelf wars has intensified, as big beverage companies move to entrench their position by squeezing out smaller competitors from prime display space.
Alcohol abuse is rising and, in many countries, young female drinkers are driving that growth. Here's a provocative opinion piece by Kiri Rupiah, the social media editor of the Mail & Guardian.