What a tonic! Two days at the vibrant Cape Wine 2015 expo, South Africa's triennial wine showcase to the world, crammed with eager international buyers, traders and media, quickly set aside the fog of gloom that sits heavy on many a South African psyche...
Camille Delebecque is founder and CEO of Afineur, a Franco-American startup, who raised more than $50,000 on Kickstarter to produce a coffee with a unique flavour created through controlled fermentation; in effect, to produce Indonesia's famed civet-poop coffee, kopi luwak, without the civet and all the...
Unilever has launched a single-serve Lipton tea machine to help reinvigorate the struggling brand and challenge Nestlé, which has already spent five years pushing a similar Nespresso-like device for tea.
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Food and drink consumers have never known such an abundance of choice, and food has probably never been so central to popular culture — yet its future has rarely seemed so controversial. The newest report from the Innovation Group, J Walter Thompson's in-house creative think...
In 1997 South Africa boasted two craft brewers - and now there are more than 150, many shipping their products around the country. There are even online services where you can order home delivery of craft beer and it is becoming commonplace to...
A tie-up between SAB Miller and ABInbev the two biggest global beer producers, a thumping $250bn merger idea, has been rumoured so often there is bound to be some scepticism. But this time, just maybe, it might just happen.
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With up to 10-million South Africans either suffering from type 2 diabetes or in the pre-diabetic stage, a wholly preventable epidemic is about to swamp our already strained public healthcare system. Kevin bloom spent a day at the diabetes clinic of a major public hospital,...
Brannas Draught captured the local NPD imagination with its launch of the first brandy and cola served as a draught in February this year. The roaring success of the start-up, serving SA's archetypal favourite tipple, has lead to a partnership with premium brandy producer KWV.
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Last year Dow Packaging launched the innovative flexible packaging alternative to rigid bottles, PacXpert, at the giant Interpack expo in Dusseldorf. It's now coming to South Africa via a licensing agreement signed with Astrapak who believes it could be a a big new hit for...
Diageo is trialling an alcohol-free variant of its Guinness stout in Indonesia, in a move designed to get round the country's new restrictions on the sale of alcohol.
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Are some people immune to hangovers, and can eating or drinking water after heavy drinking prevent a hangover? The answers appear to be 'no' and 'no' according to new research presented recently at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) seminar in Amsterdam.
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Tetra Pak has brought its Tetra Top paper-based bottle to the US market for the first time, with the launch of new spring water brand Just Water.
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CTP Cartons & Labels in Cape Town has come up an innovative product called inGENIUS – a functional pack designed to make any beverage or wine brand, or any brand, stand out in a crowd.
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British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who has instigated highly-publicised campaigns to improve school dinners, is to launch a campaign highlighting the dangers of consuming too much sugar.
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After many years in development, the much-heralded flavour enhancer called Sweetmyx is set to make its debut in two PepsiCo-owned soda brands in the US.
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A new study claims that adding a drop of milk to your tea can is more effective than bleaching products or whitening toothpastes.
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A new pop-up bar in London makes imbibing easier than ever. Created by “culinary wizards” Bompas & Parr, the installation features a room filled with a gin and tonic mist that gives guests that boozy buzz with a few deep breaths.
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After 18 months or so at the helm, Distell's CEO, Richard Rushton, ex top executive at SABMiller, has clearly brought new verve to SA's biggest wine and spirits producer, shaking out encouraging growth even in SA's moribund economy. Distell released its 2015 annual results this...
In just over three years, Suja has gone from a small home-delivery juice company to one of the US’s leading organic, cold-pressed juice brands. Now, thanks to a minority investment by The Coca-Cola Company, the San Diego-based company is a step closer...
The South African wine industry will put its best foot forward this September via a landmark new trade fair, CAPE WINE 2015, to be helpd at the CTICC and which is likely to draw substantial local and international interest.
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