26 Oct The spirited rise of bourbon in South Africa
Bourbon is enjoying an upswing in SA's premium drinks market - with growing numbers of imbibers increasingly appreciative of America’s iconic spirit.
26 Oct Guiness 0.0 launches in Great Britain
The global drinks company Diageo is to further raise the stakes in the burgeoning low- and no-alcohol drinks sector by launching a booze-free version of Guinness in Britain and Ireland.
21 Oct Castle Lager has a new label
The country’s oldest beer, Castle, has received a makeover, with its label now being distinctly more South African.
16 Oct Lockdown’s hard impact on SA soft beverage categories
The bottled water, energy drinks and sparkling soft drinks categories are three distinctively different categories that have all suffered very different impacts as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown. Here are some interesting insights by Dr Dana Braithwaite, a consultant with BMi Research.
14 Oct Covid lockdown drives new trends in distilling across Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted investment across Africa in distilling facilities, and coerced existing distillers and brewers to innovate and diversify.
14 Oct Coca-Cola further trims its product portfolio
Coca-Cola is discontinuing its coconut water brand Zico, seven years after it was acquired. The beverage maker is also reviewing several other drink brands in its portfolio, including Coke Life, as part of this offloading process.
14 Oct 11 most influential people in the SA wine industry
Who are the most influential commercial names in the SA wine industry? WineGoggle.co.za came up with this list of very interesting players and personalities....
14 Oct 4th STREET now in spritzer format
Distell's super-successful wine brand, 4th STREET, has been launched as a lightly-sparkling spritzer variant in three flavours.
14 Oct The Coca-Cola Company introduces Cappy Burst
Coca-Cola has launched a new variant to its Cappy brand, Cappy Burst, an affordable fruit juice blend in returnable glass bottles.
29 Sep Does alcohol have an ancient African heritage?
Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. But where was the first alcoholic beverage brewed and consumed? Africa looks likely...
16 Sep Low and alcohol free beers: are they health drinks?
The hubbub around "nolo" beers has been given a sizeable boost by the coronavirus pandemic - and now British researchers believe they can even be viewed as health drinks.
16 Sep Japan’s first zero-carb beer to hit shelves
Kirin Brewery Co will start selling a zero-carbohydrate regular beer in October, the first such product offered by a domestic brewer, to tap demand among increasingly health-conscious consumers.
16 Sep Absolut trials paper bottle prototype
Absolut will start trialling a paper bottle prototype in the UK and Sweden: aiming to ‘turn the spirits industry upside down with packaging that invokes real and long-lasting behavioural change’.
15 Sep ‘Like sending bees to war’: the deadly truth behind almond milk
Don't be fooled... vegan products also involve a massive cost in animal and insect lives, to wit this article that looks at the annual sacrifice of billions of bees in pollinating California's rapidly expanding almond orchards.
11 Sep Oops! LiquiFruit recall error
Last week, Pioneer Foods recalled a batch of its LiquiFruit Red Grape 330ml cans, after reports that the drinks contained pieces of glass. Not so fast...
02 Sep Health and wellness trend refreshes beverage innovation
Consumer interest in healthier diets is translating into healthy beverage innovation, with functional drinks and alcohol alternatives on the rise, as well as lower alcohol wines, beers and spirits.
01 Sep Connecting foodbev and hospitality industries across Africa this September
The e-Food & Hospitality Next Africa Summit runs through 1–30 September 2020 delivering curated content, learning and info for Africa’s food, beverage and hospitality industries.
31 Aug Heineken UK joins cardboard topper trend for multi-pack cans
Heineken UK is set to roll out its 100% plastic-free cardboard topper, called Green Grip, for multi-pack cans across the retail stores in the UK, despite the Covid-19 challenges.
31 Aug Distell battered by Covid-19 hangover
Distell has publicised shocking Covid lockdown Prohibition losses: about 100-million litres in sales and R4.3-billion in revenue - and this excludes the second ban on alcohol sales introduced in July to take pressure off hospitals.
26 Aug Breast milk for sale: Risks and costs
Top athletes are always looking for an edge over their competition. And one of the latest more extreme trends to gain an advantage? Human breast milk.