13 Jun Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes dies shortly before retirement
The CEO of British multinational premium drinks giant Diageo, Sir Ivan Menezes, has died following a brief illness.
29 May Ireland becomes first country to introduce health labelling on alcoholic drinks
Ireland is set to become the first country in the world to introduce health labelling on alcoholic drinks.
25 May Boost for UK wine industry as government set to scrap EU red tape
Ministers say that plans to cut regulations on the production and marketing of wine will deliver a £180-million boost to the industry. Will this benefit SA exporters to a key market?
21 Apr Nescafé launches Ice Roast
To cater for the growing number of people who wish to drink cold coffee at home, Nescafé is launching Ice Roast, the brand's first ever soluble coffee designed especially for consumption with cold water or milk, over ice.
05 Apr Now you can pour the perfect Guinness at home!
A glass of the revered Irish brew poured from a can at home is never quite as good as getting it straight from the taps in a pub - until recently....
04 Apr US: Monster’s much-anticipated alcoholic debut
Monster Beverage Corporation has launched The Beast Unleashed, made using “malt alcohol” and weighing in at 6% ABV.
02 Apr Pepsi has a brand-new logo
Few things are as ingrained in the American psyche more than the packaging of some iconic brands, particularly the look and feel of the country’s top cola brands. So, when a brand changes its logo, it's a big deal.
29 Mar Who drinks tea?
Here are some interesting stats and info about wonderful tea, from Statista, a leading provider of market and consumer data.
27 Feb US: Oat and soy can be called milk, FDA proposes
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.
09 Feb New UK study finds ‘huge’ differences in high street coffee caffeine totals
Which? Magazine survey finds some high-street coffee brands have enough caffeine in them to wake the dead.
30 Nov Nespresso unveils home-compostable, paper-based coffee capsules
With concerns of waste and recyclability swirling around uber popular Nespresso pods and coffee, Nestlé’ has announced it will pilot home-compostable coffee capsules on the Nespresso Original system in France and Switzerland next year.
29 Oct OBITUARY: Dietrich Mateschitz, founder of the Red Bull empire
Dietrich Mateschitz, the Austrian man who turned a caffeinated Thai energy drink into the multibillion-dollar Red Bull empire, died on Saturday October 24. He was 78.
15 Oct IFF debuts novel, industry-first citrus flavours for beverages
Global flavour giant, IFF has announced a breakthrough innovation: IFF NEO, a portfolio of natural flavours that deliver maximum citrus taste impact without using citrus oil, or any ingredient derived from the oil.
13 Oct What’s behind the troubling CO2 shortage in the US?
US brewers are fretting that a carbon dioxide shortage could force production cuts and price hikes. It's the latest threat to an industry that's been whipsawed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
29 Sep Trend setting? Tesco cuts multipack plastic for drinks
With most consumers now horrified by excess plastic packaging, UK supermarket giant Tesco has scrapped multipacks completely for its own label drinks.
27 Sep Global soda brand calls CO2Sustain ‘the best thing at drinktec’
With the European and North American CO2 shortage causing much grief for beverage makers, it's not surprising that the inventors of CO2Sustain can boast that "a global fizzy drinks brand calls CO2Sustain ‘the best thing at drinktec’".
14 Sep California’s wine country buckles under climate extremes
California’s wine country, including the famed Napa and Sonoma valleys, faces a climate crisis so dire that it’s posing an existential threat to the future of the state’s industry.
09 Sep Swiss retailer rolls out ‘coffee balls’ to replace capsules
Swiss retailer Migros is launching a coffee-making system designed to replace capsules that produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year.
09 Sep Global lockdowns saw the world drinking up
In SA booze was banned but elsewhere, enforced homestays led to consumption rocketing...