Scottish Leader, one of the world's favourite blended Scotch whiskies, sold in 60 countries, is revitalising with a new look, an enhanced recipe and the introduction of an additional, premium Signature blend. The brand is now owned by Distell after its purchase of Burn Stewart...
New on the South African beverage market is Über Flavour, an all-natural ingredients brew that is made using 100% fresh fruit juice and rooibos tea.
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It has worked for beer, why not try it for soda? PepsiCo is launching a craft soda called "Caleb's Kola" that comes in glass bottles reminiscent of a bygone era.
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SAB has relaunched its Castle Draught, under a new brand name, the 1895 Draught, and which is targeted at the rapidly premiumising and urbanising South African beer consumer.
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Fruitree, a popular, mostly nectar, juice brand in Pioneer Foods' Groceries Division has introduced a new two-litre Orange Squash to its existing range of juices.
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It's been a long time since hot beverages had some real innovation, and a new British concept that's starting to make waves is Peanut Hottie, a peanut butter hot drink.
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There's a new addition to the Castle Lite family – Castle Lite Lime – a new style of flavoured beer extending SAB's offering to the beer drinking market. It's the original Castle Lite, just unlocked with a dash of lime "Flava".
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Coca-Cola South African has launched a new and convenient 'My Size' re-sealable 330ml PET bottle for its key CSD brands, Coca-Cola, Fanta Orange, Sprite and Stoney.
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Diageo in the UK is targeting younger female wine drinkers with a new RTD vodka spritz served in a wine bottle, called Nola.
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Americans just don't seem to appreciate a pint of black, creamy Guinness. Among other efforts to revive Guinness sales, Diageo is introducing beers that many people wouldn't recognise as Guinness at all. First up: Blonde American Lager, which comes out this September. The great black...
Water enhancers have become a massively successful new drinks category in the US. Latest to the party is Nestle USA, adapting the concept to coffee, and who reportedly will soon be launching a 26-serve Nescafe ‘to go’ liquid coffee concentrate that consumers can add to...
The new Antonella Tuscan Tiramisu cream liqueur from DGB is a rich brown liquid with a coffee nose, subtle undertones of biscuit, caramel and vanilla.
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Danone Southern Africa has launched new Yogi Sip "Hunger Buster" with the same original taste of blended yoghurt and real fruit. The 500g pack is an ideal liquid snack for people on the move.
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Durban-based Joekels Tea Packers, number-three tea producer in SA, is embracing 2014 with some change by revamping the packaging of its popular Laager rooibos brand. New left, old look right.
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From one end of the temperature spectrum to the next...
Named after William Tell, the legendary rebel marksman who shot an apple off his son’s head, popular Tell's cider has taken the big step from PET packaging into glass.
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British fans of stylish Italian beer Peroni Nastro Azzuro can now pick up a Piccola, a new 250ml bottle aimed at the pre-dinner drinks occasion, which is launching at the House of Peroni - a London installation showcasing high-end Italian design, art, fashion, photography, music...
Castle Lite has, once again, taken innovation to the next level with the launch of its latest packaging concept – a re-sealable aluminium bottle, ensuring that the beer is kept colder for longer. The launch of this new limited edition pack proves yet again, says...
Created by a team of food scientists at Vampt, a Canadian beverage company, Lean Machine, is a vew low-alcohol, protein-packed “fit beer” with only 77 calories and 3.2% abv. It will be launched onto the North American fitness sector later this year and promoted as...
As consumers remain seduced by the notion that wine should be made by humble farmers with as little intervention as possible, fine-wine labels still try to keep their experiments with technology under wraps. But they are quietly deploying technology in a new way: not just...