12 Sep Chin-chin to SA’s exciting new Gin Popsicles
Gin is an uber-trend here and worldwide, and now consumers can get a fix in a new format with the launch of South Africa’s first-ever gin-based Popsicles.
06 Sep Treasury delays sugar tax to 2018
Implementation of the health promotion levy — previously known as the sugar-sweetened beverages tax — will be delayed until April 2018, Treasury deputy director-general, Ismail Momoniat, said yesterday.
29 Aug New way to access SA’s burgeoning craft gins
Introducing The Gin Box, a new initiative that will deliver local craft gins to imbibers' doors.
27 Aug AB InBev ups the cider ante in SA
Distell's cider hegemony is under big challenge by AB InBev's 'near beers', with female imbibers driving much of the growth.
23 Aug Brian Joffe’s Long4Life acquires Gauteng co-packaging bottler
Long4Life, the new investment company started by Bidvest founder, Brian Joffe, will pay up to R360m for Gauteng co-packaging bottling company, Inhle Beverages.
17 Aug Cape Town’s own kombucha queen
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.
14 Aug Coke’s gone but sugar stays on SA primary school menus
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.
14 Aug SA’s sugary drinks tax on track
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).
04 Aug Talking to SA’s bubbly maestro winemaker
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.
25 Jul SA’s grape harvest larger than 2016’s despite drought, but innovation is key to survival
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.
24 Jul SAB invests R2.8bn in expanding Gauteng breweries
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.
24 Jul SA’s smaller liquor guys battle to win expensive shelf space
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.
18 Jul SA joins surging global appetite for aperitif, Aperol
Aperol, an Italian apertivo with an alcohol by volume of just 11%, has always been popular in its native country. Thanks to strategic marketing and consumers' new-found love of cocktails, it's emerging as brand on a global growth trajectory.
04 Jul Appletiser plant in Elgin ramps up production
The Appletiser plant in Elgin is ready to almost double its annual production by October, following its merger last year of the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink bottling operations of the Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments to form Coca Cola Beverages SA (CCBSA).
28 Jun Durbanville Hills comes up with a local gem
Following an array of successful Sauvignon Blanc vintages, Durbanville Hills has expanded its range to launch a vibrant Sauvignon Blanc sparkling wine with stunning packaging.
23 Jun Hot choc first for SA from NoMU
Cape Town's ever-innovative NoMU Foods has launched a new drink in time for SA's winter, an unsweetened hot chocolate variant to its hot choc range.
23 Jun Distell planning to trim its huge wine brand portfolio?
Liquor giant, Distell, looks determined to reinforce a profitable position for its wine division in a tough consumer market by reducing the number of brands.
22 Jun Treasury rejects claims of calamitous job losses from sugar tax
SA's Treasury has rejected claims of calamitous job losses resulting from the imposition of a health promotion levy.
20 Jun Lessons from SAB’s story: turning adversity into global strengths
On 28 September 2016, the shareholders of South African born international brewer, SABMiller, approved the company’s acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev for $104-billion (R1.5-trillion). The deal paved the way for the creation of what is now by far the world’s largest brewing company.
10 Jun SA’s madly popular artisanal gin trend
June 10 is World Gin Day – an excuse (as if one were needed in light of its current popularity) to indulge in a beverage whose history is more fraught than most other alcoholic drinks.