Extinct? Not if Moa has a say
Half gallon jars of beer are making a return under the Moa label.
Beer brand Tui has added another label to its range of commercial beers.
Diageo, the world’s largest alcohol beverage producer and trader, is rumoured to have finally succeeded in taking over Mexican family distiller, José Cuervo.
The Coca Cola Company in the United States is about to launch mid-calorie soft drinks again, after having tested the market at least once previously and failed to gain traction.
Marlborough wine producer Saint Clair Estate has won the New World Producer of the Year title for 2012 at the UK Sommelier Wine Awards.
British born Master of Wine Jane Skilton has been announced as wine education director for Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand.
Villa Maria Estate is this year celebrating 50 years since ex builder George Fistonich, now Sir George, produced his first wine at the company’s original Mangere winery.
LVMH-Moët Hennessy brand Veuve Clicquot has announced its sponsorship of this year’s Snow Week festival in Queenstown.
Marlborough winegrowers Murray and Daphne Brown have sold their Cape Campbell vineyard to Hawke’s Bay wine producer Mission Estate.
No, it is not the Old World and the New that divides the wine world, but the increasing gap between industrial wine producers and those who are committed to local identity and wine craft.
South Australian brewer Coopers has taken over brewing Carlsberg for the Australian market.
Screwcaps have been applied to high pressure sparkling wines for the first time with the launch in Australia of Trevi and Willowglen by De Bortoli.