The Portman Group, a trade group composed of alcoholic beverage producers and brewers in the UK, has announced the fifth major review of its Code of Practice to future proof the framework that governs alcohol marketing in the country.
At a time when craft breweries compete more than ever for shelf space and tap handles in pubs, industry sales are leveling off, even in Bend, known as Beer Town USA.
The world’s most valuable liquor brand Kweichow Moutai has signed an “historic” agreement with Britain’s Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), making its most ambitious move yet to expand its overseas footprint, as the UK becomes one of its fastest growing overseas markets.
Once the undisputed kings of beer, AB InBev and MillerCoors are struggling to curtail a multi-year slump in sales of their top brands and re-energize brews that have failed to keep pace with changing consumer tastes and trends.
US spirits group Sazerac, maker of Corazón Tequila, has launched a website dedicated to agave education.
A Houston-based spirits company and its Dallas partners are being sued by the Jack Daniel's brand for allegedly lifting its trademarks for an "inferior" product.
Craft beer was forged out of a need for diversity. Before the craft revolution, everywhere you looked, American beer was pretty much the same: yellow and fizzy.
London gin producer Hayman’s has called for increased regulations governing the distillation and labelling of gin, stating that some distillers that are marketing expressions “that have little to no juniper character” are “misleading consumers”.
The price of wine is going up. Global wine production slumped to its lowest level in 60 years in 2017, according to data from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine.
The impact of tariffs being imposed overseas is being felt strongly in the East Bay, especially when it comes to reds and whites.