During a debate on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, Labour TD Alan Kelly issued a “word of caution” claiming some of the proposals would have an impact on the smaller producers and the craft brewers of Ireland.
Alberta businesses are split on the government’s decision to boycott British Columbia wines, with support for the cause clashing with concerns that the move went too far.
The "Land of Whisky" is implementing a minimum price for alcohol in an effort to curb a culture of drinking that officials believe has been distilled into the Scottish identity.
Ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, news reports out of notoriously secretive North Korea indicate that the country might have created it’s very own domestic beer, using a so-called exclusive brewing technique.
As alcohol is woven into daily routines and social lives, health authorities are warning that just a few drinks a night could actually be a form of chronic alcoholism.
Recreational marijuana will be sold in a network of standalone stores overseen by the province’s liquor regulator, according to rules announced Monday by the B.C. government.
FAIRBANKS — A bill aimed at letting alcohol distilleries continue mixing cocktails drew heavy public support at a hearing Saturday in Juneau.
LONDON: Scientists have discovered the oldest beer-making facilities in Greece dating back to the Bronze Age, dispelling the notion that the ancient Greeks only indulged in wine.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala State Beverages Corporation (KSBC) will soon install bottled alcohol and beer vending machines near select outlets. H. Venkatesh, KSBC chief, said the move would do away with long queues in front of liquor shops.
With a history dating back over three centuries, South Africa's world-renowned wine industry has long been the domain of generations of just a few elite white families. But the emergence of a crop of new black players such as winemaker and owner of Aslina Wines, Ntsiki Biyela, is changing the makeup of the industry that is among the world's top 10 wine producers.