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.
AMATITAN, Mexico (Reuters) - In the heartland of the tequila industry, in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco, a worsening shortage of agave caused by mounting demand for the liquor from New York to Tokyo has many producers worried.
Sometimes an opportunity crosses your desk that is just too good to pass up. Even if it means traveling to New Hampshire in the dead of winter.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spirit Forward Bacardi Women In Leadership Empowerment Series, kicking off this February, is dedicated to championing the outstanding individuals that make up the spirits trade and hospitality community and elevating them to their highest potential.
2017 was historically bad for U.S. brewers, who shipped 3.8 million fewer barrels of beer than the previous year, according to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments.
Pernod Ricard has renewed its Responsible Party partnership with the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) for the eighth consecutive year, as it continues to combat harmful drinking. The agreement, signed in Brussels today (29 January), aims to combat excessive alcohol consumption in students across Europe.
How will climate change impact food production? There will likely be many disruptions as once fertile areas become too hot and others that were once too cold to farm become arable. But one crop in particular is likely to have problems without mitigation efforts: wine. Savor that glass of rosé, for as the climate changes wine grapes will be among the first to suffer.
Craft beer certainly has a large and passionate fan base with drinkers appreciating a product that is locally made, produced in small batches to high quality standards and of course, the sheer variety and multitude of flavors on offer.
As the whiskey industry continues to grow, Tennessee’s two largest distilleries struggled to comply with water quality regulations last year.
Jack Daniels and George Dickel exceeded their limits for chlorine and other pollutants that can harm aquatic wildlife.Wine shipments increased 1.3 percent in the United States last year, continuing a more than 20-year expansion for the sector even as it undergoes tremendous changes in the way wine is distributed and sold.