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.
The state of the wine industry is good, but a researcher told attendees of the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento to “fasten your seat belts” for the future.
Danny Brager, senior vice president with research firm The Nielsen Co., discussed trends in the industry ranging from sales channels to packaging and demographics.
New York-based private equity firm Verus Investment Partners has sold the 156-year-old Pittsburgh Brewing Company to an undisclosed buyer.
Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Industry leaders have urged the government to delay alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) outside Scotland as legislation edges closer south of the border.
eer giant AB InBev has confirmed it will raise prices across its entire portfolio thanks to “ongoing pressure” from the UK economy. AB InBev, which owns brands Budweiser, Stella Artois, Corona, Beck’s and Hoegaarden, said it will increase the wholesale prices of its beers by 3.9% from 1 February 2018.