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HONG KONG] Tsingtao Brewery led a jump in Chinese beer stocks, surging the most in more than a decade after a report beermakers have increased prices by as much as 20 per cent.
Tsingtao surged as much as 23 percent in Hong Kong Friday, while China Resources Beer (Holdings) climbed as much as 12 percent.
In time for Dry January, Borough Wines has launched an alcohol free ‘gin’ that mimics the aromatic profile and complexity of the spirit, priced at £20 a bottle.
Called Labdanum, the 0% alcohol ‘spirit’ is made by Surendran & Bownes and is designed to give “discerning drinkers a detox-friendly spirit alternative”.
Multi-billion pound drinks giant Diageo has suspended all its ads on Snapchat after the UK's advertising watchdog ruled that the alcohol firm couldn't be 100% sure its ads weren't being seen by underage users.
We first saw the news via The Wall Street Journal.
While parts of the alcohol industry have come under increased pressure over recent years, sparking a wave of consolidation among the likes of pub operators, distillers and brewers have proven to be resilient in both bull and bear markets, with strong market fundamentals sustaining demand for a tipple.
A market supported by booming population growth.
At the end of 2017, the U.S. Congress passed the first major tax reform legislation since 1986, and that legislation – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law by President Trump – will affect individuals and businesses across the country.
A new report has revealed that Brits can’t get enough of sparkling wine but Brexit and low yields could limit fizz supplies.
The UK’s sparkling wine trade saw volume sales increase 89% and up 206% by value in the last five years.
THE prospects for Scotch whisky in emerging markets are so exciting the risks posed by Brexit will not dampen its potential, one of the industry’s most respected figures has declared.
The market for Chinese alcohol sales is growing at a rapid pace with consumers acquiring a taste for premium and elusive products. Among the beneficiaries of the trend are wine and craft beers.