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Comment - US Craft Beer Pros and Cons

By: Donna Hood Crecca | 24 May 2013

Has the craft beer backlash begun? Here Technomic's Donna Hood Crecca takes a look at the current state of the US market and the issues facing the sub-category.

Comment - Soft Drinks - Industry Can Avoid Rising Tide of Regulation

By: Richard Corbett | 24 May 2013

Soft drinks are becoming a target for health campaigners in the same way as tobacco and alcohol are. Increased taxes are now a real threat. But, as Richard Corbett argues, if producers move swiftly they can see off these threats.

Comment – Wehring's Way – The London International Wine Fair is Dead, Long Live the London Wine Fair

By: Olly Wehring | 23 May 2013

As the curtain came down on the London International Wine Fair, not only for this year, but forever, on Wednesday, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness: No more would I have to wend my way to the veritable desert of East London.

Comment - Wehring's Way - Bourbon Shortages: Panic! Don't Panic! AAARRRGGGHHH!

By: Olly Wehring | 22 May 2013

Hats off to the folk at Buffalo Trace for seeing an opportunity where others have seen a problem.

Comment - Brewers Wake Up and Smell the (Cider) Apples

By: James Wilmore | 16 May 2013

It was always a case of when, not if: Anheuser-Busch InBev has finally launched its Stella Artois cider off-shoot, Cidre, into the US market this week.

Comment - Campari's CEO and the 'mystery' vodka brand

By: Andy Morton | 13 May 2013

Gruppo Campari's CEO, Bob Kunze-Concewitz, went a little off-piste in a conference call with analysts today (13 May).

Comment - Wehring's Way - Farewell LIWF, Hello London Wine Fair

By: Olly Wehring | 8 May 2013

The writing has been on the wall for a while now for the London International Wine Fair. And, yesterday, the event's organisers, Brintex, confirmed what many had long expected: The wine fair is down-grading in both focus and size.

Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - Fishy Moves in the Cola Market

By: Ray Rowlands | 8 May 2013

Ray Rowlands of Drinksinfo Ltd considers some of the product innovations that have shaped the US cola market following news of the pending launch of an omega-3 variant.

Comment – Wehring's Way – Walsh on his Way at Diageo

By: Olly Wehring | 7 May 2013

Like a royal's obituary, I could have penned this item about Paul Walsh's departure from Diageo quite some time ago. After all, it has been widely known in industry circles for the better part of two years that Walsh was going to call time on his tenure either this year or next.

Comment - Wehring's Way - There's No Geeing Up Gin

By: Olly Wehring | 3 May 2013

Yesterday evening, the Worshipful Company of Distillers hosted a debate in London about gin. Up for discussion was the question: “Gin: A tortuous history with a brilliant future?”