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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?”
Comment - Wehring's Way - Minimum Unit Pricing: A Long and Winding Road
By: Olly Wehring | 3 May 2013
Comment - Wine - Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
By: Chris Losh | 2 May 2013
Comment - Wehring's Way - Brazil: A(nother) Headache from the BRIC Wall
By: Olly Wehring | 30 April 2013
Comment - Beer - When Self-Regulation Goes Wrong
By: Larry Nelson | 29 April 2013
Comment - PepsiCo's Peltz Talks Revive Anheuser-Busch InBev Speculation
By: Andy Morton | 29 April 2013
Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - Head Back to Nature's Larder
By: Richard Corbett | 23 April 2013
Comment – Soft Drinks & Water - Where Next for Pepsi Next?
By: Ray Rowlands | 9 April 2013
Comment - CEDC Pays Price for Past Debts
By: Andy Morton | 8 April 2013
Comment - Wehring's Way - Diageo in No Hurry in India
By: Olly Wehring | 5 April 2013
Comment - Wine - Our Survey Said...?
By: Chris Losh | 4 April 2013
Comment - Scotching Rumours that the Whisky Boom is on the Wane
By: James Wilmore | 3 April 2013
Comment - Spirits - Pernod Ricard and Absolut: Five Years On
By: Chris Mercer | 2 April 2013
Comment - ProWein Tips the Balance
By: James Wilmore | 28 March 2013
Comment - Spirits - Adding a Touch of Flavour to Scotch Whisky
By: Ian Buxton | 25 March 2013
Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - Innocent on all Charges
By: Richard Corbett | 21 March 2013
Comment - UK Budget: Has George Osborne Avoided a Hangover?
By: James Wilmore | 21 March 2013
Comment - Oliver's Army And The Defence of Beer
By: Andy Morton | 19 March 2013
Comment - Beer - Boiling Frogs & Beer Duty
By: Larry Nelson | 19 March 2013
Comment - Dewar's Highlander Honey: The Start of Something New?
By: Olly Wehring | 19 March 2013
Comment – Soft Drinks & Water - Soft Drink or Objet D’Art?
By: Ray Rowlands | 14 March 2013






