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"The mainstream part of our wine portfolio is incredibly important for Africa" - Distell CEO
In late-November, just-drinks met up with the CEO of Distell at the IWSC awards dinner in London. As guests filed into the banqueting hall, Richard Rushton took a pre-meal grilling from editor Olly Wehring.
Pernod Ricard Performance Trends 2014-2018 - results data
In late-August, Pernod Ricard released its full-year results for fiscal-2018. Here, just-drinks picks through Pernod's performance over the past five years for the trends set to affect the group, specifically, and the global spirits category, broadly
just-drinks meets Piper-Heidsieck Champagne's global executive director, Benoit Collard
just-drinks sat down with Benoit Collard, global executive director for Piper-Heidsieck, to talk about prestige cuvée consumers and what the future holds for Piper-Heidsieck.
just-drinks predicts - 2019 forecasts for the global drinks industry
just-drinks takes a look at what will shape the beer, soft drinks, spirits and wine categories in the year ahead.
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FUTURES - Can the drinks industry be plastic-free?
An increasing number of retailers and suppliers are pledging to go 'plastic-free', but will the industry ever do away with plastic completel...
What will be Pernod Ricard's priorities?
As part of just-drinks' deep-dive into the trends that have driven Pernod Ricard's performance over the past five years, news & insights edi...
Why consumers want more experiential marketing
Flicking through a magazine over the festive break, I happened across an article that was simultaneously fascinating and depressing. Instagr...
Bar Nøne launch proves Coca-Cola is faster
This week has seen yet another launch in the adult soft drinks category. Another company keen to target moderation trends with a cocktail-st...
What's coming up in spirits in 2019? - Predictions
After the excesses of December, brown spirits commentator Neil Ridley takes a cursory glance into what 2019 is likely to bring, including a...
Another drinks CEO steps down - But, why?
Barely two weeks into a new year and the drinks industry already has its first CEO departure. With a raft of drinks leaders announcing in 20...
Where will the future take Tequila & mezcal? - Research in Focus 11 Jan 19
The long-term success story for Tequila looks set to continue in the years ahead, but there are challenges looming. Clouds on the horizon include the ongoing agave shortage and the category's ever-increasing reliance on the US market.
Will the race to the top drown out the value end for wine? - just-drinks thinks 11 Jan 19
Goodness me, they're all at it! Wine's major players all appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet, the title of which is 'Premiumisation'.
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Consumers world-wide are looking for sugar-reduced and zero-sugar products that still have the familiar sweet taste we all know and love. Stevia not only provides that sugar-...
Drinks Industry News
PepsiCo puts Michael Bublé in Bubly Super Bowl ad
Lucy Britner | 17 Jan 19
Canadian singer Michael Bublé will star in a Super Bowl commercial for Pepsico's Bubly sparkling water brand.
Diageo's The Jane Walker backs Women's March
Diageo will use the Jane Walker version of its Johnnie Walker blended Scotch brand, along with the Striding Woman image, to support a march in Washington DC this weekend.
Jagermeister teams up with age-verification app
Olly Wehring | 17 Jan 19
The UK division of Mast-Jägermeister has partnered with smartphone app creator Yoti to tighten the online age verification of consumers in the country.
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Beverage Industry Interviews
Late last year, Champagne house Piper-Heidsieck released two expressions under its prestige cuvée brand, Rare. A bottle of Rare Le Secret High Jewellery, which costs around US$150,000, features a precious stone embedded "in the heart of interwoven bands of gold set with 510 diamonds". It was released in partnership with jeweller Mellerio. The second expression, Le Secret Goldsmith, is limited to 1,000 magnums and carries an RRP of around $1,650. Shortly after the launch, just-drinks sat down with Benoit Collard, global executive director for Piper-Heidsieck, to talk about prestige cuvée consumers and what the future holds for Piper-Heidsieck.
Late last year, just-drinks spoke to Richard Rushton, CEO of Distell, in London. In part two of our exclusive interview, Rushton tells us about the group's plans outside of Africa and how Distell aims to become a larger player internationally, while also riding the wave in markets closer to home.
Last year, Ami-Lynn Bakshi launched one of the first alcoholic cold-brew coffee RTDs in the US, the 12.5%-abv Cafe Agave Spiked Cold Brew. Before helping to pioneer the hard coffee category, she spent 20 years working for Diageo in a number of roles around the world, including North American innovations head and American whiskey marketing director. Here, Bakshi tells just-drinks what she learned from her time with the spirits multinational and how those lessons are informing her new career as a beverage entrepreneur.
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Starbucks jumps on gin bandwagon
Lucy Britner | 14 Mar 18Starbucks has become the latest company to tap into the gin craze, with the launch of Starbucks Reserve Gin Barrel-Aged Cold Brew.
Feeling Blue on Monday? Help is at hand
Olly Wehring | 15 Jan 18It may not be scientific, but the third Monday in January has been coined 'Blue Monday' - the most depressing day of the year. Dreamed up in the UK by a psychologist commissioned by a holiday company 14 years ago, there's method in the madness: Lousy weather, post-Christmas blues, last pay-day feels ages ago, next pay-day barely on the horizon...
Bad day on the beer? This'll help
Olly Wehring | 3 Nov 17If you work for a brewer and are having a rough week, take a minute to regain some perspective with this, from the good people at US craft beer producer Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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just-drinks predicts - 2019 forecasts for the global drinks industry
just-drinks takes a look at what will shape the beer, soft drinks, spirits and wine categories in the year ahead.
Diageo Performance Trends 2014-2018 - results data
just-drinks picks through Diageo's performance over the past five years for the trends set to affect the group, specifically, and the global spirits category, more broadly.
IGD Digital Commerce 2018 - The Future of Retail
In October, research company IGD held the 2018 edition of its Digital Commerce conference. Here is a round-up of just-drinks content on the show, which featured presentations from Amazon, JD.com, Diageo and Heineken
Cape Wine 2018 - A look at the South African wine industry
In September, Cape Town played host to the Cape Wine exhibition. just-drinks was there to take the temperature of the South African wine market and see what lies ahead.
Drinks Market Research
Global Tequila and mezcal insights - market forecasts, product innovation a
Global Tequila and mezcal insights - market forecasts, product innovation and consumer trends
This is the last report of our 2018 series of global category reports, published in partnership with The IWSR. Containing latest released 2017 actual market data and new forecasts to 2022, this offers the very latest global category insights for the Tequila and mezcal sectors.. Read more
Published: January 2019 - ($2793.00)
Competitive Strategies in Alcoholic Drinks
Country Profile: Wine in Germany
Country Profile: Wine in the UK
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