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EU reaches provisional agreement on “wine package”

Negotiators have agreed to allow the descriptor "alcohol reduced" for certain wines and permitted EU funds for "grubbing up".

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Diageo workers halt strike plans amid new pay offer

Around 90 workers had voted to strike from today after rejecting a pay offer the union had branded “inadequate”.

Lifeway row rumbles on as kefir maker accused of “blatant deception”

Lifeway had publicly criticised the track record of two nominees put forward to join the company’s board – one of which is the CEO’s estranged brother.

German brewer Eichbaum seeks investment

The German brewer is seeking to investors to acquire the company after it filed for insolvency in October.

US winemaker Evergreen Family Wines buys Gatehouse Brands

Gatehouse Brands’s portfolio is made up of the brands Luke Wines and Zero One Vintners.

How will new US legislation reshape the hemp-THC drinks market?

As US regulators move to tighten restrictions on hemp-derived THC drinks, what could be the impact on what has been a booming product category?

Perrier batches blocked from market in France

Nestlé's water business said that pallets "will remain at our site until further notice from the relevant authority".

Oettinger mediation has “failed”, union says

Oettinger, however, has accepted the mediation’s final recommendation.

“We can’t triple our business in the UK” – Duppy Share on rum brand’s global growth drive

CEO Jack Orr-Ewing chats international growth strategy, challenges in the US and his views on the state of the rum market.