Here are the ten most viewed, subscriber-only items on just-drinks this week:

10. Round-Up – NPD: Coffee Pod Products and the Solid Waste Question

The number of new coffee pod products on the market continues to rise, but environmental concerns threaten to stymie growth. Tom Vierhile from Datamonitor surveys the situation.

9. Editor’s Viewpoint – The China Crisis Continues for International Spirits

Plenty has already been said about the sticky situation that Remy Cointreau has found itself in in the last year, due mainly to its heavy dependency on Chinese fans of international spirits. Enough has also been said about Pernod Ricard’s similar predicament.

8. Analysis – Remy Cointreau puts China’s Cognac love to the test

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In an interview with just-drinks last year, the head of Cognac House Thomas Hine & Co warned of the folly of relying on just one market.

7. Editor’s Viewpoint – Remy Cointreau’s Bain de Sang

From what I have heard today, what looks like a bit of a mess at Remy Cointreau is precisely that.

6. Editor’s Viewpoint – Anheuser-Busch InBev Chases Efficiencies From Oriental, But Where?

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s plan to buy back Oriental Brewery serves as the strongest indictment yet of the rude health the global brewer is currently in.

5. International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 132: Pattern of Alcohol Consumption and Cause of Death in a Large European Prospective Study

A large group of investigators participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study have reported on the association of alcohol consumption with disease-specific mortality over a 12-year period among a very large number of men and women.

4. Analysis – Beer in Brazil bouncing back to black?

Less than a year after the alarm bells started, it would appear that the beer market in Brazil is poised to turn a corner in 2014, with hopes being pinned on this Summer’s FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in the country.

3. Comment – Soft Drinks & Water – NPD in Europe in 2013: And the Winner is…

Ahead of the Oscars, due to be handed out in just over a month’s time, Richard Corbett has some gongs of his own to hand out. In recognition of the best new soft drinks products in 2013, who will win a Corbett?

2. Preview of the Year – 2014 – Part II: Soft Drinks

In the second part of this month’s just-drinks management briefing, which looks at the year ahead, global market research and analysis provider Euromonitor considers the next 12 months for those working in soft drinks.

1. The just-drinks Interview – Edrington CEO Ian Curle – Part I

Late last year, just-drinks travelled to New York to interview – for the first time – the CEO of Edrington, owner of the Cutty Sark, The Famous Grouse, Highland Park and The Macallan Scotch whisky brands, Brugal rum and Snow Leopard vodka.

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