Archives for November 4, 2002

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Interbrew extends Chinese presence

Interbrew has acquired a 70 per cent stake in a Chinese brewery based in Zhejiang province, allowing it to build on its existing operations in nearby Nanjing.

South African wines continue European odyssey

Interest in South Africa's trademark grape, Pinotage, is helping to drive sales of the country's wines outside traditional export strongholds such as the UK. For example, Norway's state monopoly has just bought three wines from the country's Distell...

Asian growth to power soft drink sales

While the major soft drink producers continue to innovate and launch new products in saturated markets in the west, it is Asia which is likely to power growth in the global soft drinks market over the next five years, according to Zenith International.