News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
As a weak dollar encourages the ever growing number of American wine drinkers to stick to home-grown varieties, a survey has reassured the rest of the viticultural world that they would still be willing to try other things, writes Kim Hunter Gordon.
Number one natural colours firm Chr Hansen makes inroads into the lucrative Chinese market, this week unveiling a new food colour factory to meet a rise in local demand, and marking the first step in a raft of investments in the region.
Heineken, the third biggest brewery in the world, plans to purchase some more breweries in Russia due to sales decrease in Western Europe.
Growing consumer spending levels in China have helped boost sales at two of the world's leading drinks groups. South Africa's SABMiller and France's Rémy Cointreau both benefited from the increasing interest in premium drinks brands as status symbols,...