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Pernod Ricard combines whisky and sake in Chivas NPD
Henry Mathieu October 3, 2024. Credit: Chivas Regal. Pernod Ricard has launched a new spirit drink combining its Chivas Regal blended Scotch whisky and a Japanese sake from the Masuizumi sake brewery. The 12-year aged Chivas Regal Takumi Reserve has launched exclusively in Asia, specifically in Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Cambodia.
Stock Spirits to close ethanol plant in Germany - Just Drinks
Sep 26, 2024 — Stock Spirits has decided to a shut a manufacturing facility in Germany, blaming production costs. The Amundsen vodka owner is closing its Baltic Distillery in the town of Dettmannsdorf by the end of the year. The site in eastern Germany, one of two Stock Spirits has in the country, employs 35 staff. Baltic Distillery produces pure alcohol ...
Spring rain expected to hit Germany wine harvest - Just Drinks
Oct 14, 2024 — Germany’s wine makers are expected to harvest 8.26 million hectolitres of must, down from just under 8.7m hl last year. The six-year average between 2018 to 2023 was 8.91m hl, meaning 2024’s harvest is expected to be 7.3% lower. Destatis said a rainy spring in Germany had encouraged fungal diseases including downy mildew in some parts of ...
US private-label market share could hit 30% by 2033 – Rabobank
Oct 18, 2024 — Credit: The Image Party/Shutterstock. US private label’s market share could be hit 30% by 2033, according to a new report from Rabobank. Private label made up 19% of grocery sales in the country in 2023, growing just two percentage points since 2014 but a number of factors could open the door to growth, the Netherlands-based financial ...
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits acquires Horizon Beverage Group
Jul 26, 2024 — US beverage distributor Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has bought US peer Horizon Beverage Group for an undisclosed sum. Southern Glazer’s said the deal would add the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island to its operations, expanding its US footprint to 47 states. Horizon Beverage will operate in future under the company names Southern ...
Coca-Cola Consolidated invests $25m into US plant
Conor Reynolds September 27, 2024. Coca-Cola. Credit: kattyart/Shutterstock.com. Soft drinks bottler Coca-Cola Consolidated has injected $25m into its production facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, to increase its capacity and bottle production capabilities. The sum has been used to build a new bottling line at the West Memphis site.
Vintage Wine Estates ‘gets green light’ to sell five brands
Aug 21, 2024 — Foley Family Wines is set to acquire five brands for $15m. US group Vintage Wine Estates has reportedly been given court approval to sell five wine brands to Foley Family Wines. After filing for bankruptcy last month, Vintage Wine Estates looks set to offload its wine brands Bar Dog, Cherry Pie, Swanson, Consentino and SCV for a total of $15m ...
Edrington sells The Famous Grouse to William Grant
Sep 23, 2024 — Edrington has agreed to sell Scotch whisky brand The Famous Grouse to Glenfiddich owner William Grant & Sons. The deal, which remains subject to regulatory approval, also includes Naked Malt Scotch whisky. In a brief statement issued this afternoon (23 September) UK time, Edrington said the disposals – through its the 1887 Company subsidiary ...
The spirits industry’s outlook for 2024 - Just Drinks
Jan 2, 2024 — With the new year almost in sight, Just Drinks has spoken to a number of the global spirit sector’s figureheads on the opportunities and challenges they expect to face in the 12 months ahead. From cost inflation and ESG issues to changing consumer behaviour and investment in AI, senior executives at Beam Suntory, Mast-Jägermeister, La Martiniquaise, Campari Group, Brown-Forman and Bacardi ...