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Booze has got weaker and more expensive per unit since duty changes
The data suggested tax bands ’might incentivise reformulation’, according to the study’s authors
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Pernod Ricard rolls out Spanish wine brand Tapabrava
Red and white blends are hitting supermarket shelves this week
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Comment and Opinion
Fever-Tree’s boozy wine play shows the spritz occasion is here to stay
Fever-Tree’s boozy innovation and the rise of challenger spritz brands shows there’s more to the serve than just Aperol
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Mid-strength Galipette Doux cider to make UK bow with Ocado
The “bright and vibrantly golden” Galipette Doux will land on Ocado next month
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Premium boxed wine Laylo eyes expansion with seven-figure backing
Founded by former Naked Wines marketing director Laura Riches and COO Laura Rosenberger in 2020, the business secured $1.3m (£1m) in a round led by Anotherway Ventures
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Fever-Tree expands into booze with rosé wine spritz
The tipple is made from Fever-Tree’s raspberry & orange blossom soda and Mirabeau’s Forever Summer rosé
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Just 30% of younger consumers drink beer, SIBA report reveals
Half of all respondents said they drank beer, but this dropped to 30% among the youngest drinking-age cohort
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Kiefer Sutherland’s Red Bank whisky to get UK launch
The tipple will be distributed by Mangrove Global
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Canned wine brand Most Wanted is UK’s biggest single serve
It has grown sales by 86% in the last two years
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Analysis and Features
What’s next for BrewDog as CEO James Watt steps back?
Watt’s BrewDog has transformed British beer. But what awaits the brewer after his decision to quit as CEO?
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BrewDog’s James Watt steps down as CEO
Watt said he had decided to step down to ‘concentrate on his other projects and interests’
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Comment and Opinion
Heineken’s pub investment isn’t a counter-cultural move
The cash injection will boost the brewer’s brands and could help it win favour with the next generation of drinkers
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Buxton Brewery ‘looking at all options’ to ward off administration threat
The Derbyshire brewer blamed low consumer confidence and post-Covid difficulties for its plight
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Badwater Tequila ditches hard seltzer for RTD cocktails
A year after launching, Badwater has been reimagined as an RTD cocktail brand
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Drinks suppliers threaten Wales withdrawal over plans to include glass in deposit return scheme
Sources said it left ministers trying to come up with a ‘plan B’ to convince or block the Welsh move – otherwise the launch could turn to chaos
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Cocktail brand Bar Buoy extends into cans with new RTD quartet
The 10% abv cans sit alongside the Devon producer’s existing ready-to-serve bottled cocktails
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Greene King to invest £40m in new brewery site
The move was ‘in line with the company’s strategic driver of optimising its assets’, it said
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Beam Suntory rebrands as Suntory Global Spirits
It comes a decade after Beam Inc’s acquisition by Suntory Holdings
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Heineken blames declining demand for cider as it culls 300-acre Bulmers orchard
The Bulmers maker said it had acted in accordance with the Wildlife Act
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Bacardí looks internally for new UK and northern Europe leadership hires
The Bombay Sapphire owner has shaken up its leadership team in Europe