All articles by James Beeson – Page 6
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InterviewsLa Vieille Ferme’s Andrew Bayley on how the ‘chicken wine’ learned to fly
La Vieille Ferme has defied category weakness in wine after going viral. Andrew Bayley explains how he laid the groundwork.
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NewsBenchmark Drinks aims to reinvent wine with ‘stylish’ All (Good) Things brand
All (Good) Things was about ‘delivering wines that consistently outperform their price point’, Benchmark Drinks said
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NewsShowerings looks to take fine cider mainstream with Tesco listing
Showerings is one of several brands looking to take advantage of renewed interest in premium and craft apple ciders
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NewsAperol grows pre-mixed offer with canned RTD spritz
The new cans will sit alongside Aperol’s bottled aperitif cocktail, launched last year
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NewsHarrogate Spring Water bottling plant plans rejected by local council
The plan would have resulted in the felling of between 500 and 1,000 trees
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NewsThatchers doubles alcohol-free lineup with Blood Orange 0.0
Thatchers was the fastest-growing brand in the top 10 bestselling low & no beers and ciders last year
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NewsGlobal Brands targets Gen Z with ‘no-nonsense’ Quadz RTD cocktail brand
Each 200ml bottle of Quadz contains the equivalent of four shots of vodka
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NewsJam Shed introduces premium tier led by ‘indulgent’ Dark Jam wine
The new tipple has landed in 373 Asda stores nationwide
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NewsDanone accused of hypocrisy over plans ‘to destroy local UK woodland’
The bottled water and dairy giant is planning to remove approximately 500 trees from Rotary Wood and the Pinewoods area in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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NewsTilray eyes $1bn-plus valuation for newly acquired BrewDog brand
Tilray paid an initial £33m to acquire the global IP and UK assets for BrewDog out of administration last month
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NewsFairy Skip The Soak named top fmcg innovation in 2025 by Worldpanel
The NPD added £11.5m in incremental value to the dishwash category, Worldpanel said
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NewsCrosta Mollica adds first white pizza base to tap growing UK demand
The brand has also added a quartet of new pizzas, and a new Garlic & Rosemary Pinsa Bread, inspired by traditional Roman pinsa
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NewsIndependent brewers hesitant to embrace cans despite EPR hit on glass
The proportion of beer packaged into cans by SIBA members has fallen from 13% in 2021 to 11% last year
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NewsMadrí joins growing fruit beer trend with lemon-flavoured variant
Excepcional Limón joins Madrí’s flagship namesake lager and 0.0% abv counterpart, launched last year
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NewsYorkshire Tea doubles Proper Breaks range with two new brews
The duo join Malty Biscuit Brew and Cherry Bakewell in Yorkshire’s Proper Breaks range of teas
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NewsEl Jimador joins burgeoning RTD segment with margarita duo
The 6.5% abv pair would tap growing demand for canned bar-quality cocktails, El Jimador said
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NewsAccolade Wines sales slid £40m before Pernod Ricard wine merger, filings show
Company directors blamed the cost of living crisis and UK alcohol duty reforms for the showing
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NewsFunkin Cocktails adds RTD spritz trio for earlier drinking occasions
Rising demand for lighter, more sessionable drinks was behind the NPD, Funkin said.
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NewsFierce Beer lands Sainsbury’s listing to launch Fierce for Good Foundation
The foundation will be governed by an internal steering committee comprised of employees from across the business.
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NewsEfes becomes latest world lager to shift production to UK
Efes remained ‘an authentic Mediterranean lager, true to its original recipe’, supplier Sunrise Beverages insisted