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Beer May Lose Its Fizz As CO2 Supplies Go Flat During Pandemic

Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer, soda and seltzer water - essentials for many quarant...

Portugal The Only EU Country To See Increase in Wine Production This Year

Portugal is the only EU country in which wine production has risen this year, according to estimates by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OI...

Molson Coors Pledges To 'Improve Efficiency, Unlock Resources'

Brewer Molson Coors has announced what it has described as a 'revitalisation plan', in order to consistent drive top-line growth at the business. The gr...

Pernod Ricard Agrees To Acquire Castle Brands For $223m

Pernod Ricard has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire premium spirits maker Castle Brands for $223 million (€201.6 million). The a...

US Threat To French Wine Receding, But Not Lifted: Minister

A US threat to impose tariffs on French wine in response to a French tax on big digital companies is receding - albeit not lifted definitively, France's fi...

Pernod Ricard Adds US Premium Brand Rabbit Hole Whiskey To Its Portfolio

Pernod Ricard said on Friday it was acquiring Kentucky-based Rabbit Hole Whiskey, a high-end whiskey and bourbon maker founded seven years ago, a...

U.S. Whiskey Exports Dry Up As Tariffs Bite

American whiskey exports slumped in the second half of 2018, taking a blow from higher duties by the country's trading partners following President Donald...