Drinks

Heineken Renews With Champions League, Urges Free Games on TV

Heineken has renewed its sponsorship of European soccer's Champions League through 2021, extending a 20-year association and the company’s biggest sp...

Britvic Ireland Posts Positive Growth For Q1

Britvic has reported first quarter revenues of £351 million, representing an increase of 4.3% on the previous year. The drinks company notes that thi...

Diageo Takes On Jameson With Launch Of Irish Whiskey Brand At St James's Gate

Diageo is getting back into Irish whiskey, taking on Pernod Ricard's Jameson and Red Breast labels by investing $25 million in a Dublin distillery that wil...

New Micro-Brewery 'Clonakilty Brewing Company' Opens In West Cork

A new micro-brewery, Clonakilty Brewing Company, has opened in Clonakilty, Co Cork. The company, which has been trading locally since August 2016, is now e...

Starbucks Plans to Hire 10,000 Refugees After Trump Action

Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz, who wrote he had a “heavy heart” over US President Donald Trump’s immigration order, sa...

Diageo Delivers Increase In Profits Reflected By Accelerated Organic Growth

Diageo has posted its interim results for the six months ending 31 December 2016 financial reports today (26 January). The results show an increase in net...

Guinness To Build An Open Gate Brewery In US

Diageo Beer Company USA is to build a Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Maryland next October, marking the first time Guinness has been brewed in America...

New Zealand's New Sauvignon Blancs Serve Up Radical New Flavours

Whip-cracking acidity, tongue-tingling, citrusy-herby flavours, and pungent aromas give New Zealand sauvignon blancs a punchy, kick-boxing appeal. Immed...