Chinese whispers on baijiu

A typical dinner in Chengdu – a city of 12 million and the capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China – starts with the clink…

A Tail of ‘100m Americans’

Is it possible for the Yellow Tail wine brand, the biggest-selling imported wine in the US, to grow any more? To put that question into…

No recession for spirits

Treading a path between caution and optimism, Dr Peter Cressy, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) forecast modest…

  • BBH: the jewel in the crown

     August 27, 2008

    Carlsberg could not hide its delight in announcing an agreement to buy BBH – sorry, make that Scottish & Newcastle – recently. Spurred on by success in 2007, the Danish brewer is now looking to expand BBH in both its eastern Europe homeland and further afield. The importance of BBH to Carlsberg – and to S&N shareholders – is evidenced by the small…

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