Historically to mark the start of a new wine season, today is Beaujolais Nouveau Day, on which more than one million cases of Beaujolais wine start their journey from the Beaujolais region of France across the country.

In America, the beer category has lost volume to wine and spirit in recent years. There are several reasons for this.

Vodka can be all things to all people. Christian Davis reports on the premiumisation of the most global of spirits

Packaging company Rexam is to build a new beverage can plant in Finland.