Beverage World presents the latest news from across the worldwide beverage market.
The American soft-drink industry, joined by several New York restaurant and business groups, filed a lawsuit on Friday that aims to overturn restrictions, proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and approved by the Board of Health, on sales of large sugary drinks at many dining locations in the city. (NY Times)
Read more...The 2012 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 254 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world.
Read more...Brown Distributing Company, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has been selected as the 2012 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year by the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the Brewers Association (BA). The award recognizes the beer distributor who does the most to market, promote and sell craft beer.
Read more...Oskar Blues continues its canned beer innovation with the launch of a first for a beer in the North American market: a 19.2 ounce (Royal Pint / 568-mL), single-serve can of its Dale's Pale Ale. The new package is immediately available in Colorado and will be part of Oskar Blues Brewery’s Ohio and Kentucky launch October 22nd before going into their entire distribution network in January of 2013.
Read more...Six years ago, Russia hit Georgia with a wine embargo. Suddenly, a market that had taken 80 percent of Georgia’s wine exports was closed. Now, in the days after Georgians elected a Moscow-trained prime minister, there is serious talk of lifting the embargo. (Voice of America)
Read more...Turkey aims to invest in sales of its traditional drink and national brand, the Turkish tea, in Macedonia. If the brand succeeds on the Macedonian market, the product should find its way to the markets of the neighbouring countries. (SETimes.com)
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