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Several British media outlets (notably the Daily Mail and the Plymouth Herald) are reporting concerns that supermarket have been caught selling “wine based drinks” in their alcohol aisles.

Due to unprecedented demand, Speight’s will be releasing its 2.5% Mid Ale in bottles

Alex Clere from the FoodBev.com website has reported on an innovative yet slightly disturbing new beer from America which is made with treated sewage.

Bud Light is not the finest beer in the world but it has an awesome marketing juggernaut and they go all out for Super Bowl Sunday – the most watched (and most expensive) ads of the year.

The Waitoa Free Range Chicken Champion Exhibition White or Sparkling Trophy at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards was won by Vidal Estate, taking out the category this year with its Legacy Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2012.

Budweiser used a one minute spot to poke fun at craft beer and craft beer drinkers, ridiculing their alleged tendency to dissect and sip beers rather than drink them.

Supermarkets and grocery stores may face a new challenge as fast food giant KFC (formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken) is trialling serving beer and cider at a number of stores around the world.

Loveblock 2013 Organic Sauvignon Blanc has been awarded an Elite Gold medal at the 2014 New Zealand Organic Wine Awards.

Early in November, all the taps at Wanaka Beerworks were turned on and 95% of their beer flooded ankle deep into the brewery and neighbouring businesses.

A diagnosis of life-threatening laryngeal cancer followed by a total laryngectomy spelled the end of his career as a professional speaker and political adviser. Auckland cider firm Forbidden Brewing Co began as a project to help him take his mind off his treatment and spend time with his son, Jordan.

A run of small harvests, strong demand for the top names and soaring vineyard prices is changing the shape of Burgundy’s entire wine model.

The Drinks Business website offers some practical advice to wine drinkers “whether you choose to drink from a crystal cut Lalique glass or a plastic cup at a barbecue.”