Shares in WA-based Gage Roads Brewing have jumped after the company executed contracts with a Margaret River business and global food and beverage company.
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Coopers to spend $20m upgrading brewery
South Australian brewer Coopers has announced a $20 million capital expansion after strong sales in the last half of 2012.
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High dollar leads to Casella’s first loss
Casella Wines, the owners of the popular Yellow Tail brand, has attributed its first loss in two decades to factors including the high Australian dollar and industrial relations.
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Don’t ignore foreign interest, says Barnaby Joyce
Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce has said it would be foolish to not realise that the growing interest from foreign investors in Australian wineries is part of a broader trend in agriculture.
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Diageo promotes responsible drinking in new ad campaign
Alcohol manufacturer Diageo Australia launched its ‘don’t see a great night wasted’ campaign on NYE, an initiative aimed at encouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol during the peak holiday period.
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Foreign investors eye off Treasury Wine
Some are predicting that Treasury Wine Estates, the country’s biggest wine group, could be taken over by foreign investors.
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Micro-breweries and memories at Australia’s first pub brewery
Australia’s devotion to beer may have waned, but as the brewery manager at Australia’s oldest pub brewery says, our love of a cold ale isn’t ready to die just yet. Matt McDonald reports.
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Aussie wine families set sights on China
It’s next stop China for Australia’s First Families of Wine, a group created by 12 family-owned Australian wineries, with the shared aim of promoting Aussie drops and the history that goes with them.
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Coopers launches alcohol-free beer
Holsten 0.0 percent is the new alcohol-free beer by Coopers, aimed at Australians who love the taste of beer but want, or need, to comply with a zero alcohol policy.
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Beer the most popular drink in America
Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in the United States, followed by spirits and wine, a new survey has revealed.
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Heinz suffers profit drop after relocation
Heinz Watties has reported a five per cent drop in net profit for the year to April 29, with significant costs centred around the relocation of sauce and beetroot processing back to New Zealand.
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The rise and rise of niche brewed beers
With beer consumption in Australia at a 50 year low and mainstream beer manufacturers suffering a drop in sales, micro-breweries have noticed a gap in the market and working over-time to fill it.
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Boutique brewer Moa drinks to share price success
After successful trading on the NZX boutique beer brewery Moa plans to extend it Blenheim operations, lifting bottle handling capacity from 14,000 to 50,000 cases in less than a year.
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Drinking, smoking down but obesity rates up
Australians are drinking and smoking less but putting on weight like never before, a national survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found.
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The government has it wrong on alcohol’s role in chronic diseases
The Commonwealth government looks set to lose its top position in preventative health measures.
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Coopers bucks beer trends, posts healthy profit
The South Australian beer maker has out-performed rivals, including British-owned SABMiller (owner of Foster's) and Japan’s Kirin. Kirin, owner of Lion, grew Australian and NZ revenues in beer, spirits and wine for the six months to March by 1.7 per cent. SAB’s revenues fell 13 per cent in the June quarter, The Australian reports.
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Swan brewery to close
Brindley, managing director of Lion Beer, Spirits & Wine Australia, has announced that its Swan brewery at Canning Vale in WA will shut its doors by early next March, and relocate its production units to SA.
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End to cheap wine prices is near: global decline in grapes
A massive global over-supply of wine from 2004 to 2010 that caused prices to plummet looks set to end this year.
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Coca-Cola Amatil overcomes ‘difficult trading season’ with big profits
Coca Cola Amatil (CCA) has continued its trend upwards, reporting growth of almost 6 per cent in the second quarter of this year.
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Little World Beverages shareholders approve Lion acquisition
Japanese-owned beverage giant Lion will officially take over Little World Beverages (LWB), after the majority of shareholders voted in favour of the purchase.
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