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Industry leaders honoured in King’s Birthday Honours List 2025
Several prominent figures from the UK’s food and drink and small business sectors have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025, announced today, with awards highlighting their contributions to employment, sustainability, social...

Drinking water is threatened in Central Iowa but not from drought
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if immediate steps are not...

10 award-winning supermarket wines you must try this summer — including a £7 bottle of red
It turns out some of the world's best wines could be hiding in your local supermarket, according to the results of the 2025 International Wine & Spirit Competition Summer is just around the corner, and with the warm weather and chock-a-block...

"Obviously, I’m gonna buy him a beer or two or three." Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell thanks stem cell donor after getting cancer all clear
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has thanked the stem cell donor who helped him get the cancer all clear. Campbell, 62, has revealed his cancer is in complete remission for the first time since he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in...
VINE TIME | Happy Drink Chenin Day and cheers to SA’s world recognised cellarmaster
It’s international Drink Chenin Day on Saturday, so why not celebrate what is fast becoming a flag bearer for the quality and versatility of SA winemaking with a local winemaker recognised as one of the world’s best 100 winemakers? Spier in...

Vietnam parliament approves hiking tax on alcoholic drinks to 90% by 2031
HANOI: Vietnam's National Assembly on Saturday (Jun 14) approved a proposal to raise the special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages to 90 per cent by 2031 from the current 65 per cent, a move that will add to challenges facing the industry...

Functional Beverages Market To Expand: $174.12 Billion Worth Market By 2030 Exclusive Research By Arizton
(MENAFN- GetNews) "Functional Beverages Market Research Report by Arizton"Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Growth Potential, Price Trends, Competitive Market Share & Forecast 2025–2030. According to Arizton's latest research report, the...

Best automatic milk frothers every home kitchen needs to make café quality drinks
There are milk frothers and then there are latte art-capable milk frothers. The former simply churns up your milk (and other non-dairy alternatives) into a dry thick foam that sits on top of the milk and doesn’t really improve taste or texture. If...

Benson Fischer Restaurant Industry Veteran Launches Revolutionary Restaurant Marketing Program
(MENAFN- GetNews) Benson FischerZivZo, led by CEO Benson Fischer, launches its restaurant marketing program. With 40+ years of hands-on industry experience, Fischer has owned, operated, franchised, and consulted for restaurants nationwide. ZivZo's...

Brno’s Beautiful Secrets: Dragons, Bones and Beer in the Czech Republic
Brno, the hidden gem of Moravia Czech Republic, has so much to explore. Image by RossHelen via Canva Brno may not have the global renown of Prague, but the city pulses with a life and charm all its own. The second-largest city in the Czech...

Beer bottle smashed, throat slit: Man kills Chandigarh-based cousin at Shimla hotel after altercation
A 22-year-old man from Chandigarh was found dead at Hotel Grand Majestic in Dhalli, a suburb near Shimla, on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Akash Sharma, a resident of SCF-40, Grain Market in Sector 26, Chandigarh, news agency...

PMMI: Beverage packaging industry responds to rapid transformation
As the beverage industry experiences unprecedented shifts driven by consumer demand, sustainability imperatives, and technological evolution, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has released the latest findings from...

Myanmar’s biggest food & drink expo returns to YCC, 27-29 June
June 14, 2025 Nyein Nyein 8 An invite poster for the food & drink expo. The Food and Beverage Myanmar trade show will take place at the Yangon Convention Centre (YCC) in the complex of Inya Lake Hotel, Yangon, from 27 to 29 June 2025. It will be a...

The Luxe List: Food & Wine
Sari Tuschman The Luxe List It’s that time of year again. It’s time for day and night to mesh into one long wine tasting — when all bets are off, and it’s literally 5 o’clock somewhere every hour of the day for three days straight. That’s right:...

Scotland’s first black professor who won ‘Nobel prize of the beer world’
Died: June 12, 2025 Sir Geoff Palmer, who has died aged 85, earned a reputation as a trailblazer and inspiration within higher education and in wider society as chancellor and professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University and Scotland’s first black...

Weekend Roundup: Bluegrass music, Broadway tunes & Kentucky wine!
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — A cultural festival honoring diversity, a celebration of Lexington’s neighborhoods and musicians and a way to support our veterans, all in the Weekend Roundup. SPIRIT IN THE BLUEGRASS MUSIC FEST The Spirit in the Bluegrass...

National Wine Show’s top gong goes to a grenache for the first time in 50 years
Senator Don Farrell awarded the Prime Minister’s Trophy for Champion Wine of Show to winemaker Renae Hirsch of McLaren Vale winery Willunga 100. Photo: Supplied, National Wine Show. Winemakers, vignerons, aficionados and supporters gathered at the...

These strawberry cocktails will be your go-to drinks all summer
As we head into the season of long, hot summer days, it’s never a bad idea to have a go-to summer, fruity cocktail that you can whip up in under five minutes. While there’s nothing wrong with the classic summer cocktails that have never failed us,...

Liquor sales volumes to decline after steep, abrupt increase in duty
The recent hike in the excise duty by the Maharashtra government will push the IMFL whisky MRP by about 85 per cent, which will lead to a significant drop in sales volumes, industry body CIABC has said. Expressing concerns over the recent...

Report from IFF details opportunities for serving the needs of GLP-1 users in food and beverage industry
A new report published by IFF provides insights into the impact of GLP-1 drugs on the food and beverage industry, and how manufacturers can adapt to new consumer preferences, in particular, their nutritional and sensory needs. The report, titled...