Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Shede Spirits reports a 67.26% first-half profit drop after cutting shipments
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (478+ words) Shede Spirits, a Chinese baijiu producer listed in Shanghai, reported a sharp drop in first-half profit after cutting shipments to reduce channel inventories and support prices in a weak domestic liquor market. In its half-year report disclosed on Aug. 18 and…...
European Union beer exports to nonmember countries fell 11% in 2025
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (496+ words) The European Union exported 3.2 billion liters of alcoholic beer to countries outside the bloc in 2025, an 11% drop from 2024, while imports from non-EU countries rose 6% to 500 million liters, according to data released by Eurostat. The figures show a weaker year for…...
Tuscany Begins Its 2026 Grape Harvest Up to Two Weeks Early After Summer Heat
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (253+ words) Tuscany’s 2026 grape harvest has started earlier than usual in several wine areas, with some growers beginning before mid-August after a hot summer sped up vine development across the region. That estimate applies to the cooperative’s territory and is not an…...
Britain’s inflation rate climbed to 2.9% in July.
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (579+ words) Britain’s annual consumer inflation rate picked up in July, and the price category that includes alcohol and tobacco also moved higher, adding to pressure on household spending and giving drinks producers and retailers another signal that costs are still passing…...
A winery in County Meath has planted Ireland’s largest vineyard.
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (379+ words) Ireland, a country better known for stout and whiskey, is slowly building a wine industry of its own as growers plant more vines, test hardier grape varieties and look to warmer conditions that may make viticulture more viable in the…...
Germany's beer sales fell 2.2% in the first half of 2026.
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (426+ words) Beer sales in Germany fell in the first half of 2026, even after a strong June failed to prevent another decline in one of Europe’s largest beer markets. From January through June, breweries and tax warehouses in Germany sold 38.45 million hectoliters…...
Study finds Swiss grape growers are nearly evenly split on cutting pesticide use
23+ hour, 49+ min ago (410+ words) Swiss grape growers appear to be split into two nearly equal camps when it comes to cutting pesticide use, with one group adopting a broad mix of alternatives and the other still relying much more heavily on pesticides, according to…...
Pinot Noir’s global vineyard share quadrupled to 3.1%, a study found
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (281+ words) Pinot Noir, long tied to Burgundy and Champagne, is spreading quickly into vineyards far beyond its traditional cool-climate strongholds, according to a new academic study that traces a sharp global rise in plantings and finds that straightforward economics, not just…...
Study Finds AI Tools Alter Conclusions on Wine Innovation
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (299+ words) A new study in the Journal of Wine Economics says the way researchers measure technological similarity in the wine business can sharply change the picture of how innovation has evolved across countries and product areas. That matters because technological similarity…...
Lark Distilling took a A$15.49 million inventory write-down after acquired whisky stocks sold slower than expected.
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (576+ words) Lark Distilling said Tuesday that net sales rose 15.1% in its 2026 fiscal year, but the Australian whisky producer also took a large non-cash write-down on previously acquired whisky stocks after admitting those inventories had been selling more slowly than expected. After…...