Canada: Black Fly expands with two new additions
Black Fly, a Canadaian alcoholic drinks firm, has added two more varieties to its product line of “craft-produced” vodka, tequila, rum and whisky mixed drinks, according to a report in Food In Canada. Gin-mixed “legendary, light and ultra refreshing” Black Fly Gin Tom Collins is said to be “not too sweet” and to be made […]
Italy: AB InBev acquires Birra del Borgo
AB Inbev, the world’ s largest brewer, has acquired Italian craft beer maker Birra del Borgo for an undisclosed sum, according to reports in Real Beer and FoodBev. Birra del Borgo is one of Italy’s leading craft brewers and is based in Borgorose, 40 miles east of Rome. It produces a range of beers including […]
Portugal: Central De Cervejas launches radler beer with Portuguese flavours
Portuguese brewer Central De Cervejas has expanded its line of radler beer with the launch of two new varieties focused on Portuguese ingredients. Launched under the established Sagres beer brand, the new varieties are Sagres with Lime & Rocha Pear (a native Portuguese pear variety) and Sagres with Lemon & Apple from Alcobaca. Filipe Bonina, […]
Gama Innovation Award: Guinness Nitro IPA
Gama Innovation Award – Product MANCHESTER – 26th April 2016: The Gama Innovation Award – Product for April goes to Guinness Nitro IPA, a new offering from Diageo looking to tap into the enhanced popularity of Indian Pale Ales in line with the growth in craft brewing. Claiming to bring “Guinness-style nitrogenation to an IPA”, the […]
Tradeshow Insight: Wine & Gourmet Japan 2016
Advertised as “your gateway to the Japanese wine, beer, spirits, gourmet food and foodservice market”, Wine and Gourmet Japan – a recently-established trade event staged by Koelnmesse, the organisers behind major European shows such as Anuga and ISM – returned to the showgrounds of Tokyo’s Big Sight Exhibition Center for its latest edition. Visitor numbers […]
USA: AB-InBev acquires Devils Backbone
Leading global brewer AB InBev, has announced the addition of a new craft beer brand with the acquisition of Virginia-based Devils Backbone. Established in 2008, Devils Backbone has an established portfolio of products which includes brands like Vienna Lager, Eight Point IPA and Schwartz Bier. Through this acquisition they will join AB-InBev’s High End business, […]
Thailand: Heineken launches Shape Your City campaign
Dutch beer maker Heineken has announced the launch of a new global campaign called Shape Your City that “aims to broaden the imagination of and ignite creative ideas in the new generation of people living in urban cities”. According to an article in Thai PR, the campaign will be launched together with a new 320ml […]
Canada: Constellation Brands acquires The Prisoner Wine
US wine firm Constellation Brands has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire The Prisoner Wine Company from Huneeus Vintners. Constellation Brands described The Prisoner Wine as a fast-growing, super-luxury portfolio of five highly rated wine brands that had grown volumes at an annual rate of 30% over the last three years to […]
Look Ahead: Giovanni Mantovani, Vinitaly 2016
Gama spoke to Giovanni Mantovani, CEO of Vinitaly, ahead of the latest edition of the wines and spirits tradeshow. What are your expectations for the 50th edition of Vinitaly? This edition will be an occasion to look into a future that is still to be built: we hope that Vinitaly will be able to define […]
Beer made ‘beautiful’ with aloe vera launch
The latest innovation insight from Gama Compass™ MANCHESTER – 8th April 2016: Beauty benefits are setting out their stall in the alcoholic drinks space with a new “refreshing” and “easy-to-drink” beer that is claimed to combine “health and flavour” with the virtues of “natural” ingredients – Beauty Aloe Beer. Launched in 2015 by Spanish firm Alimentos […]