Alcoholic beverages
Foster’s once again rejects SABMiller bid
18 Aug 2011
SABMiller takes its $10-bn bid to Foster's shareholders
17 Aug 2011
SABMiller has taken its $10-billion takeover bid for Foster's Group directly to shareholders of Australia's largest brewer after it rejected its bid as being too low.
Japan's Kirin buys controlling stake in Brazilian brewer for $2.56 billion
02 Aug 2011
Kirin, Japan's second largest brewer after Asahi Breweries, said it had bought all outstanding shares of Aleadri-Schinni, which holds a 50.45 per cent stake in Schincariol.
Scotch is now ‘Made in Scotland’ only!
05 Jul 2011
India has granted 'geographical indication of origin' status to ‘Scotch Whisky’, a legal protection that formally recognises that as a product ‘Scotch Whiskey' can only be made in Scotland.
Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry within 30 years
04 Jul 2011
The amount of high-value Northern California land suitable for growing premium wine grapes could be cut in half by 2040 because of global warming.
Molson Coors invests Rs156.76 crore in new JV with Cobra India
24 Jun 2011
Under the terms of the deal, Mumbai-based Molson Coors Cobra India will market Cobra beer brands in South Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Foster's rejects SABMiller's $10-bn bid
21 Jun 2011
SABMiller, the world's second-biggest brewer by volume after Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, has turned its attention towards the world's second-largest wine maker by sales and Australia's largest brewer.
Foster's spin-off Treasury Wine valued at $2.2 billion
10 May 2011
After being separated from Australian beer maker Foster's Group, the second-largest winemaker in the world, Treasury Wine Estates Ltd, gained a valuation of $2.2 billion (A$2.3 billion) in its first day of trading
Diageo eyes tequila brand Jose Cuervo: report
22 Mar 2011
Diageo to acquire Turkish distiller Mey Icki for $2.1 billion
21 Feb 2011
The maker of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Baileys among others, will now add Turkey’s popular drink Raki to its stable of alcoholic beverages
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