Drinks

Veuve Clicquot-Owner LVMH Buys Wine Producer Chateau Du Galoupet

French luxury goods group LVMH has agreed to buy wine producer Le Chateau du Galoupet for an undisclosed sum, bolstering LVMH's portfolio of top wines and...

Free Trade Must Be A Priority For Irish MEPs After The Next Election, Says ABFI

The Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI) has recently highlighted the vital importance of of promoting free trade at ahead of next Friday's (24 Ma...

Guinness Open Gate Brewery Announces Exhibition Of Artwork Documenting LCD Soundsystem

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery has announced that it will host an art exhibition which pays homage to the rock band, LCD Soundsystem, from 1 – 22 Jun...

Lift On Good Friday Alcohol Ban Sees Sales Surge By 5.3% YOY

With the alcohol ban on Good Friday lifted, Nielsen reported a 5.3% surge in alcohol sales this year, compared to 2018. Irish shoppers spent €...

AB InBev Files For Hong Kong IPO Of Asia Business To Raise $5bn

The world's biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, filed plans on Friday to spin off its Asian business via a Hong Kong initial public offering, in a deal w...

Average Per Adult Alcohol Consumption In Ireland Down 23% Since 2001

Since 2001, the average per adult alcohol consumption has fallen by 23.3% in Ireland, according to the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI). Th...

New EU Rules Mean Better Protection For Irish Spirits, Says ISA

New EU wide rules regulating the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirits will ensure better protection for Irish whiskey, Irish crea...

Pint, anyone? The story behind Guinness' classic 'Anticipation' ad, 25 years on

On this day 25 years ago (18 May 1994), a then-little known Irish actor, Joe McKinney, danced on to our screens as the face of the latest TV campaign, 'Ant...