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AB InBev buys Argentine winery Dante Robino

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Argentine brewery Quilmes, which is owned by AB InBev, has acquired the Dante Robino winery with plans to double the producer’s share of the domestic market in two years. According to reports from Argentine media, the sale was agreed on 17 February. The sale includes the winery’s 5ha estate and vineyards in the Perdriel area of Luján de Cuyo. While the financial terms have not been disclosed, Martin Ticinese president of Quilmes brewery, told Los Andes that all 74 jobs would be retained and María Soledad Buenanueva would remain as head winemaker. He also told the publication...

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The biggest drinks acquisitions of 2019

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As 2019 draws to a close, we round up a year of acquisitions which has seen two prominent British brewers snapped up by foreign investors, Constellation Brands agree a wine sale worth over US$1 billion, and the break-up of retailers Naked Wines and Majestic. Constellation Brands has certainly been one of the most active in the acquisitions scene this year, taking both majority and minority stakes in a number of companies. Its sale of just under 30 wine brands to E&J Gallo, however, was one of the biggest in the drinks industry this year. In the UK, if 2018 was the year of the Conviviality...

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Beer Masters 2019: results in full

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The year’s Beer Masters showed the development of styles in the sector, as well as the the growth of the low- and no-alcohol category. WHEN WE launched the Beer Masters in 2014, the craft beer industry was starting to mature. Now we’re seeing much more variety in the sector, from barrel-aged imperial stouts and low-ABV pale ales, to hop-forward IPAs and lagers made from leftover bread. We may not yet have seen see smoothie-thick New England IPAs and double-fermented cranberry Goses in supermarkets, but the list of beers entered into our Masters this year shows just how the UK’s everyday beer-drinking...

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2019 Market Update 70

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Anheuser-Busch Chasing Online Beer Sales As Grocery E-Commerce Picks Up Steam https://www.marketwatch.com/Tonya garciaMarch 12, 2019 As online grocery sales slowly creep higher, anheuser-busch inbev s.a. is wasting no time getting a foothold in the burgeoning e-commerce beer sector, which is only just starting to come to the attention of shoppers. Through ab inbev’s bud, -0.12% global growth and innovation group, zx ventures, it is working across north america to “elevate the beer category online,” which only made up less than 1% of the market in the u.s. in 2017. According...

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Anheuser-Busch chasing online beer sales as grocery e-commerce picks up steam

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As online grocery sales slowly creep higher, Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. is wasting no time getting a foothold in the burgeoning e-commerce beer sector, which is only just starting to come to the attention of shoppers.Through AB InBev’s BUD, -0.12% global growth and innovation group, ZX Ventures, it is working across North America to “elevate the beer category online,” which only made up less than 1% of the market in the U.S. in 2017. According to data provided by ZX Ventures, only 6% of the adult beer-purchasing population has bought beer online in the past. More than a...

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