alcoholic beverages

29 Nov 2024

Cape Brandy wins top honours

Avante Cape Brandy’s Founder’s XV has earned a prestigious 5-star rating in the 45th edition of the Platter’s South African Wine Guide. This accolade highlights the brandy’s exceptional quality and Avante’s commitment to excellence in the spirits industry. Avante Cape Brandy is making waves in South Africa’s spirits industry with its Founder’s XV receiving a...

20 Aug 2024

Iconic Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola launch

Brown-Forman Corporation and The Coca-Cola Company introduce the Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola Alcoholic Ready-To-Drink spirit cooler in South Africa, offering a convenient way to enjoy this classic cocktail. The spirit cooler, a ready-to-drink blend of Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola, is the perfect hangout essential for celebrating real moments. The launch of this spirit cooler reflects...

23 Feb 2021

The alcohol ban: it’s about more than just booze

The government-imposed alcohol ban impacted not only those that directly manufacture, distribute, sell and consume alcoholic beverages but also suppliers to this industry. The cascading effect of alcohol prohibition includes the loss of excise tax revenue to SARS but also to manufacturers, winemakers and craft brewers. The impacts are many-layered. People make the industry Recent...

07 May 2020

History teaches a tough lesson about banning alcohol

By: Hellen Ndlovu Director of Regulatory & Public Policy at SAB The banning of alcohol sales during lockdown was initially intended to help protect communities, but reality has set in and the outcomes remind us of costly lessons learned by the US almost a century ago. The sale and production of alcohol was prohibited in...

30 Mar 2020

International award boosts the status of South African whisky

The James Sedgwick Distillery as well as its Master Distiller have received international recognition at the 2020 Whisky Magazine World Whiskies Awards.

20 Mar 2019

A rum resurgence on the cards for South Africa

No longer just the drink of pirates, rum has been growing in popularity around the globe in recent years to muscle into the territory previously claimed by whisky and gin.