The market for in-home consumption of alcohol saw rapid growth across the board during lockdown and, with people being forced to stay at home, online was a natural beneficiary. A survey by Censuswide for Molzi, a company which advises brands and businesses on maximising their sales on Amazon, showed that 3.3 million shoppers bought drinks using the site for the first time during lockdown. Early evidence suggests the reopening of bricks and…

Global organic wine consumption is on track to hit almost one billion bottles a year by 2023, more than doubling over a decade, according to new research from organic wine trade fair Millesime Bio. The study of organic wine trends in key global markets, commissioned by SudVinBio and conducted by drinks research group IWSR, found that organic wine consumption is forecast to increase to 976…

Organic wine will account for 9% of the UK’s total still wine consumption by 2022 – up from 5% currently – according to IWSR data. Growth in the consumption of organic wine, which has been growing at 11% year-on-year for the last five years, is expected to decelerate slightly in the UK, due to a generally bad outlook for still wine overall. But the UK’s…

This April the dam levels in the Western Cape slumped to a low of just 18% and South Africans were bracing themselves for Day Zero. That would have seen the taps run dry and people across Cape Town queuing for water, while the beleaguered wine trade would have suffered further pain. The drought had contributed to the most challenging harvest in South Africa’s…

A complaint about the brand Slingshots has been upheld by the Portman Group’s Independent Complaints Panel. A member of the public made a complaint about the product, stating that it encouraged irresponsible drinking and was aimed at an under-18s audience. The complaint was upheld under the Portman Group’s Code, which states that a drink, its packaging and any promotional activity should not in any direct…

A Cambridge University professor has delivered a splendid response to a new Global Burden of Disease study claiming that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The academics said they pooled data from 592 previous studies and concluded that teetotalism is the only way forward to avoid risking your health. The study was published in The Lancet, which argued for a “global movement” of…