Constellation Brands, the world’s major wine company, is staking a bigger claim in the more profitable segment of the U.S. wine market by taking over Fortune’s Clos du Bois wine brand to add to its collection of USD 8 to USD 11 bottles of wine.

The Boston Beer Company, the brewer of Samuel Adams, posted record third quarter net revenue of USD 84.1 million, an increase of 10.9 percent over the same period last year.

drinktec shows its colours in the whole world, also in the USA. End of October, roughly two years before the start of the event, the World Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology presented itself at the Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago. Both trade fairs are joint in a marketing partnership.

The 26th GABF saw attendance up 12 percent from 2006.

Latin American foods and beverages are delighting Americans, so Miller as well as Anheuser-Busch decided to fabricate their own style of "Mexican-inspired beer beverage". For a taste, grab a Miller Chill or a Budweiser Clamato.

How to make a living off tasting and recommending beers? All you have to do is to become the Chief Beer Officer for the Four Points chain of hotels by Sheraton.

The third quarter was generally rosy for A-B. The brewer has a few billion in spare cash to buy back some stock. Guess they don’t have other investment plans!

Molson Coors Brewing will maintain tight control over its lucrative Canadian operation by leaving it out of its deal with SABMiller to combine U.S. operations.

Consolidation in the Argentine beer market is set to continue with CCU buying Inversora Cervecera.

SABMiller‘s Chief Executive Graham Mackay must have done some heavy schmoozing to convince the Coors people to enter into a venture with the world’s number two brewer.