Hugh Hefner’s famed entertainment business, Playboy Enterprises, is to launch its first beer garden in Pune, India after a 50 million rupee (£500,000) investment.

AB InBev has agreed to sell SABMiller’s stake in China-based Snow beer, the world’s biggest-selling beer brand, to China Resources Beer for US$1.6 billion.

Wine enthusiasts can try their hand at blending their own wine at Wynns’ blending workshops at the Taste of Hong Kong festival next week.

Fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index has rebranded to the simpler ‘BI’ to better reflect its diverse range and expertise.

Discount supermarket Lidl is adding a range of three English wines to its shelves in March, along with three Hungarian offerings.

The humble hazelnut came under the spotlight at Cottage Vineyards’ ‘Four Hands’ dinner in Macau and Hong Kong, alongside some of Piemonte’s lesser known grape varietals.

The California-Cabernet connection is a long and deeply rooted one, yet it’s not one that’s resistant to change. As our recent blind tasting revealed, a trend towards stylistic restraint is generating ripe yet balanced expressions at all price points, writes Patrick Schmitt MW

Gruppo Campari, the producer behind Campari, Skyy Vodka and Wild Turkey whiskey, has posted a 36% rise in net profit in 2015.

Brown-Forman launches low ABV vodka

Copper and Kings launches brandies with craft beer connection