The heat is driving the country to drink, as beer consumption leaps up to 140 per cent.

Administrators estimated the value of Renaissance's assets to be about $1.02 million.

A supermarket has won a three-year battle allowing it to display alcohol at end of aisles.

Poor performance spurred Lion NZ to revitalise its business, says Rory Glass

A drink company has halted online sales after revelations it did not have a liquor licence

Moa beer chief Geoff Ross says big brewers are actively blocking independent brewers.

Australian-based brewer Little Creatures is expanding into New Zealand.

The brewery has come to a halt after water contamination.

Fine wine has been one of the best performing assets of the last 20 years.

Products containing the French sparkling wine may not be able to use the name 'champagne'.

A beer marketed specifically at women is facing a major backlash online

COMMENT: They like a veneer of sophistication up in Auckland, but $15 is a veneer too far.

The business leader and philanthropist died last month after a battle with cancer.

COMMENT: Sir Douglas Myers was one of the country's most controversial businessmen.

New Zealand wine exports to the US jump 10 per cent.

Craft beer expert's surprise as Epic Armageddon won coveted IPA trophy again.

Peregrine Wines has signed a major deal with Vineyard Brands.

Here's how a truckie turned his crazy idea into a garage start-up now worth $3.2 million.

Lion, the local unit of Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings, will pay as much as $25.1 million for its newly acquired Panhead Custom Ales

Lewis Road Creamery is branching out with its latest product.

COMMENT: The announcement that DB Breweries has purchased Tuatara shines a spotlight on a surprisingly positive shift in the way Kiwis are consuming beer.

'Every time I'm in London I go out to the clubs - you don't learn anything by sitting in your office," says the president of vodka brand Belvedere.

It's not just the pagoda roof turret that gives the Annandale Distillery in Scotland an Asian feel.

Bloomberg Markets wine columnist Elin McCoy uncorks trends for the coming year.

A brewery is promising the best beer of your life thanks to a personalised test using your DNA.

It turns out the humble Spanish villagers who were about to become Corona beer millionaires won't be seeing that money after all.

The founder of Corona left $3.75m to each of the 80 residents of the Spanish village where he was born.

Gin producer Rogue Society weighs in on how important product design is in the competitive liquor industry.

Shares of the company that imports Corona had their biggest rally in more than a month.

Graham Norton's Kiwi rosé and Australian Shiraz have won medals at the 37th Sydney International Wine Competition.