Diageo Supports 'We Don't Serve Teens' Campaign.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-23 January 2007-Diageo Supports 'We Don't Serve Teens' Campaign(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Diageo, a spirits, wine, and beer company, said that it is supporting the launch of "We Don't Serve Teens" campaign to combat underage drinking in West Virginia. Unveiled in...

SMC mulls big investment in Negros ethanol production.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is eyeing a 76,000-hectare sugarcane land for ethanol production which needs a huge investment in order to run about 10 plants with 100,000 liter per day capacity each. SMC, in a letter to...

SMC needs 555,000 hectares for cassava planting for exports.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) needs as much as 555,000 hectares to fill up its cassava import requirements coming from Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia which will require investments of P2.775 billion. Dennis B. Araullo, Department of Agriculture (DA)...

Santa Cruz spirit: check out the west side's best side--art, pastries, even artisan gin.
Eco-conscious Santa Cruz residents like to shop locally. And on the city's west side, once an industrial neighborhood, this is a delicious proposition. You can sample four local beverages--wine, organic beer, coffee, and artisan gin--and peruse hand-made furniture, clothing, surfwear, linens, and art. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

More RP tuna exports to EU.
France has agreed to help push the countrys plea for increased tuna exports to the European Union but, as a quid proquo, has pressed the Philippines to level the huge excise tax difference between imported wines and locally produced liquor. Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos...

UK company offers carbon credits to Nueva Ecija pig farm.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA England-based Ecosecurities offered to buy carbon credits of a Nueva Ecija pig farm that has been producing 150-kilowatt of electricity while eliminating waste water and foul methane emissions through environment-friendly means. West Stewart, managing director of Philippine Bioscience Co. (PBC), said...

High spirits: taste heady elixirs in an Alameda airport hangar.
"Can you picture the character that kaffir lime leaves give to soups and curries?" asks Lance Winters, master distiller at St. George Spirits. "We wanted to capture that in our vodka." Winters and founder Jorg Rupf strive to highlight that and other subtle flavors in their Hangar One vodkas,...

Shaw golfest offers R5M.
A PACKAGE of prizes worth about R5 million are at stake in the 16th Bill Shaw Memorial Golf Tournament set to be played tomorrow and Saturday (Jan. 28-29) at the east and west courses of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong City. Format of...

Central Azucarera de Tarlac to start ethanol production.
Byline: EDGARD HILARIO The Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT) yesterday became the first group to answer the call for "national teamwork" by President Arroyo as it decided to go into full-blast ethanol or biofuel production to help avert an economic crisis in the wake of the continuing...

Whoa[euro][TM]s in, whoa[euro][TM]s out: New index measures celebrity appeal.
Byline: DAN GLAISTER in LOS ANGELES Sean Connery need not worry. The former Bondas days as a trendsetter may be behind him, but he is one of the most recognized, trusted and appealing celebrities in the world. This less-than-startling news comes courtesy of the latest...