Case library
Cases of alcohol industry misconduct from around the world exposing the predatory practices.
A library of all the unethical methods of Big Alcohol – aggressive lobbying, unethical marketing, sabotaging of rules and institutions and much more, all in one place.

How and Why Big Wine is Sabotaging Sober October
October has become known for the challenge “Sober October” – a month to stay alcohol-free. But the wine industry has ...

German Wine Lobby Exposed: Political Interference, Deception, and Harmful Claims
Who is Big Wine in Germany and what are they up to? Lobbypedia has released a report about the German wine lobby, exposing how the wine ...

UK: Big Alcohol Pressures Government to Cut Alcohol Taxes
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has frozen the alcohol duty in the Autumn Statement, delivering a gift to the alcohol industry ...

Heineken Exposed for ‘Slave Labor’ Practices in Brazil
Brazilian brewery Kaiser, which is owned by Heineken, has been added to the government’s list of companies responsible for labor ...

Big Wine Exposed For Slave Labor Scandal in Brazil
Brazil’s Federal Police along with the Ministry of Labor rescued more than 200 people who were living and working in slave-like ...

Long-Term Societal Trends That Trouble Big Wine
Big Wine is losing its place in society as young people move away from alcohol products. Last year wine sales are reported to have dropped ...

Special Feature: Big Wine Attacks European Cancer Prevention Efforts
This special feature is dedicated Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and a European Parliament vote that did everything Big Alcohol had asked ...

European Parliament Does Dirty Work For Big Alcohol, Votes to Water Down Cancer Prevention Through Alcohol Policy
Alcohol industry lobbying succeeded in making the alcohol policy elements of the report prepared by the European Parliament’s Special ...

New Oxfam Report: Big Wines’ Human Rights Abuses
Forced labor, poverty wages, excessive working hours and severe health and safety risks for workers in the Italian wine industry. A new ...