After growing its Fairtrade wines category to account for two thirds of fairly-traded wines sold in the UK, the Co-operative is launching a new premium tier of wines priced £7.99.
Mitchells & Butlers, which operates All Bar One, Browns and Harvester, has returned to profit with a "resilient" set of results - total sales were up 4.9% to £1,762 million.
Pernod Ricard is to target 25-34 year old males at high-footfall London sites, in a festive marketing campaign for its brand, Chivas Regal.
Read more...Sterling fell to the lowest level against the US dollar for six weeks yesterday as investors moved away from riskier assets.
Read more...Pernod Ricard owned, Havana Club, has launched a double album of Cuban music with Gilles Peterson.
Read more...Around 150 bottles of fake vodka which could induce a coma have been seized in Salford.
Read more...Drinks design agency Stranger & Stranger wants to shake up how wine brands are presenting themselves - and is offering its services for free to a company prepared to innovate.
Read more...Sterling strengthened against the US dollar on Friday as investors who had placed bets against sterling reversed them ahead of the weekend.
Read more...London's Antique Wine Company scooped the star lot at Burgundy's Hospices de Beaune auction yesterday.
Read more...Tesco attracted more than 10,000 consumers - up 20% on last year - to its five wine fairs this autumn, which boosted spending by 18%.
Crewe-based Rodney Densem is to ramp up its coverage across the country with the purchase of Shropshire wholesaler Telford Wines.
Read more...Besuited fat old men with black teeth droning on about malolactic fermentation is the last thing the wine industry needs if it wants to educate and attract younger consumers.
Oddbins is tapping into customer power once more, by asking them to vote for the wines to go into its Christmas case.
The future of National Wine Month hangs in the balance after WSET boss Ian Harris said he will no longer run it.
Read more...Independent wine merchant Jascots is to offer a 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivery service to its clients throughout the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Read more...Sterling strengthened yesterday after stronger than expected retail sales figures provided positive news on the UK economy.
Read more...Edinburgh New Town Cookery School, (ENTCS) has made its Scottish beer and food evening courses a permanent addition to its events calendar.
Read more...The trade is being offered the chance to find out more about Australian wine from leading wine writers and educators in Wine Australia's new one day wine school running later this month.
Read more...Simon Staples, Berry Bros & Rudd UK sales director, is moving to Hong Kong to head up and expand its burgeoning Hong Kong and Macau divisions.
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Beaujolais Thursday is being marked with a flurry of on-trade events, restoring some of the sheen to day that many in the UK trade feel has been steadily losing its gloss.
