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Published: 18 December, 2013
The Wine & Spirit Trade Association is today ramping up the pressure on the governement to scrap the alcohol duty esclator by claiming it would generate £230 million and create 6,000 jobs if it was dropped before the 2014 budget.
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Published: 17 December, 2013
The drinks industry has been given a vote of confidence by the government for how it is handling the advertising of alcohol online.
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Published: 17 December, 2013
Increasing numbers of people in the UK are drinking less and more responsibly, according to a survey of the latest drinking trends released by the Office for National Statistics.
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Published: 17 December, 2013
Marlborough-based Marisco Vineyards is to develop 600ha of Leefield Station in Waihopai Valley on the back of rising market demand for its New Zealand wines, particularly the Ned and King's Series brands.
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Published: 17 December, 2013
Buyers that have signed up to the inaugural Wine Buyers' Forum to be held in Windsor next March have on average over £2 million worth of buying power each.
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Published: 17 December, 2013
The Scotch whisky industry has embraced sustainability measures and it is close to a zero waste target, according to a new report.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Amorim, the largest cork producer in the world, has broken its own production record after manufacturing more than 4 billion mark cork stoppers this calendar year. The news represents a major boost for cork, which continues its comeback after strong challenges from alternative closures.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
The Fladgate Partnership is set to release a collection of 50 year old single harvest Ports under the Taylor's brand
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Independent wine merchants are reporting a solid lead-up in sales in the build up to Christmas as the Ipsos Retail Performance has revealed overall shopper numbers are on track to exceed last year.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
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Published: 16 December, 2013
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Amorim, the largest cork producer in the world, has broken its own production record after manufacturing more than four billion mark cork stoppers this calendar year. The news represents a major boost for cork, which continues its comeback after strong challenges from alternative closures.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Last month's Wine Vision event in London was a blur of wine sector celebrities, real-time market data, and strategic seeding of experts from other successful fields of business.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
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Published: 13 December, 2013
The Wine & Spirits Trade Association is to use exclusive research and data to help spearhead its new "Be Fair George" campaign to persuade the government to scrap the duty escalator on wine and spirits in next year's budget.
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Published: 13 December, 2013
News this week that Diageo's Bulleit Bourbon would be changing its UK recipe and introducing a higher ABV is counter to what US bourbon and whiskey brands tend to do in the UK market.
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Published: 13 December, 2013
The UK wine and spirit industry has had a tough 2013 with sales down in both the on and off-trades, according to the latest market report from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
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Published: 12 December, 2013
The French Independent Winegrowers fair will be returning to the Royal Horticultural Halls in London for a fifth year on February 6th, 2014.
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Published: 12 December, 2013
The Wine & Spirit Trade Association is to next week launch a high level national media and consumer campaign to persuade the government to scrap the final year of the duty escalator on wines and spirits in the next Budget.
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Published: 10 December, 2013
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