Osborne, the Spanish drinks group, will now distribute its selection of Toledo table wines in the UK through
Cheshire-based D&D Wines International. The wines were previously handled by Halewood International.
Harpers contributing editor Neil Beckett and contributor Jamie Goode have both been nominated for the Louis Roederer Award for International Wine Writer of the Year 2006. Beckett is also nominated in the International Champagne Writer category, for his articles in the Harpers Champagne supplement.
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&N UK) has formed a joint venture with logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel to organise drinks distribution in the UK.
The London International Vintners Exchange 100 Fine Wine Benchmark Index (Liv-ex 100'), which tracks the price of blue-chip wines, is now available on www.bloomberg.com (code: LIVX100), the global investment and stockmarket information website.
Read more...The 119th Annual General Meeting of the Wine & Spirit Trades' Benevolent Society will be held at Vintners' Hall, Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3BG on Tuesday 6 June 2006 at 11am.
Read more...Following thace collapse of Mayfair Cellars (see Harpers, 28 April) wine merchant Stone, Vine & Sun is temporarily looking after the distribution of Jacquesson Champagne.
Vranken-Pommery Monopole has spent a massive 20 million for 21 hectares (ha) of land in Champagne, a transaction the company claims is the biggest of its kind in the region within the past decade.
Arc International is unveiling a new range of stemware which, it claims, uses a new material that is the most transparent material to date, while also being resilient to breakage and fade-resistant.
Louis Latour has been appointed as exclusive agent for the on-trade and independent sectors by New Zealand producer Craggy Range.
Read more...The WSTA's long period of restructuring has finally come to end with the creation of the WSTA Wine Importers' Panel and the consequent abolition of eight Shippers' Committees.
New Zealand's Waipara Hills Wine Estate (WHWE) has bought Canterbury House, a major Waipara producer, taking WHWE's holding in the region to 500 hectares.
Premium South African producer Villiera Wines has become the first agency to leave Western Wines following its purchase by Constellation.
Chile's biggest wine exporter, Concha y Toro, has seen its profits hit hard by the continuing strength of the Chilean peso.
The Gallo family has dropped the Ernest & Julio in its name and introduced the name Gallo Family Vineyards, ahead of its 75th anniversary in 2008.
Read more...South African brand FirstCape is to get a home' for the first time when a 4.5 million-litre winery is built in the Breede Valley later this year.
Swedish giant V&S is to sell its Danish vodka brand, Danzka, and increase its focus on its core portfolio of Absolut vodka and Cruzan rum.
Asda's beers, wines and spirits team is back to full strength, following a host of internal appointments.
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Read more...Cube Communications and Sensible Wine Services have teamed up to launch a new company, which focuses entirely on presenting wines, beers and spirits to consumers face to face.
The contenders to take over Taittinger Champagne have been whittled down to a short list from the 40 or so who expressed initial interest.
