Four months after first tableing a bid, the Foster's Group is now just a week away from assuming total control of Southcorp, having announced this week that it has acquired 92% of its Australian rival's shares.
Constellation Europe is launching a new brand from South Australia on the UK market, Four Emus.
Read more...The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) has named the first new MW of the year and has also announced that it has secured a new home.
Read more...Thresher Group's decision to concentrate on three-for-two discounts was vindicated last week after research produced for the Harpers debate at the LIWSF showed it is consumers' preferred discount mechanic.
Read more...Midori melon liqueur is running a TV advertising campaign for the first time in 15 years.
Read more...A trio of John Armit employees has joined forces to set up a new independent wine merchant, Clarion Wines, selling to private, corporate and institutional buyers.
Read more...The cork versus screwcap debate intensified at the LIWSF during
a Skalli & Rein-organised industry briefing titled New packaging opportunities for the wine industry'.
Vinum, the Italian specialist, has taken the exclusive agency of Ferrari, Italy's most prestigious producer of metodo classico sparkling wine'.
Read more...Following an introduction by Harpers editor Christian Davis, Sam Harrop MW kicked off the Harpers New Zealand Pinot Noir Seminar by posing a question that has been vexing many in the wine industry.
Read more...The US Supreme Court has ruled that wine can be sold directly to consumers across US state lines.
Read more...Some 1,500 jobs are expected to be lost if AP Moeller-Maersk's planned takeover of P&O Nedlloyd goes through.
Read more...Warren Adamson, Villa Maria's European wine manager, has clinched the new higher-profile UK marketing manager job for New Zealand Winegrowers (NZWG).
Read more...Distell has struck a deal with Brown-Forman Wines to distribute its premium brand Durbanville Hills in the UK.
Read more...Nomacorc, the world's largest synthetic closure producer, has expanded its product range from one cork to four.
Read more...Bacardi has appointed a new CEO and president, Andreas Gembler, effective from 1 June.
Read more...The MD of the Lion Nathan Wine Group is to push for greater knowledge of Australian regionality.
Read more...A revelatory tasting of old Bouchard Pre & Fils Burgundies dating back to 1858, the year before publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, inspired high-profile musings on the evolution of some of the world's most sophisticated wines at a dinner at The Capital Hotel in London on 3 May.
Read more...What makes great leaders in our industry?' asked Lulie Halstead at the LIWSF Wine MBA seminar.
Read more...A new Italian DOC has just been announced.
Read more...On 6 May 2005, the assemblies of the two Chianti Classico consortia formally agreed to join forces again after being split for 18 years.
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