Sainsbury's will be launching a new consumer-focussed colour-coded style guide for its wines at the same time it introduces new packaging for its own label wines in August.
Read more...Asda is strengthening its beers, wines and spirits (BWS) team by the appointment of two new product development managers, in addition to building a new category development team focussing on the "customer vision for BWS".
Read more...Cellar Trends aims to increase sales of its Luxardo sambuca by 40% in 2008 with an on-line marketing campaign.
Seven out of ten consumers now recognise the Fairtrade logo, according to new research from the Fairtrade Foundation. The figure is up from 57% in 2007.
Read more...China will come to the fore in the next half-century and emerge as the leading wine producing country.
Read more...Opportunity knocks for Champagne and sparkling wine categories in the UK's pubs, bars and restaurants.
Independent French Champagne house Louis Roederer has announced its purchase of prime Pinot Noir Vineyards in California's Anderson Valley.
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Diageo's 650 million (250m) investment in a new Irish brewing centre will be the company's largest in its ten-year history but will be accompanied by closures and redundancies elsewhere in the business.
Read more...Health warnings on alcoholic drinks will receive only a "lukewarm reception, with men in particular considering them a "waste of time," new Mintel research reveals.
Boris Johnson, the newly elected Mayor of London, has announced the banning of alcohol on the capital's transport network from June 1 2008.
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The annual Drambuie Pursuit across the Scottish highlands has been won by a US team.
Read more...E&J Gallo is to invest 2.5million on TV and point of sale in a bid to capitalise on the strong ros growth in the UK market.
Diageo has seen net sales grow by 7% in the nine-month period ending March 31 2008.
Read more...Marc Bolland, the Morrisons chief executive, pocketed a bonus of 706,000 last year, according to the company's annual report.
Read more...The Scotch Whisky Experience, the visitor attraction situated on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, is to undergo a 2 million expansion.
Read more...Thousands of buy-one-get-one-free deals are being axed by Britain's leading supermarket chains as high street shoppers hit by the credit crunch tighten their belts and reduce their weekly grocery bills, a new report showed yesterday.
Read more...Despite a positive overall picture in the US wine industry, sales of fine wine are set to slump as we move into 2008.
Read more...Germany has traditionally been one of the world's biggest beer consumers but a new report has shown wine is now coming to the fore in the country's drinks market.
Read more...The Australian wine industry has seen exports drop in volume and value for the second consecutive month.
Read more...Beam Global Spirits & Wine (BGSW) has selected logistics firm Paxonix to automate and streamline its global packaging processes.
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