Polish vodka producer and spirits importer CEDC has reduced its full year net sales forecasts for 2009 from around US$2 billion to the range of US$1.25 billion to £14 billion.
Read more...California's Foley Wine Group has centralised its admin, purchasing, customer service and marketing functions in Sonoma after the acquisition of Sebastiani Vineyards in December.
Read more...Here is a review of this weekend's national wine writers for the first weekend in February
Read more...Here is a review of this weekend's national wine writers for the first weekend in February
Read more...Wine + organisers have confirmed that the two day show starting at London Olympia tomorrow, February 3, is on despite the adverse weather conditions.
Read more...A warning that the spirits industry is "recession-resistant, not recession-proof" has come from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS).
Read more...Judging in wine competitions has been brought into question after an investigation of a leading US wine event found judges rarely rated a wine the same way twice.
Read more...A new BBC4 mini-series about the wine trade is devoting its first programme to a profile of Berry Bros & Rudd.
Read more...New Zealand winemaker Ross Lawson, founder of Lawson's Dry Hills, has died aged 66.
Read more...Cockburn's is being supported by Beam Global this year with a £500,000 campaign targeting "modern men aged 35-plus".
Read more...American wine and spirits producer Access Beverage has agreed to buy a 50% stake in Belgian vodka company Diamond Wodka.
Fortune Brands saw net sales drop 11% in 2008 as effects of the global downturn began to take hold.
Read more...Provence Wines (CIVP) has appointed Géry Viziale as its new marketing director.
Read more...The drinks industry is under further pressure today following the advice of the Government's chief medical officer that parents should never give alcohol to children under the age of 15.
Read more...Southern Wines & Spirits of America (SWSA) has signed a long-term deal for the exclusive distribution rights to Beam Global products in 21 US states.
Read more...Diageo has begun work on a £65 million bio-energy facility at its Cameronbridge distillery in Scotland.
Read more...Harveys is hoping to attract a younger female audience as part of a £750,000 investment by Beam Global UK.
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Benet Slay, managing director for Diageo UK, is from July 1 to become managing director for Diageo Northern Europe.
Read more...Ahead of next week's Wine + on-trade event in London the organisers are releasing online interviews with three "Wine Heroes" chosen to represent different areas of the UK restaurant scene.
Read more...Fifty-two Beaujolais producers have gone on trial in France for allegedly adding illegal amounts of sugar to their wines.
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