The Australian wine industry is reeling from the announcement that many of their Albariño wines will have to be re-branded after DNA testing found that a number of varieties thought to be Albariño, were in fact the little known grape variety Savagnin Blanc (Traminer) which is almost exclusively grown in Jura Eastern France.
Read more...SAB Miller's beer volumes dropped by 1% in the first three months of 2009, but remained 2% up over the full-year to the end of March.
Read more...Chilean winery, Amayna, has announced that Alliance wine will now handle its UK distribution.
Read more...Kirin Holdings Netherlands BV, a unit of Japan's biggest beverage maker, agreed to sell its 3.74% stake in Pernod Ricard SA (RI FP) to the Ricard family.
The move came after Pernod took back control of its brands in the Japanese market. Kirin's stake will be bought by Le Delos Invest 3, a company owned by the family of founder Paul Ricard, Paris-based Pernod said in a statement.
Pernod Ricard saw sales in the nine months to the end of March increase by 9%, to stand at 5.6 billion euros.
Read more...With sales of the North Italian fizz taking off at the expense of Champagne, the generic body for Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene is launching its first-ever UK PR campaign.
Jim Beam is trying to pep-up the Bourbon category with the launch of a version of the whiskey flavoured with black cherries.
Read more...Château Latour has become the first of the Bordeaux First Growths to name its price for the 2008 vintage, and as expected it is some way below the opening price for its 2007.
Further evidence that the wine sector is facing one of the most difficult years in its history is revealed this week with the news that year-on-year volume wine sales fell by 1% in the off-trade last year.
What the newspaper wine critics had to say over the Easter break
Further evidence that the wine sector is facing one of the most difficult years in its history is revealed this week with the news that year-on-year volume wine sales fell by 1% in the off-trade last year.
The Berry Bros & Rudd buying team is classing the Bordeaux 2008 vintage to be "like no other."
Read more...Berry Bros has drawn up a list of 42 wines from the 2008 Bordeaux vintage that it will offer to customers - subject to agreements on price.
Read more...South African wine company Nederburg, has created a range of limited edition wines especially for the FIFA World Cup.
Read more...UK premium drinks supplier First Drinks has announced that it will handle the distribution of Remy Cointreau brands in a major coup for the company.
Read more...Geodis the groupage and logistics specialist has extended its European wine distribution operations by opening a new global distribution centre in Dover.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has sold its Wild Turkey bourbon brand to Campari for €433 million in cash.
Read more...Doctors and nurses believe that increasing alcohol prices would be a better way of dealing with binge drinking than government health campaigns.
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E & J Gallo hopes to drive premium Californian wine sales in the UK with the national roll out of its Redwood Creek brand and a commitment to make £5.99 and upwards its central price point for the UK.
The national wine critics pass their judgement on the wines that have crossed their paths in recent weeks.
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