There was a collective sigh of relief across the trade last week when for the first time, it seems, in living memory there were no duty rises in a government budget.
Read more...Fairhills, the Fairtrade wine brand, has teamed up with the Big Issue magazine in a deal that will see all its street vendors kitted out with new, branded uniforms.
Read more...Ian Dyson has quit his post as finance director of Marks & Spencer to become the new chief executive of Punch Taverns.
Read more...One of Australia's leading producers has blamed bulk wine dealers for dragging down the country's image.
Read more...With the WOSA Mega-Tasting days away Andrew Catchpole asks if South Africa can keep its enviable recession-beating momentum going.
Read more...Spanish wine exports fell by around 11% in value and volume terms in May, according to figures released by the Spanish Tax Agency.
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The operator of popular restaurant chains La Tasca, Slug and Lettuce and ha ha and grill brands has undergone a financial restructuring that will see its debts slashed by £100m.
Read more...UK imports of Australian wine fell by 8.7% in the year to February, according to new figures from the Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation.
Read more...Scheid Vineyards Inc announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2008.
Read more...Beam Global Spirits & Wine (BGSW) has selected logistics firm Paxonix to automate and streamline its global packaging processes.
Read more...Constellation Europe has appointed software firm RedPrairie to streamline and improve its supply chain activities.
Read more...The finance director of the collapsed fine wine merchant Mayfair Cellars sold almost 1 million of customers' wine without authorisation and then passed on the proceeds to his partner, according to the administrators report.
Set against a backdrop of socio-economic problems - urban drift, antiquated production values - and the controversial application for EU admission, Cyprus' wine industry is battling gamely to convert its export profile from bulk to alternative wines. Joanne Simon reports on the positive mood at the island's four big producers
Read more...It was the ancient Greeks who introduced the Romans to wine. Over two millennia later, some believe that the world is about to experience a Hellenic comeback. Joanne Simon encounters an upbeat mood among producers in the Attica and Peloponnese regions of Greece.
Read more...Portugal is bouncing back to form with a bumper 2001 harvest. Richard Mayson appraises the current crop of Portuguese wines, the key factors behind the recent upturn, and the shifting balance of power within the regions
Read more...There is a new reality in the virtual world, with developments in software promising to change the day-to-day business practices of companies large and small. So if AOC means more to you than ADSL and ASP, you need to read on. Especially when ASP may be the last thing your IT team will tell you about. By Neil Beckett
Read more...The global wine lake is getting deeper and wider. But it does not engulf everybody and everything. In the second of a two-part investigation, Neil Beckett asks who and what will be most affected and what, if anything, can be done about it?
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