Gatwick Express claimed to be the first to serve the new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau by offering it to customers from one minute past midnight today, November 15.
Read more...UK: A Liberal Democrat Dem MP has called for cigarette-style health warnings to be printed on all drinks labels.
UK: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet with retailers and the drinks industry in the next few days to discuss binge drinking and advertising.
United Spirits, the Indian company that owns whisky distiller Whyte & Mackay, is to invest more than 17 million in the next three to four years.
Read more...The UK drinks industry has received a much needed boost today with the release of new figures that suggest more responsible drinks advertising is having an impact on drinking levels, and the attitudes of young drinkers towards alcohol.
Australian wine company Hardy's will move its winemaking and packaging facility from Buronga winery to Berri Estate in a US$22 million (10.5m) move.
Read more...An independent wine merchant has started paying customers to reuse the plastic carrier bags issued by its shops.
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Ray O'Connor, sales and marketing manager for the International Wine Challenge has been announced as this year's winner of the Young Wine Writers Award.
The Association of Convenience Stores has said the decision by London Councils to lobby for a ban on free plastic bags needs more thinking and potentially a wider remit.
UK: Retail sales volumes were up by 1.4% in the three months to the end of October, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Canada: Wine-making waste will be turned into electricity under a Canadian plan to capture methane gas from decomposing grape skins and seeds produced in southern Ontario's Niagara grape-growing region.
Sainsbury's has bounced back from the failed takeover bid from Delta Two to report a 19.6% increase in pre-tax profilts to 232m for the six months to October 6
Hundreds of Britain's independent brewers could be forced to put up beer prices and lay people off as the cost for malted barley and hops increases due to the impact of climate change.
The UK's major retail groups are to spend at least 530 on advertising over the Christmas period.
Read more...Local authorities are expected to move today to ban the use of plastic shopping bags in the UK capital.
Read more...Roy Ackerman CBE as been named as the new president of The Academy of Food and Wine and will take over the role from Lord Thurso who has agred to stay on as patron of the organisation.
Barossa winery Yalumba was awarded the International Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice (Australia and New Zealand) from the House of Commons.
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Fortune Brands, which owns Beam Global Spirits and Wine, has sold off its wine business to Constellation Brands for a reported US$885 million (428.3m).
Europe's longest champagne bar opens for business tomorrow (November 14th) at St Pancras International station.
