Italian wine harvest lowest for 50 years
ITALY: The country's 2007 wine production is expected to be one of the lowest in 50 years, totalling some 43.2 million hectolitres - 13% down on last year, experts said.
ITALY: The country's 2007 wine production is expected to be one of the lowest in 50 years, totalling some 43.2 million hectolitres - 13% down on last year, experts said.
BRUSSELS: MEPS overwhelmingly voted for a European Union strategy to support member states in reducing alcohol-related harm.
INDIA: United Spirits, part of the UB Group, is on the look out for an international or home grown brand to add to its vodka portfolio.
BRUSSELS: Wine and spirit importers call for EC intervention over shortage of bottles.
GERMANY: The country's earliest harvest on record is expected to reap many rewards, the German Winegrowers Association said.
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The Wine & Spirit Trade Assocation (WSTA) has launched a new logistics group, covering the whole wine and spirit supply chain.
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UK: The world's biggest drinks company Diageo has reported that full-year profits fell 22% as taxes offset growth in sales and operating profit.
Foster's Group has reported a 16% gain in second-half earnings on sales of more-profitable beers and higher-priced wine.
UK: Home secretary Jacqui Smith under fire for blaming "dodgy off-licences" for the rise in under-age drinking.
UK: Western Australia's Houghton winery is taking its samples out to sea as the official sponsor of Houghton rib.
AUSTRALIA: Administrators tell growers there are no guarantees of payment for last year's grapes until a new buyer is found.
SWITZERLAND: Winemakers from the Swiss village of Champagne have lost a legal battle to attach the town's name to locally-produced wine.
GREECE: (Reuters) Farmer uses wine to quench fierce flames as water runs dry
EUROPE: The European Union (EU) has lodged a notice in its Official Journal (OJEU) to sell unwanted wine to make bioethanol.
US: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is to promote the state's wine in a series of TV ads
Alcohol Concern calls for watershed on TV alcohol ads.