The 2008 Climate Change and Wine Conference in Barcelona kicked off this morning (Friday 15 February) with an address from Pancho Campo, president of the Wine Academy of Spain, and local politicians.
Read more...The focus for the 2008 London International Wine Fair Top 100 tasting will be organic and biodynamic wines.
Chilean wine producer Luis Felipe Edwards (LFE) has launched a new website www.lfewines.com.
Read more...G'day folks. I'm an Aussie girl with a wine track mind. There I said it - totally and utterly captivated by regionally distinct Australian wines and in particular the sunny Clare Valley.
Read more... Harpers is publishing its first-ever vintage report online from Australia's Clare Valley. Kerri Thompson, formerly of Leasingham and now running her own label KT and the Falcon, will be posting the latest trials and tribulations from the vineyard on harpers.co.uk.
Strong growth in the US spirits market and rising Guinness sales in the UK helped Diageo to report a 5.3 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to 1.37bn in the six months to December 31 2007.
Read more...Ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight (February 25 to March 9) the Co-op will be promoting all its own-label and branded Fairtrade products including 16 wines.
Read more...Merlot sales are recovering from the downturn they experienced in the aftermath of Hollywood wine hit Sideways'.
Read more...The Scottish Government is planning to impose an alcohol levy on supermarkets and off-licences to help pay for the consequences of binge drinking, according to the Scotsman newspaper.
Read more...Barcardi, Brown-Forman and Remy Cointreau have announced they are expanding their US distribution alliance.
Read more...The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has backed Conservative Party calls for Government and police to make more effective use of their powers to tackle underage drinkers.
Read more...Wine exports from Australia have dropped for the first time in 12 years, new figures show.
Read more...An A$1.8 million (835,000) government grant has been awarded to the Tasmanian wine industry.
Read more...Jason Godley will leave his position as wine category manager in Tesco's beer, wine and spirits (BWS) division.
Read more...Some 51% of Western US wineries will change hands in the next decade, according to a new report.
Read more...January saw a 2.6% increase in like-for-like retail sales with the food and drink sector performing encouragingly, new British Retail Consortium (BRC) figures show.
Read more...Portman Group chief executive David Poley has responded to a Government-backed independent review of drinks industry standards by warning tax increases will not stop alcohol misuse.
Read more...A new blog celebrating 500 years of Malbec tradition has been launched for web-savvy wine enthusiasts.
Read more...The Wine Society took the Portuguese national retailer award at last night's Portuguese wine awards dinner.
Read more...There has been a marked increase in sales of New Zealand wine products in the UK, new figures suggest.
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