Pernod Ricard has returned a 9.1% increase in sales to 6,443 million for the financial year to June 30, 2007. Operating profit was up 21% 1,447 million and net profit was 831 million up 30%.
UK: Small businesses are being promised a "nothing off-limits" review as Government ministers embark on a six-month consultation period with key small business leaders.
Read more...The Co-op is expanding its Fairtrade wine range with the launch of the first two own label Fairtrade Reserve wines in the UK.
Read more...Uk: InBev's beer brand has been told to remove the reference to family from its press ads.
Read more...Journalists love it, some punters even buy the wines. But how much potential does the biodynamics method of winemaking really have? David Furer quizzed the world's top exponents on the future for the super-organic approach.
Read more...New Zealand vodka producer 42 Below is running paid-for courses on the spirit at Harvey Nichols' Prism Bar and The Player bar in London.
Read more...Some 700 visitors are expected at today's Wines of Argentina annual trade testing, held at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
American wineries that signed up to the Niagara USA Wine Trail are claiming to have seen an increase in summer sales by as much as 50%.
Read more...UK: Independent wine retailers saw sales increases of 900% when promoting NZ wine this summer
Read more...Supermarket chain Morrison's has seen sales top the 6 billion mark, with profits also up by half.
Read more...Having bought 21ha of Champagne vineyards in 2006, Vranken-Pommery Monopole has again extended its estates
Read more...Four out of ten employers say that alcohol misuse is a major reason for workers taking days off, costing British industry 2 billion a year.
Read more...A region-wide body to lobby on behalf of grape growers in the south of Australia has been postponed until 2008.
Read more...An code that identifies items as small as an individual case of wine has been developed allowing producers and customs to track wine much faster between Australia and the UK.
Read more...France: Ghislain de Montgolfier will be replaced by Bollinger's newly appointed md Jrme Philipon in 2008
PLB's managing director retires having been with company since its launch.
Read more...A Chilean winery is experimenting with a machine, which blows 100C heat at 200km an hour on to the vines to control pests.
Italian specialist Vinum's annual tasting has started in London's Whitehall, with around 300 visitors predicted to attend.
A new survey has shown that Bordeaux is the best-known wine region in the world.
Read more...Western Australia producer Palandri has teamed up with South Africa-based The Company of Wine People to set up a joint wine importing and marketing venture in North America.
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