Earliest French harvest on record begins
Published: 23 July, 2008
FRANCE: The harvest in the Champagne region is already under way - one of the earliest French grape harvests on record.
Read more...Food industry takes the lead on green schemes
Published: 23 July, 2008
UK: More than 80% of supply chain professionals believe their business has a scheme in place to make their distribution performance more sustainable, according to research by IGD.
Foster's sells Nurioopta complex
Published: 23 July, 2008
AUSTRALIA: Tarac Technologies has bought Foster's Nurioopta white winery packaging and warehouse complex for an undisclosed sum.
Record amount raised at Penfolds auction
Published: 23 July, 2008
The largest-ever auction of Penfolds wines has raised a record amount, with two rare sets of Grange selling for nearly 125,000.
Read more...Government probes into supermarket pricing
Published: 23 July, 2008
UK: Home secretary confirms joint Home Office/Department of Health (DoH) investigation into supermarket discounting.
Absolut owners upbeat despite profit loss
Published: 23 July, 2008
SWEDEN: Swedish drinks company Vin & Sprit, which owns brand including Absolut vodka has seen a fall in profits of 19% despite increasing sales volume.
Read more...Australian appellation rejected
Published: 23 July, 2008
Plans to create a new Geographical Indication (GI) called Penola have been thrown out by authorities as "confusing and potentially misleading".
Read more...Australia targets India's middle class
Published: 23 July, 2008
AUSTRALIA: Trade minister Warren Truss is urging the country's wine business to harness the opportunity to secure distribution to India's growing middle class.
French export sales rise
Published: 23 July, 2008
FRANCE: The country's wine exports in the first half of 2007 rose 7.5% to 4.16 billion (2.82bn) the Federation of Wine and Spirit Exporters France (FEVS) said.
Cars to run on whisky and beer by-products
Published: 23 July, 2008
Brewery and distillery by-products could be turned into car fuel, following research by Scottish scientists.
Read more...Distell enjoys revenue rise of 18%
Published: 23 July, 2008
SOUTH AFRICA: Distell has announced revenue growth of 18.4%, and a sales volume increase of 14.4%.
Read more...FSA bans second lower-alcohol wine in two weeks
Published: 23 July, 2008
UK: Sovio, a semi-sparkling Spanish wine, bottled at 8% abv, is the latest lower-alcohol product to incur the wrath of the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Read more...Russian vodka sales to soar
Published: 23 July, 2008
RUSSIA (Bloomberg): The value of Russia's vodka market is set to increase 5.8% annually over the next five years.
Hitler's Champagne at auction
Published: 23 July, 2008
UK: Swedish presenters snap-up Adolf Hitler's poisoned' 1937 Moet et Chandon at auction
UK grocery market gets tougher
Published: 23 July, 2008
UK: The latest TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures for the 12 weeks ending August 12 show further signs of a consumer spending slowdown with market growth dipping to 3%.
Italian police foil wine scam
Published: 23 July, 2008
ITALY: (Reuters) - European wine drinkers are being duped into buying Italian table wines labelled as the country's finest
Evans & Tate appoint receivers
Published: 23 July, 2008
Australian winery Evans & Tate has been forced to call in the receivers after McWilliams pulled out of the rescue package.
Read more...Foster's and Gallo enter Superbrand league
Published: 23 July, 2008
Hardys is still the biggest wine brand in the UK but Foster's and Gallo are closing the gap according to new figures.
Read more...WSET to set up bursary fund for disadvantaged students
Published: 23 July, 2008
A bursary fund for disadvantaged students is being launched by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET).
Read more...New Italian agency for Corney & Barrow
Published: 23 July, 2008
A Barolo-based producer has been added to the portfolio of UK wine merchant Corney & Barrow.
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