Four drinks companies - Llanllyr Water, Barr Soft Drinks, The Feel Good Drinks Company and the Wychwood Brewery- have been short-listed for the Drink Exporter of the Year award in the Food from Britain Awards 2007.
UK bag in box wine sales would increase if more suppliers entered the market and targeted older buyers,
Rising UK sales and a strong international performance have seen Tesco progress in the third quarter.
Ferrovial plans to sell the UK travel retail firm World Duty Free (WDF) within the first three quarters of 2008.
Read more...Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco Chief Executive, has been coined the "godfather of British binge drinking" for the supermarket chain's approach to alcohol pricing.
Read more...Drinks company Diageo has commissioned a new distillery building project in Scotland for 11.5 million.
Read more...One of Austria's leading sweet wine producers, Alois Kracher, has died from cancer aged 48.
Read more...Underage drinking will be targeted in Scotland under a new Test Purchasing Scheme.
Read more...The first International Cognac Summit will take place in January 2008.
Read more...The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has received independent backing for its decision to refuse the sale of Sovio Wine.
Penfolds has won the George Mackey Memorial Trophy for Australia's export wine of the year.
Read more...Dan Townsend has taken up the position of managing director of Louis Latour Agencies UK.
A range of cannabis-flavoured drinks has been removed from UK shelves following a regulatory investigation.
Brewing and pub chain giant Greene King has seen a 6% revenue increase, driven by record first half financial results.
Read more... Consumers in the UK are set to drive luxury food and drink purchases above 20bn a year by 2012.
A record grape harvest has been reported in Washington State this year.
UK: Retailers could see a change to recycling information for packaging on consumer products.
French premium goods firm LVMH, owner of Mot Hennessy, has come third in a scoring of the world's luxury companies, based on green credentials.
Read more...UK: Regents Inns has spoken of "disappointing" trading results with end-of-year profit forecasts now unlikely.
US: Tesco is close to finalising the acquisition of a second US depot, which would facilitate the opening of a further 1,000 Fresh & Easy convenience stores.
