A good performance in spirit sales, particularly at the top end, has helped Pernod Ricard achieve a 10% rise in organic growth during the first nine months of the 2006/7 financial year.
Read more...Inquiry into the global drinks giant's tax affairs by South Korean government threatens its liquor licence.
Read more...European Union's top court rules against Swedish law limiting the sale of alcohol.
The European Commission has struck a deal with Australia to stop its vintners from using names of widely-known European tipples such as Champagne or Port.
Read more...The Austrian Wine Academy has set up a partnership with the Swiss wine research centre in Hochschule Wdenswil to offer the WSET diploma course.
More than 350 bottles of fine wine collected by the former French president Jacques Chirac have been sold for 300,000.
Read more...As part of its new website launch, D&D Wines International is offering the chance to win a year's supply of wine.
It is to undertake an independent review into price and promotions.
Read more...CIVB tutor in Bordeaux Michael Arditti has been rewarded with the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) bursary.
Retailers can keep up with packaging reduction commitments thanks to a new online guide from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
Read more...Drinks trade charity The Benevolent is set to benefit from the first London-to-Brighton fundraising cycle ride organised by Beefeater Gin on June 18.
Indian tycoon targets premium brands at upmarket hotels.
Read more...Drinks industry agree to remove alcohol branding from replica kits sold to children.
Read more...Austrian wants to be the world's leading organic wine producer.
Read more...Consortium led by private equity and pension investor Edmund Truell picks up the struggling chain.
Read more...MP groups are set to debate the development of the Drinkaware Trust.
Read more...South Africa is stepping up its consumer campaign in a bid to reposition the country's wines.
Read more...Swedish company Vin & Spirit (V&S), owners of Absolut vodka, is the latest business to invest in the baijiu market in China, following Diageo and LVMH.
Read more...Wine writer and educator Wink Lorch has launched a new website containing 40 guides for travelling through French wine regions, with contributions from writers such as Tom Stevenson and Rosemary George MW.
Read more...London-based small company insurer Brighter Business has launched a dedicated package for the hospitality industry.
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