Bowmore to release 30 year old
Published: 23 July, 2008
Islay-based Scotch producer Bowmore is to launch a 30 year-old whisky exclusively for the travel retail market.
Fentimans in miniature
Published: 23 July, 2008
Fentimans has launched a new 125ml bottle of ginger beer designed to provide a mixer for the ontrade.
Whisky TV
Published: 23 July, 2008
A new web-based TV channel devoted to single malt whisky is set to launch today: www.singlemalt.tv
News Special: Noval declares '04 vintage
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Stuart Peskett - Resplendent in his trademark bow tie, Christian Seely, MD of Axa Millsimes, was in a good mood when he announced that Quinta do Noval would be releasing a 2004 vintage Port.
New winemaker at Vidal
Published: 23 July, 2008
Hugh Crichton has been appointed winemaker at New Zealand's Vidal winery.
From blogging to cartoons: another first for Stormhoek
Published: 23 July, 2008
Stormhoek, the South African brand that brought blogging to the wine trade, has embarked on another industry first with the launch of a limited-edition series of bottle designs.
Wine Group and Grands Chais de France form strategic alliance
Published: 23 July, 2008
The Wine Group (TWG) and Les Grands Chais de France (GCF), the world's third- and fourth-largest wine producers, have formed a global strategic alliance' to cover the US and Europe.
Read more...Argentina's first Fairtrade wines
Published: 23 July, 2008
The UK's first Fairtrade wines from Argentina will hit the shelves of the Co-op next week.
Read more...Uvine into administration; MD declared bankrupt
Published: 23 July, 2008
(By Stuart Peskett)
Uvine, the wine exchange company that acts as an intermediary for the buying and selling of wine, went into administration on Tuesday - with its MD, Christopher Burr MW, declared bankrupt.
Emma Ford
Published: 23 July, 2008
This is a fine Georgian building for your first hotel
Yes, although when we bought it, it was in a real state. It looked beautiful from the outside, but the bathrooms were yellow. They weren't even avocado green - it was a time even before that colour. My mother was concerned at us sinking half a million into the project, and I was pretty worried too, although I reassured her - and myself - with the fact that people would know us from Summer Lodge, the hotel where we were working. Once the new owners started trying to turn Summer Lodge into a corporate venue rather than a place for regulars, we knew we had to leave.
Glenrothes 1975 launched
Published: 23 July, 2008
The latest release from Speyside distillery The Glenrothes is the 1975, joining the other vintage releases of that decade.
Kingsland Wines & Spirits signs deal with Overhex
Published: 23 July, 2008
Kingsland Wines & Spirits has formalised its partnership with Overhex Wines International of South Africa and will now represent Overhex as its UK distributor of both bulk and branded wines.
Peter Brooks
Published: 23 July, 2008
What made you come to a small, hard-to-get-to village in the West Country?
Well I should still be organising events at Glyndebourne, Royal Ascot and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, as an operations director at Compass, but the managing director and I fell out. I was empowered to do exactly what he wanted me to do. We knocked spots off each other for three years, so I walked out. I trained as a chef in the '60s, and having seen so many restaurants done so badly, I thought I could do better. I waited for my wife, Sonia, to retire, and we came down here. We looked at a few places in Cornwall, but that seemed a bit far away, so in the end we picked up this place from the chef Martin Hadden, who was moving on to Ockendon Manor. It was a tough act to follow. He had a Michelin star, but the Good Food Guide has just given us five stars, so we're moving in the right direction.
New on-trade sales boss at Enotria
Published: 23 July, 2008
Enotria Winecellars has appointed Simon Treanor as its new on-trade sales director.
Read more...LVMH surprises marketq
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Ron Emler
Wines and spirits played a large part in increasing sales and profits at LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company, in the first half of 2006.
Sainsbury's boosts it online wine selection
Published: 23 July, 2008
Sainsbury's is massively expanding the number wines available in its online store due to huge growth' in orders.
Read more...80 new lines for Somerfield
Published: 23 July, 2008
Somerfield is preparing to launch 80 new wines. The major multiple launched a half-price wine sale last month, and this will continue while stocks of the wines to be phased out remain on the shelves.
Read more...Vinos launches Mendoza trio
Published: 23 July, 2008
Argentinian wine importer Vinos Wines is launching its first three brands in time for the Wines of Argentina tasting.
Read more...Grand Jury to host rival to 1976 tasting
Published: 23 July, 2008
The Grand Jury Europen (GJE) is to host a tasting comparing Napa and Bordeaux wines, as a rival tasting to the 30th anniversary of the Judgement of Paris tasting.
Goats no longer roam in the multiples
Published: 23 July, 2008
Charles Back, owner of the Fairview winery, has decided that he will no longer be seeking distribution for his Goats do Roam wines in the UK multiples, with the entire range moving over to on-trade and independent specialist Liberty Wines.
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