Les Grands Chais acquires Maison Desvignes Ainé et Fils
Published: 22 October, 2019
Les Grands Chais de France has acquired Maison Desvignes Ainé et Fils near Chablis for an undisclosed sum.
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Online retail site for Argentinian wine launches
Published: 21 October, 2019
An e-commerce site dedicated to wines from Argentina has been launched to offer consumers a diverse range of wines from the country.
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Burleighs eyes global success as it smashes crowfunding target
Published: 21 October, 2019
UK distillers Burleighs has its eyes set on becoming a global player in the gin market as it smashes its crowfunding target.
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Official launch for Spanish Wine Scholar program
Published: 21 October, 2019
The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) has officially launched its Spanish Wine Scholar (SWS) study and certification program.
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Government backs down on VI-1 forms
Published: 21 October, 2019
The government has agreed to temporarily suspend the introduction of forms which were feared to create an extra layer of red tape for the wine industry in what is shaping up to be an increasingly disorderly Brexit.
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Craft spirits boom drives trademark registration to record high
Published: 21 October, 2019
The booming UK craft spirits industry filed a record number of trademark registrations in the last year, according to research released today.
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TWE announces CEO Michael Clarke’s retirement
Published: 21 October, 2019
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has announced CEO and MD Michael Clarke is to retire in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.
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Portman Group welcomes steep decline in drink-drive deaths
Published: 18 October, 2019
The number of deaths from drink-driving has fallen around the world, according to the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking.
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Bulk wine can bulwark against environmental criticism
Published: 18 October, 2019
Bulk wine would benefit from a name change to flip perception onto its lower carbon credentials, while highlighting what it it can now offer in terms of flexibility to many sectors of the trade.
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Growth slows at Pernod Ricard
Published: 18 October, 2019
Sales growth at global drinks giant Pernod Ricard has slowed, with first-quarter turnover of €2.483bn revealing underlying growth of just 1.3%, in line with expectations.
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Aldi launches free online wine course
Published: 18 October, 2019
Discount multiple retailer Aldi has unveiled a free new online wine course aimed at helping consumers find their way around the wine aisle.
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Tariffs will slash US whisky exports by 20%, SWA warns
Published: 18 October, 2019
The 25% tariff on the import of Scottish single-malt whisky to the US, which came into force last night, will lose the industry 20% of its US exports in the first year, the Scotch Whisky Association has estimated.
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Friday Read: Hide’s Julia Sewell on NZ setting benchmark for land custodianship
Published: 18 October, 2019
New Zealand Winegrowers’ Sommit 2019 gave 16 international somms the chance to explore 200 years of winemaking from Northland to Otago.
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UK is the world’s third largest ecommerce market for alcohol – but can you name one and two?
Published: 17 October, 2019
The UK has been identified as one of the top countries in the world for sales of alcohol online, with a surprising outcome for the first and second spot.
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Veuve Clicquot to open London Champagne bar
Published: 17 October, 2019
Veuve Clicquot has partnered with award-winning US singer-songwriter Annie Clark, better known as St Vincent, to open a Champagne bar in London’s Covent Garden.
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Harpers to host sparkling wine discussion at Bellavita
Published: 17 October, 2019
Harpers editor Andrew Catchpole will host a roundtable on sparkling wines at Mediterranean food and wine fair Bellavita next week.
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SWA in crisis meeting with govt as tariff deadline looms
Published: 17 October, 2019
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) is to meet secretary of state for trade Liz Truss later today to demand government action on the threatened US tariffs on Scotch.
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New marketing director for Bordeaux
Published: 16 October, 2019
The CIVB has appointed Julie Rambaud-Texier to head its newly restructured marketing department.
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UK cocktail market passes £600m
Published: 16 October, 2019
UK spirits lovers drank £604m of cocktails in the last year, according to the latest quarterly Mixed Drinks report from market analysts CGA.
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Asda workers take to streets as contract row escalates
Published: 16 October, 2019
Asda workers will take to the streets of Leeds this afternoon to protest against the retailer’s decision to impose a new contract on all of its staff.
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