Magazine publisher Condé Nast, owner of glossy titles including Vogue and GQ, is moving into hospitality with a string of restaurants and bars around the world backed by its famous magazines.
Read more...Marks & Spencer has signed a deal with Local Wine School that will expand its programme of in-store consumer tastings.
Read more...Morrisons is four weeks into a trial that has completely remerchandised its wine department to arrange the wines on shelf according to their tasting profiles.
Read more...Newly appointed executive director of the Institute of Masters of Wine, Penny Richards, has announced plans to develop the organisation in emerging markets.
Read more...Tesco has acquired restaurant chain Giraffe for £48.6 million.
Read more...The Treasury is facing a £150 million 'black hole' in the Budget this year due to increases in beer tax, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).
Read more...David Cameron's plan for minimum alcohol pricing are set to be axed, according to reports.
Read more...The London International Wine Fair organisers have said they are positive that "2013 will be a solid event", despite some high profile dropouts. LIWF anticipates the fair at London's ExCeL centre will have over 500 exhibitors and 10,000 trade visitors.
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Unite the union has warned Diageo that is must not make its UK and Irish workforces pay for business realignment in its...
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Mangrove is to distribute Jamaican rum brand Blackwell. The rum was created by music entrepreneur Chris Blackwell who founded Island Records.
Read more...Accolade Wine is to donate £100,000 to the National Trust as part of a tie-up with the conservation charity and its Banrock Station brand.
Read more...UK sommelier and hotelier Gerard Basset OBE will be joining the judging panel of The Sherry Institute of Spain's bi-annual international food and sherry matching competition.
Morrisons has appointed Mark Jarman as head of wine operations as it looks to set up a UK bottling operation.
Read more...A sparkling wine grown by Laithwaite's Wine co-founder Barbara Laithwaite and her friend Cherry Thompson has picked up first prize at the Judgment of Parsons Green.
Read more...Cobevco, the bottling arm of Quinn Glass, has passed the 1.5 billion bottles landmark after six years in operation.
Read more...Laithwaite's Wine has renewed its sponsorship of the Affordable Art Fair in London.
Read more...Buckingham Schenk has hired Sheryl Foster as national accounts manager as it looks to build sales in the on-trade.
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A recce of the Left and Right Banks in late February led this correspondent to conclude that critics and judges alike should be pleasantly surprised when they descend on Bordeaux next month for the annual en primeur tastings.
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Halewood Romania has launched a "surprisingly good Pinot Noir campaign" in a bid to encourage the UK wine trade to look at the quality and value of its wine.
Read more...Oddbins' head buyer Emma Nichols has left the business, Harpers can reveal.
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