OFT has reservations over minimum pricing
The Office of Fair Trading has expressed "reservations" about the "unintended consequences" of a minimum price for alcohol.
Read more...The Office of Fair Trading has expressed "reservations" about the "unintended consequences" of a minimum price for alcohol.
Read more...Champagne and sparkling wine is set to double its market share in the UK and overseas, according to data from TNS.
On-trade like-for-like sales dipped 0.2% in July compared to last year thanks to poor weather and a lull before the Olympics, according to the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
Read more...Two social media experts will be taking the keynote speaker slots at this year's Digital Wine Communications Conference.
Read more...Mount Gay rum sponsors a host of sailing events and Gemma McKenna blogs on how and why such deals can work.
Read more...A Morrisons' wine buyer is set to open a new upmarket wine bar in Leeds later this week, alongside her technology entrepreneur business partner.
Read more...Wine from India is going to be the next big thing in the on-trade, according to a new Midland Indian wine importing business.
Read more...Bibendum is flying the flag for British drinks at the British Business Embassy as part of the Olympic & Paralympic Games international business legacy programme.
Read more...London bar and restaurant group Drake & Morgan is opening two new sites in 2013 which will bring its estate to seven.
Read more...The official selection of the 2010 Crus Bourgeois du Médoc will be unveiled to the UK wine trade in September at a new London venue.
Read more...An old music hall on Islington's Upper Street is opening its doors to host what it claims is the UK's first-ever permanent series of monthly pop-up chef residencies.
Read more...More than 150 Croatian wines from 30 producers will be on taste at the Vina Croatia annual tasting next month.
Read more...Independent wine merchants running a tight ship can find getting holiday cover sorted a major hassle.
Read more...Sterling had a fairly positive week and performed strongly against the euro and the New Zealand dollar, according to currency exchange specialist, Smart Currency.
Read more...Toorank Distilleries, the Netherlands-based company behind Sloane's Dry Gin, has launched the Rebellion Rum range into the on-trade.
Read more...Codorníu, has added two new wines to its range Codorníu Brut and Codorníu Rosado Brut which are set to become the brand's flagship wines.
Read more...Stefano Giovanazzi is capitalising on the recent craze sweeping Milan with the opening of Glasgow's Prosecco bar Fantinel.
Read more...UK wine consumers are more likely than ever before to pay over £7 for a bottle of wine, according to Wine Intelligence.
Read more...Maxxium UK is running a competition to win a trip to France as part of its Courvoisier's Cocktails on a Grand Scale campaign, in a bid to bring young adults to the category.
Read more...Tesco has poached Bibendum's sales director Emma Biggs as part of a shake-up of its wine team.
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