The Symington Family Estate vintage year in the Douro was a challenging to start, but has developed in to a good and very possibly a great year, according to Paul Symington.
Read more...France and Germany's announcement to recapitalise European banks caused sterling to fall dramatically yesterday against the much stronger euro.
Read more...Alcohol Partnerships, has announced the appointment of eight senior independent and retail members to serve on its management board.
Read more...G&J Greenall has announced its first prime time television sponsorship deal in its 250 year history.
Read more...Leading figures from retail, the police, trading standards and the charity and voluntary sectors have been appointed to the Community Alcohol Partnerships' management board.
The Portman Group's Independent Complaints Panel has ruled a Corona Extra beer Ibiza competition did not encourage excessive consumption.
Read more...The team behind Terroirs will open another two venues by next March, and is considering expanding the concept overseas.
Read more...Drinks businesses could face having to divide up their operations to deal with different tax regimes if the Scottish government manages to gain control of its own alcohol duties.
Read more...Sterling recovered against the US dollar on Friday, after The Bank of England shocked markets last week by announcing a £75bn second round of Quantitative Easing.
Read more...The Portman Group, an independent body that considers complaints about alcohol marketing, is calling for two members to join its Independent Complaints Panel.
Read more...Just how well the wine trade is engaging with the consumer will be the key theme of an industry forum Harpers is hosting with consumer campaigning website, wineoption.org next month.
Read more...Diageo GB is launching a £5.9m multimedia campaign for its premix range on the back of the category's 36% growth in value sales this year.
Read more...Sterling fell to the lowest level against the US dollar for 14 months yesterday, after the Bank of England announced £75bn of Quantitative Easing to help jump start economic growth.
Read more...If you have a bee in your bonnet about how suppliers are trading with independents - whether it's exemplary or has room for improvement - we want to know.
Read more...Rioja's harvest is coming in at around 20% smaller than usual, as exceptionally hot, dry weather has made for early ripening and record picking times.
Read more...Nottinghamshire's only Michelin star restaurant, Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, has been awarded a second Michelin star.
Read more...Distiller G&J Greenall is fast-tracking its expansion by developing two new gin brands.
Read more...Sterling slipped against the euro and US dollar yesterday after a mixed day of data left investors uncertain over the UK's economic outlook ahead of this month's Bank of England meeting later this morning.
Fat Duck sommelier Stefan Neumann has been scooped the best UK sommelier award for the Sud de France competition.
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