English sparkling wine is set to become a mainstream drink of choice, according to new report that shows over half of sparkling wine drinkers in the UK have tried sparkling wine from English vineyards at least once.
Read more...London City Bond has shaken up its senior management team with the departure of non-executive chairman Jeff Stanton.
Read more...Festive sales are balanced on a knife edge, says the British Retail Consortium, as consumers leave their shopping late.
Read more...Sterling hit the highest level against the euro for nearly 10 months yesterday, breaking through €1.19/£1 barrier.
Read more...Sterling hit a nine month high against the euro yesterday, after comments by Angela Merkel unsettled investors already disappointed by the outcome of last week's EU summit.
Read more...Alesha Dixon has been dropped as the face of First Cape's Café Collection, following her "uncharacteristic" behaviour on a TV chat show, where she was filmed drinking wine from the bottle.
Yvon Mau aims to regain lost ground in the UK's £10 to £20 sector with the launch of new range of wines from Bordeaux.
Read more...Direct Wines has announced a reshuffle of its buying and merchandising teams which sees current head of buying Thomas Woolrych make a transatlantic move to take up the role of wine director in the US.
Read more...Jascots Wine Merchants has turned milk man in its new eco-friendly scheme.
US rare wine auction house, Acker Merrall & Condit has launched a "Twelve Days of Christmas", a worldwide auction offering gifts of 'incomparable rarity and lavish value'.
Read more...The Big Wine Festival wants to attract "average customers" and families to its June event, in an effort to broaden the appeal beyond "crusty wine buffs".
Read more...Burgundy's top wines and lower-ranking Bordeaux Crus Classes are filling the trade gap left by lack of demand for First Growths, according to Liv-Ex data.
Read more...Stolichnaya Vodka has launched the The Himalayan Edition, the first in a series for Stolichnaya's ultra-premium reference, Elit.
Read more...The wine trade is braced for a 15p-a-bottle duty hike in the spring Budget.
Read more...Gin is tipped to be the spirit of choice for consumers at Sainsbury's this Christmas, after it recorded a yearly uplift in sales of 61%1 amongst city dwelling 18-24 year olds.
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Fiona Beckett says at Christmas just as easy to find yourself jaded with festive drink choices as it is food ones.
Sterling surged against the euro yesterday after investors shed the single currency.
Read more...Tax increases are mainly responsible for the drop in wine sales volumes - which has accelerated in the last quarter, falling by 4% - according to the WSTA's market report.
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK bar and restaurant trade are expected to surge in 2012, according to BDO's 'Restaurant and Bars Report'.
Read more...Octopus published, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2012, is available as an app for iPhone and iPod touch.
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