Wines in the press - February 4-6
The Guardian
Read more...Bonhams is selling a collection of wine accumulated by Douglas Bunn, founder of the All England Jumping Course at Hickstead, West Sussex.
Read more...A quiet day for sterling yesterday with sterling holding onto gains against the euro and the US dollar, as the market waits for the Bank of England meeting on Thursday.
Read more...Over half of UK consumers plan to cut back on eating out this year and are feeling a lot gloomier about their financial prospects, according to new research.
Read more...McGuigan wine firm Australian Vintage has warned that it still faces challenging times ahead in the UK market despite a surge in volumes and profits for the business as a whole.
Read more...The UK has regained the top spot as the biggest export market for Chilean wine, after being overtaken by the USA last year.
More than 200 people attended the funeral of Rod Rodrigues, a well-known figure in the off-licence trade who died in Surrey recently after a battle with cancer.
Read more...The spotlight is being turned on wine fraud in a BBC programme tonight.
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Sterling continued its run against the US dollar yesterday, hitting a high of $1.6276/£1.
Read more...Wines of South Africa will focus on online marketing, push its sustainability message and run a series of wine workshops in the UK in 2011.
Brown Brothers chief executive Ross Brown has stepped down and a replacement has been found outside of the family.
Read more...Fine wine started the year strongly, with January prices returning 3.8% growth, but a late rally at the end of the month meant the Dow Jones skipped it into first place with 4% growth.
After a gruelling training period, three of Michel Roux's apprentices on the TV show which spotlights front-of-house staff, were awarded scholarships with the Academy of Food and Wine.
Read more...Grant's whisky has opened a dedicated pop-up shop at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
Read more...The Wine & Spirit Trade Association has appointed Carlo Gibbs as its new public affairs executive.
Read more...The Wine & Spirit Trade Association WSTA, is urging the Treasury to abandon its alcohol tax escalator on the back of a UK decline in 2010 retail wine figures.
Read more...The judging panel for the first round of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards, has selected two finalists of each of the three categories.
Read more...The judging panel for the first round of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards, has selected two finalists of each of the three categories.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has claimed victory in a court hearing over the rights to the Havana Club rum brand name in the Spanish market.
Read more...Bacardi is to donate US$50,000 each to the disaster relief efforts in Australia and Brazil after recent flooding in the countries.
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