As the dust settles over another Ashes series, the realisation has hit all of the visiting press corps that this was England's finest campaign Down Under since the Second World War, the 5-1 win in 1978-9 being a pyrrhic victory against Australia's second string players.
Read more...A funeral mass for José Leitao, who died on New Year's Eve, will take place next week.
Read more...Glenrothes Whisky is making a last call for online entries for its Glenrothes Whisky Makers competition.
Read more...Sterling hit a four-month high against the euro yesterday as the single currency was dogged by concerns over the debt problems in the euro zone.
Read more...National Wine Month has gone live with the launch of a website designed to show the trade how they can benefit from the industry initiative.
Read more...Delegat's Wine Estate is in the process of taking outright control of Oyster Bay Marlborough Vineyards.
Read more...Wolf Blass has signed a two-year deal with the Rugby Football Union to be the official wine of England Rugby until June 2012.
Read more...Organic wine producers in New Zealand want to account for 20% of the country's vineyard area by 2020, up from 4.5% now.
Read more...Organic wine producers in New Zealand have announced that 20% of the country's vineyards will be organic by the year 2020.
Read more...The Portman Group is advertising for new members to join its Independent Complaints Panel.
Read more...Port and sherry producers are breathing a sigh of relief following a reprieve for 100ml servings of their products.
Read more...The second year of Drinkaware's "Why Let Good Times Go Bad?" campaign drew support from 5,000 pubs and 6,500 supermarkets.
Bars, pubs and clubs will be allowed to stay open to 1am for two nights in a row to celebrate the royal wedding.
Read more...Viña Errázuriz wines topped Robert Parker's list of Chilean wines for the second year running.
Read more...Sterling had a strong day on Friday, closing above 1.20 against the euro after the biggest weekly gain against the single currency since mid-November 2010.
Read more...Viña Errázuriz wines topped Robert Parker's list of Chilean wines for the second year running.
Read more...Majestic wine had a buoyant festive season, with sales up 6.4% for the nine weeks of Christmas trading.
Read more...Constellation's recently-offloaded Australian and European wine business saw sales decline 12% in the third quarter of last year.
Read more...Sterling had a shaky start to the day yesterday, falling against the US dollar and euro following worse than expected data for UK services sector activity for December.
Read more...Never have I been happier to be proved wrong. My prediction that the Ashes series would be tight was wide of the mark...the contest wasn't even close. Three innings victories says it all....Australia were thrashed in their own backyard. Enjoy it while you can, because they will rejuvenate in time. Australian sport is too well-structured and well-endowed not to.
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