A publicly-funded alcohol awareness body in the north-east has called on the government to crack down on "cheap supermaket booze" which it claims is closing pubs.
Brian Julyan, chief executive of the Court of Master Sommeliers, was presented with a
Lifetime Achievement Award on October 6 at 28-50 wine bar in London. This
was the first time that the Court has made such an award.
German-based drinks logistics giant JF Hillebrand has brought the Australian wine freight forwarder John Crack Freight Services.
Read more...Beam Global is selling Cockburn's Port to Symington Family Estates.
Sterling fell to a four and a half month low against a generally stronger euro yesterday as concerns over more monetary easing hurt sterling.
Sterling recovered to hit a two-month high against the US dollar yesterday after stronger than expected UK services sector data and expectations over further monetary stimulus in the USA.
Read more...Brown Brothers is to reduce the weight of glass packaging on its core wines.
Read more...Bloggers who wax lyrical about Romanian wine stand a chance of winning a trip to the country.
Read more...The Disaronno Mixing Star competition has announced its two London finalists as Matthew Dakers from London's Trailer Happiness and Boris Ivan from Hush, Mayfair.
Read more...A winery which claims to be the most "environmentally sophisticated" in the world has opened at the University of California's Davis complex.
Read more...Home Secretary Theresa May has pledged to "tear up Labour's disastrous Licensing Act" in a speech to the Conservative Party conference today.
The 200-year-old Scotch whisky brand Glen Garioch has reappeared on the market, after a 15-year hiatus, with three new single malt expressions.
Wine collections that are inherited by relatives may attract more tax than families have been led to think.
Read more...Fine wine continues to outperform both the equities and gold markets throughout the year despite a slow down in growth of 0.8% in September.
Read more...Currency exchange rates daily analysis for October 5 from Smart Currency Exchange.