Radical plans by the Scottish government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol could almost certainly fall foul of European law, it has been claimed by legal experts.
Read more...Alcohol sales were one of the few highlights of Waitrose's trading year in 2008.
Read more...Morrison march up the retailing ladder continues with like-for-like sales up 7.9%, well ahead of its rivals, and total sales up 12% to £14.5 billion for the year to the end of February.
Read more...Morrison march up the retailing ladder continues with like-for-like sales up 7.9%, well ahead of its rivals, and total sales up 12% to £14.5 billion for the year to the end of February.
Read more...Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol and raise the alcohol buying age to 21 by the Scottish Executive have been shelved for at least a year.
Read more...Jack Daniel's and Southern Comfort producer Brown-Forman saw net sales fall by 11% in the three months to Jan 31, largely through the impact of the strong US dollar reducing the value of export sales.
Read more...Barbados sees the opening of its first new rum distillery in years. St Nicholas Abbey opens on Cherry Tree Hill in the north of the island at the end of March, the final part in a massive renovation project undertaken by local architect and rum aficionado Larry Warren, who bought the property in 2006.
Read more...What the national wine critics had to say this weekend, March 7-8
Read more...Our third harvest report from Mario Pablo Silva, managing director of Viña Casa Silva March, Colchagua Valley, Chile
Read more...Our third harvest report from Mario Pablo Silva, managing director of Viña Casa Silva March, Colchagua Valley, Chile
Read more...The Wine & Spirit Association is urging its members in the UK to consider reverse e-auctions as a way of saving money on supplies.
Read more...Finnish drinks giant Altia has own the exclusive sales and marketing rights for Codorniu wines in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and the Baltic travel retail markets.
Read more...Arkansas has become the 36th US state to repeal a so-called Blue Law which bans take-home liquor sales on Sundays.
Read more...Following the death of Peter Duff we are happy to publish this obituary that has been compiled by Alcohol in Moderation in memory of its founder and the father of its executive director, Helena Conibear
Read more...AUSTRALIAN WINE HEROES RETURN TO UK
Read more...UK imports of Australian wine fell by 8.7% in the year to February, according to new figures from the Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation.
Read more...Majestic has made a surprise deviation from its usual policy of organic growth with the takeover of Lay & Wheeler.
Read more...Pink Elephant supplier 10 International has created a sister company in Ireland.
Read more...The British cancer patient who ended his life alongside his wife at a voluntary euthanasia clinic in Switzerland had been the secretary general of the Wine Guild of the United Kingdom, it has emerged.
Read more...Reports from Australia say that the famous Rosemount Estate winery at Denman in the Hunter Valley will be closed unless Foster's can find a buyer.
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