Thierry's to showcase producers
The UK's largest importer of French wines is preparing to showcase its key producers at this year's France Under One Roof tasting in London.
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The UK's largest importer of French wines is preparing to showcase its key producers at this year's France Under One Roof tasting in London.
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What our national wine critics had to say for the weekend of March 14-15
The chairmen of the UK's major drinks industry trade associations have discussed the deepening crisis within the trade with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson.
Read more...South African wine brand Arniston Bay has released a premium version on the UK market.
Read more...Wine Relief was boosted by £150,000 this year with a charity dinner, auction, wine sales and sponsored diet.
Read more...The chairmen of the five leading drinks trade bodies held meetings with Chancellor Alistair Darling and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson on Monday, urging them to abandon the planned duty increase in April.
Read more...Warren Adamson, who heads up New Zealand Winegrowers in the UK and Europe, is to become European sales director for New Zealand's Craggy Range Vineyards, replacing Michael Henley.
Read more...The Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation (Wine Australia) have announced the appointment of Lisa McGovern to the new role of Regional Director of UK, Ireland and Europe, to be based at Australia House in London and effective from the April 6.
Read more...Tourists spent 12.2% more visiting Scotch whisky distilleries in 2008 than they did the year before.
Tourists spent 12.2% more visiting Scotch whisky distilleries in 2008 than they did the year before.
Distillery tours boosted the Scottish economy by £25 million, according to Scotland Whisky, the whisky tourism organisation.
Read more...Plans for minimum drinks prices in England and Wales could mean spirits priced at least £14 a bottle and some wines upwards of £5.40.
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Paragon Vintners is to cease trading after its parent company, Angostura Suisse, has decided to exit the UK wine distribution business.
Over one third of UK consumers have slashed spending on wine or have opted for bargain bottles, according to the latest research from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).
Read more...Brewing giants SABMiller has acquired one of China's largest breweries in a $42 million joint venture that will expand its influence in one of the world's most lucrative markets.
Read more...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.
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