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.
Read more...Corby Distilleries has extending a deal to act as agent for Stolichanya Russian vodka in Canada for another five years.
Read more...The world's largest whisky collection will arrive at its new home in Scotland today after being bought by Diageo.
Read more...Jim Beam is expanding its support for a firefighters' charity in the US, set up after the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has added a grape flavour to its Seagram's Twisted Gin range in the US market.
Read more...Sotheby's has bucked the trend of economic gloom after the auction house's latest wine sale netted receipts of nearly £600,000, some 10% above its top estimate.
Read more...The Co-operative Group is considering moving more of its own-label spirits to plastic bottles after introducing PET packaging for its 35cl Special Dry Imperial Vodka.
Read more...The producers of a reduced-alcohol wine have hit out at bureaucrats after losing their two-year battle with the Food Standards Agency.
Read more...This year's Argentina Wine Awards have been announced following an international judging session in Mendoza.
Read more...People from the north of England are more likely to drink lager than southerners, whose preferred tipple is white wine, according to new research into the drinking habits of Brits.
Read more...Radical plans by the Scottish Government to cap the price of alcohol and ban alcohol promotions have been met with fury by those in the drinks industry.
Read more...This week's reviews of the national wine writers
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The second in our harvest reports from Mario Pablo Silva, managing director of Viña Casa Silva sent on February 29 from the Colchagua Valley, Chile
Fuller's has reopened its brewery shop - which also sells an extensive range of wines and spirits - following a major refurbishment.
Read more...Scotland's plans for minimum pricing for alcoholic drinks are likely to breach both EU and international trade law, the Scotch Whisky Association has warned.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has continued its disposal of brands following last year's Absolut acquisition with the sale of Bisquit Cognac.
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Diageo is rolling out two new flavoured Smirnoff vodkas and a coffee-flavoured version of Baileys in the UK, after successful test markets.
Read more...The 2009 Australian wine grape harvest could be 22% lower than last year, according to some calculations.
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