Brintex has appointed Nick Blair, wine director at Pernod Ricard UK, as the new chairman of the London International Wine Fair and Distil Advisory Board. Fiona Corfield from Palmer and Harvey has also joined the Board.
Read more...Wine Australia has launched a new interactive DVD and added an online education section to its website.
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Our review of what the national wine critics had to say this last weekend, January 24-25
Liv-ex - the fine wine exchange - is launching what it describes as the world's first weekly fine wine price index.
Read more...Anheuser-Busch Inbev has agreed to sell a 19.9% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingato to Ashai of Japan for US$667 million.
Read more...A scheme to reduce the carbon footprint of distilleries in Scotland's Speyside region has been given the go-ahead.
Read more...Chez Bruce has been named as the country's best wine restaurant, after picking up the top prize at the inaugural Drinking Out Excellence Awards this week.
Read more...All Bar One is the latest big name chain to introduce credit style prices with main meals cut to £5 each and a bottle of wine down to £7.95.
Read more...Anglo Overseas, one of the largest shippers and logistics companies servicing the UK wine trade, has axed 70 of its 210-strong workforce after going into administration.
Read more...Anglo Overseas, one of the largest shippers and logistics companies servicing the UK wine trade, has been placed into administration.
Read more...Continued growth in premium categories of Cognac in China helped Remy Cointreau post a 0.9% increase in turnover on its own brands in the nine months to Dec 31.
Read more...Chivas Brothers marketing director Martin Riley is to be come chief marketing officer for the whole Pernod Ricard group from Feb 1.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has followed up last week's sale of the Lubuski vodka brand in Poland with the disposal of Serkova in Greece.
Read more...Greek drinks distributor Amvyx has taken on the agency for Russian Standard vodka in its market.
Read more...A beer that plays on the potentially lethal practice of mixing Class A drugs in its marketing has fallen foul of the Portman Group's Code of Practice.
Read more...This week Tim Atkin reports back from South Africa, Joanna Simon says people should be aware of the hidden costs within promotions whilst Jancis Robinson picks out wines that offer the best value for money
Read more...This week Tim Atkin reports back from South Africa, Joanna Simon says people should be aware of the hidden costs within promotions whilst Jancis Robinson picks out wines that offer the best value for money
Read more...Wines from the Extra Special own-brand of UK supermarket Asda are being launched in Japan.
Read more...A new advertising campaign for Hine Cognac is being piloted in France and the UK.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has agreed to sell Lubuski gin to Vinpol, the Polish subsidiary of Germany's Henkell drinks group, best known for its sparkling wines.
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