The Sopranos to launch line of Italian wines
Published: 29 October, 2008
TV network HBO is launching a range of wines in a spin-off venture of cult US television show The Sopranos, a series about a mobster family in New Jersey.
Read more...Brit designer Alexander McQueen tries his hand at whisky
Published: 29 October, 2008
British designer Alexander McQueen has added some fashion-world glamour to whisky, by creating a limited edition 'couture' bottle of Chivas Regal 18 Year Old.
Read more...Foster's delays decision on wine division
Published: 29 October, 2008
Foster's Group has delayed until next year a decision on what to do with its ailing wine business.
Read more...Lourensford Wines joins biodiversity initiative
Published: 29 October, 2008
Lourensford Wines has joined the group of just 13 South African wineries to be named a "champion producer" by the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI).
Read more...Minimum alcohol price plans dropped
Published: 28 October, 2008
The government has decided not to impose a minimum price on alcohol, according to a report in the Mirror.
Read more...Grants whisky invests in Scottish radio campaign
Published: 28 October, 2008
Grants, distributed in the UK by independent drinks distributor First Drinks Brands, is investing in a major radio campaign to support the Scottish market in the run-up to Christmas.
Read more...International Beverage invests £15 million in Scottish marketing hub
Published: 28 October, 2008
International Beverage Holdings, parent company of Inver House Distillers, is to invest £15 million to centralise its global marketing operations in Scotland.
Read more...Wines in the Press: sake, Constantia and the trouble with single varietals
Published: 28 October, 2008
Jancis Robinson mulls over the mysteries of sake, Jonathan Ray visits the Western Cape, and Anthony Rose joins the wine club. Meanwhile, Jane MacQuitty considers what to drink in a recession and Tim Atkin tires of the domination of the big five grape varieties in New World wine.
Read more...Asda Champagne sales "buck downward trend"
Published: 27 October, 2008
Sales of Champagne are up at Asda despite the fact that they are down across the market as a whole, the supermarket said today.
Read more...TFWA becomes platform for world firsts and exclusives
Published: 27 October, 2008
This year's Tax Free World Exhibition (TFWA) is being used as a launch pad for exclusives and "world-firsts" by some of the drinks companies on show.
Read more...Countries unite to tackle counterfeit luxury goods
Published: 27 October, 2008
Nine countries have today signed an agreement to fight the $700 billion trade in counterfeit luxury goods, including alcohol brands.
Read more...Credit crunch could cost duty-free sector dear
Published: 27 October, 2008
Rising fuel costs and falling passenger numbers coud end up costing the duty free sector $1 billion (£648 million).
Read more...Irish stores to separate alcohol from food
Published: 27 October, 2008
Supermarkets and convenience stores in Ireland could soon be forced to separate alcoholic drinks from food and other products using a permanent barrier or turnstile.
Read more...Beer sales down by 1.8 million pints a day
Published: 27 October, 2008
The decline in beer sales in the UK is accelerating, reveal figures from the British Beer & Pub Association out today.
Read more...Weekend round-up: Alcohol one-third cheaper than 10 years ago
Published: 27 October, 2008
A round-up of stories from the weekend newspapers.
Read more...Sign Harpers' No 10 petition
Published: 24 October, 2008
Harpers has put up a petition on the No 10 Downing Street website calling on members of the public to lobby the Prime Minister over any potential drinks legislation.
Read more...Fortune Brands announces management change at Beam Global
Published: 24 October, 2008
Fortune Brands, makers of Jim Beam bourbon, has announced that Tom Flocco, president and chief executive officer of its Beam Global Spirits & Wine business is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
Read more...Le Manoir team scoop wine and dessert trophy
Published: 24 October, 2008
The assistant chef sommelier and the 1st Commis Pastry chef from Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Oxford have scooped year's Wines of Roussillon Dessert Trophy.
Read more...Ambassade de l'Ile appoints new sommelier
Published: 24 October, 2008
Ambassade de l'Ile, the London outpost of Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex's two Michelin-starred l'Auberge de l'Ile in Lyon, has appointed Aurelien Gil-Artagnan as sommelier.
Read more...Asda refuses to support minimum pricing bid
Published: 23 October, 2008
Asda will not support government legislation in favour of a minimum price for alcohol, according to its public affairs director Guy Mason. Text
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