Wine merchant Henry Butler and friend Andy Martin have begun a 1600 kilometre bike ride to heighten the profile of English wine and raise money for a Sussex children's hospice.
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Pernod Ricard's third-quarter sales preview has predicted that the drinks giant's organic growth will slow due to tough discounts in the European region.
Read more...Wines of Argentina (WoA) has launched a website dedicated entirely to the London International Wine Fair (LIWF) this May.
Read more...Johnny Depp missed drinking his own French wine so much on a recent film shoot that he had a batch shipped over.
Read more...Online sales of beers, wines and spirits grew by 60% in February and March, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
Read more...Fortune Brands has seen net sales drop by 5% in the first quarter with its spirits portfolio hampered by distributor inventories.
Read more...Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck have been announced as the new sponsors of the UK Sommelier of the Year Competition.
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Catherine Monahan, the former marketing and sales manager at Orbital Wines, has launched her own agency focussing on the off trade sector.
Read more...Christine Vernay from the George Vernay Estate has been awarded Expert of the Year 2008 in Wine and Winemaking.
Read more...The first fine wine auction in Hong Kong for the last decade will take place in an underground army bunker.
Read more...A rare bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem has been sold by a London wine merchant for 37,900.
Read more...Parents and the police - not shops and supermarkets - are chiefly responsible for under-age drinking, according to a new poll carried out for the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
Read more...An East Kilbride whisky has recently been visited by a Polish TV crew.
Read more...Sainsbury's has introduced a Top 10 display in its wine aisles to help increase product sales.
Read more...George Musgrave, the owner of Polmassick Vineyard in St Ewe, Cornwall, has died in a tragic accident.
Read more...Retailers are seeing greater numbers of shoppers opt for cash when making purchases, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has claimed.
Read more...A Chinese billionaire has spent a quarter of a million pounds on 27 bottles of fine red wine, one auction house has announced.
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Smirnoff is the top global spirits label, according to an annual brand status study.
Read more...French cooperative Mont Tauch has announced it will open its new visitor centre in July 2008.
Read more...The World Health Organisation has released its draft resolution on alcohol harm reduction for adoption in May.
