G'day Folks. Sometimes I just need to pinch myself. I really am blessed to be a part of this wonderful Australian wine industry and to share in all of its great diversity.
Read more...The Co-operative Group and Asda are front-runners to buy Somerfield after both submitted bids for the whole business, according to yesterday's Sunday Times.
Read more...Western Australia's Palandri Wines has called in the administrators with millions of dollars of debt
G'day Folks. If my memory serves me correctly, the last vintage I was dragging hoses around in such a fashion was around 1998 and so ten years on I gotta tell you my body is asking a few questions.
Read more...Nathie Johnston, head of Bordeaux negociants Nathaniel Johnston & Fils, died at the weekend, aged 82.
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Majestic chief operating officer Steve Lewis (pictured right) is to take over the post of chief executive, after the board announced that Tim How is to stand down from the position in the next year.
Read more...G'day Folks. There really is something very special about being born on February the 29th.
Read more...Marks and Spencer Group has purchased a 50% stake in Marks & Spencer Marinopoulos BV, which runs 38 M&S stores in Switzerland, Greece and Balkan states, including Romania and Bulgaria for 50m (38m).
Read more...Ken Mackay MW has joined the Waitrose wine buying team.
Read more...Jimmy Metta and David Elghanayan, founders of Vanquish Wine, speak to Harpers' Simon Ellis-Jones about their boutique premium brand wine business.
G'day Folks. I can't seem to find my vinous/writing mojo today. It has been a long day and I've been waiting for a tanker to arrive to take some Riesling juice to McLaren Vale.
Read more...The British drink more heavily than the Russians, according to new statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Read more...China was the most important contributer to Pernod Ricard sales results in the first half of the 2007/2008 financial year.
Read more...Professional middle-aged women are to become the prime target in a government-funded anti-alcohol campaign.
Wine, beer and all other alcoholic drinks bar spirits are now exempt from Hong Kong duty rates.
Read more...The fifth annual Alcohol and Society Conference organised by MEAS took place in Dublin yesterday.
Read more...Port is making steady gains in the turbulent UK fortified wine market with a 4% volume increase and a 3% increase in value over the last 12 months.
Read more...Gordon Johncox has been named as the new managing director for Waverley TBS.
Read more...G'day Folks. It's right about now during vintage that I start to realise just how much of my life is being taken over by grapes.
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Cockatoo Ridge (CKR), the Australian wine company which produces Griffith Park sparkling Ros, has released record profits.
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