UK to be top EU spenders by 2010
Published: 23 July, 2008
UK wine drinkers will spend more on still and sparkling wine than any other European country by 2010, according to new research from Vinexpo.
Black Bottle launches new website
Published: 23 July, 2008
Black Bottle was repackaged earlier in 2006, and now has a new website to complete its revamp: www.blackbottle.com.
WOW celebrates Christmas
Published: 23 July, 2008
The Women of Wine (WoW) Christmas party was held at the Met Hennessy HQ in London's Mayfair last month.
BOB gets jiggy
Published: 23 July, 2008
The newly formed northern branch of Buddies of the Benevolent (BOB) is celebrating Burns Night on 25 January from 7.30pm in Freemasons Hall, central Manchester.
2007 predictions: another tough year
Published: 23 July, 2008
We asked key figures in the UK wine trade for their predictions for 2007. This is what they said:
Matthew Clark increases Italian range
Published: 23 July, 2008
Three new Italian agencies have been added to the Matthew Clark portfolio: Ruffino, Fontana Candida and Bigi.
Diageo heads into China
Published: 23 July, 2008
Diageo has taken a step forward in the Chinese market by entering a joint venture with Sichuan Chengdu Quanxing.
Blavod in takeover talks
Published: 23 July, 2008
Blavod Extreme Spirits is continuing talks with an unidentified suitor about a potential takeover bid, but its latest financial results will not have increased its attractions.
Duval-Leroy in UK land purchase?
Published: 23 July, 2008
The world could toast the success of athletes at London's 2012 Olympics with Bride Valley Brut English sparkling wine if a joint venture between Champagne Duval-Leroy and wine writer Steven Spurrier comes to fruition.
Absolut vodka primed for sale
Published: 23 July, 2008
By RON EMLER
The Swedish government has effectively fired the starting gun in the race to buy Absolut vodka.
Jackson appoints Fells for UK
Published: 23 July, 2008
John E Fells will now be responsible for sales and distribution of wines for Jackson Wine Estates, whose portfolio includes Kendall-Jackson in California, Via Caline in Chile, and Yangarra Estate in McLaren Vale, Australia.
Read more...WSTA concerned over back-label warnings
Published: 23 July, 2008
Jeremy Beadles, chief executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), has warned that Finnish plans for health warnings on back labels would encourage other national governments to follow suit.
Gris overtakes Riesling
Published: 23 July, 2008
Jo Burzynska reporting from New Zealand
As one of the many Riesling lovers vainly holding out for the variety's long-prophesied but never-nigh renaissance, my heart sank a little with the news that plantings of the Germanic great had been overtaken by Pinot Gris in the vineyards of New Zealand.
Fortnum's keen to shed Hogwarts' image
Published: 23 July, 2008
by Rebecca Gibb
Fortnum & Mason wants to leave behind its dusty old Hogwarts image' with a 24-million revamp.
New PR for Montaudon
Published: 23 July, 2008
Clementine Communications now handles the PR for Champagne Montaudon - one of the only family-run Champagne houses remaining in the region.
Read more...Buy online at Bunnahabhain.com
Published: 23 July, 2008
Following the launch of a new website for Bunnahabhain Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky earlier in 2006, an online shop is now up and running.
Fake Oz wine on the increase
Published: 23 July, 2008
David Yunghanns of Wingara Wine Group has warned that fake versions of top Australian wines are on the increase.
Read more...Anson leaves Thresher
Published: 23 July, 2008
Thresher's trading director, Alex Anson, is leaving the company to take up a new position as European buying director for Nuance Group, based in Zurich.
Morgenrot Chevaliers on the move
Published: 23 July, 2008
Morgenrot Chevaliers PLC, an independent wholesaler in the north of England, is relocating to new premises in Manchester after 36 years of trading from its original site in Bolton.
Hotelier of the Year
Published: 23 July, 2008
Richard Bell, of Calcot Manor in Gloucestershire, has won the Caterer and Hotelkeeper's Hotelier of the Year award.
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