Four months after first tableing a bid, the Foster's Group is now just a week away from assuming total control of Southcorp, having announced this week that it has acquired 92% of its Australian rival's shares.
If you think that in 2004 Champagne produced a maximum of 12,000kg/ha, or even 14,000kg/ha if the blocage is included (as it will be one day when, hey presto, it becomes AOC Champagne), then think again, because it was 23,000kg/ha (146.6hl/ha) according to press-house records.
Read more...Constellation Europe is launching a new brand from South Australia on the UK market, Four Emus.
Read more...The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) has named the first new MW of the year and has also announced that it has secured a new home.
Read more...Thresher Group's decision to concentrate on three-for-two discounts was vindicated last week after research produced for the Harpers debate at the LIWSF showed it is consumers' preferred discount mechanic.
Read more...Midori melon liqueur is running a TV advertising campaign for the first time in 15 years.
Read more...A trio of John Armit employees has joined forces to set up a new independent wine merchant, Clarion Wines, selling to private, corporate and institutional buyers.
Read more...The cork versus screwcap debate intensified at the LIWSF during
a Skalli & Rein-organised industry briefing titled New packaging opportunities for the wine industry'.
Vinum, the Italian specialist, has taken the exclusive agency of Ferrari, Italy's most prestigious producer of metodo classico sparkling wine'.
Read more...With a population of just 5 million, Scotland has at least two million fewer potential wine drinkers than the bustling streets of Greater London, and 45 million less than England as a whole. But despite the relatively small consumer base, its wine industry is thriving.
Read more...Following an introduction by Harpers editor Christian Davis, Sam Harrop MW kicked off the Harpers New Zealand Pinot Noir Seminar by posing a question that has been vexing many in the wine industry.
Read more...What is the main theme of your list?
The first criterion for the list is that the wines make sense with the food that we serve here. The head chef, Alexis [Gauthier], is really into southern French cuisine. His food is fairly close in style to classic French cooking, but with a Mediterranean influence and an emphasis on vegetables. The wines that tend to work best with the food are the more unusual wines from the regions in the south of France, and obviously wines from Roussillon play a big role. About 80% of the list is French, and about 30% of the wines are sourced from the core regions of Roussillon, Languedoc, south-west France, Jura and Savoie. We have very few wines from Burgundy or Bordeaux, although we do have quite a few from the Loire and the Rhne Valley. There is also a good selection from Italy and Spain, because they work well with the Mediterranean elements in the food.
For the second year in a row, Harpers teamed up with leading industry research group Wine Intelligence, which released original research prepared especially for the debate.
Read more...The US Supreme Court has ruled that wine can be sold directly to consumers across US state lines.
Read more...Some 1,500 jobs are expected to be lost if AP Moeller-Maersk's planned takeover of P&O Nedlloyd goes through.
Read more...Warren Adamson, Villa Maria's European wine manager, has clinched the new higher-profile UK marketing manager job for New Zealand Winegrowers (NZWG).
Read more...Distell has struck a deal with Brown-Forman Wines to distribute its premium brand Durbanville Hills in the UK.
Read more...Nomacorc, the world's largest synthetic closure producer, has expanded its product range from one cork to four.
Read more...Bacardi has appointed a new CEO and president, Andreas Gembler, effective from 1 June.
Read more...The MD of the Lion Nathan Wine Group is to push for greater knowledge of Australian regionality.
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