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.
Read more...Cockatoo Ridge (CKR), the Australian wine company which produces Griffith Park sparkling Ros, has released record profits.
Read more...Asda will implement a series of new measures designed to curtail under-age sales of alcohol in its stores.
Read more...There were record sales of Rioja in 2007, new figures show.
Read more...John Cossart, chairman of Henriques & Henriques Madeira, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Read more...G'day Folks. Well it's official - sleep deprivation is a form of torture and a working vintage is no exception.
Read more...US brewer SAB Miller has pulled out of negotiations for a buyout of Scottish & Newcastle in a move that is likely to leave the way clear for a Carlsberg and Heineken joint takeover.
Read more...Despite sales of Fairtrade wine increasing by 51% in value to 19 million (AC Nielsen August 2007) and 47% in volume to 3.5m litres in 2007, the Fairtrade Foundation has claimed change is not happening quickly enough.
Read more...Thresher has announced around 200 of its underperforming stores are up for sale through Christie & Co.
Read more...G'day Folks it's now exactly 6 mins until midnight and I'm due to start at Crabtree again in the morning at 6 am why am I still awake I ask??
Read more...Fairtrade Fortnight launches on Sunday on London's South Bank
Read more...Alcoholic drinks should have higher taxes based on their strength, the British Medical Association (BMA) has claimed.
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