There has been a lot of response lately in the trade to 'natural wine' which seems to evoke strong opinions, for and against. The Natural Wine Fair was organised by Isabelle Legeron MW with Les Caves de Pyrène, Aubert & Mascoli, Dynamic Vines, Wine Story and Yapp Brothers. Held at London's Borough Market on three days, 15th-17th May, the Sunday was for consumers, Monday and Tuesday for trade.
Whittalls Wine Merchants has acquired 37 Oddbins stores from the administrators safeguarding 200 jobs across the chain.
Read more...Diageo Great Britain (GB) is to launch an interactive £4.6m 'Pimm's Summer Party' campaign that will ramp up activity around key occasions such as this year's royal wedding.
Read more...Oddbins proposed Company Voluntary Arrangement would see creditors get just over a fifth of what they are owed back over a 46-month period.
Oddbins has drafted in restructuring consultants to discuss the future of the business.
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has rejected a suggestion by the hospitality trade that beer and pubs should receive a tax break at the expense of wine and spirits
Read more...The WSTA has offered new advice to consumers investing in wine after fears that demand for the high quality Bordeaux vintage 2009, may lead to potential investors being targeted by fraudsters.
Read more...The drinks trade must carry on engaging with responsible drinking issues despite the recession or face the threat of more costly and ineffective legislation, a major conference of industry leaders heard this week.
Read more...A business that is not engaged in social networking online with its customers is grossly negligent and should be embarrassed, according to Gary Vaynerchuk of winelibrary.com.
Read more...As the days and weeks in Central pass, late summer turns into autumn. The poplars have turned into glowing colours; their heart-shaped leaves are flying in the gusts of wind, covering the road in a carpet of bright yellow.
Read more...Rob Hayward has made a surprise departure from his position as chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association.
Read more...Rob Hayward has made a surprise departure from his position as chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association.
Read more...Constellation Europe is positioning its New Zealand-based Nobilo wine brand as "the idea wine to drink with seafood" with the launch of a national ad campaign.
Read more...Constellation Europe is launching a fresh burst of TV activity for its Hardys wine range.
Read more...Decline in sales of the brand "worse than expected."
Irish drinks group C&C - the makers of Magners - will cut 70 jobs temporarily at its cider making plant due to a recent downturn in trading triggered by poor weather in Britain and Ireland, a company spokesman has said.
Supermarkets have been attacked for selling alcohol at below-cost by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
Friends, relatives and colleagues of Maurice de Rohan AO OBE, the agent-general of South Australia, gathered in London last week to toast his memory over a glass of his beloved SA red.
Small retailers under pressure from supermarket competition should not rely on the Competition Commission to protect them unless there is evidence of unfair practice. Peter Freeman, the chairman of the commission, said last week: We are not here to punish success.'
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