Judges at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) are three times more likely to demand another sample bottle if entries are sealed under natural cork rather than screwcap.
Read more...US: A New York politician has called for all alcohol advertising on buses and subways to be banned.
Read more...US: International drinks industry giant Constellation Brands has seen a fallback in third quarter earnings and sales.
Read more...Ashwin Malik is to be the new chief executive of Scotch whisky producer Whyte & Mackay, following the departure of Bob Brannan and Vivian Imerman, who has accepted an advisory role with the company.
Read more...UK: The Government is moving to enhance regulations that define regionally-produced Scotch whisky and discourage counterfeiting.
Read more...Harpers has produced a digital issue for the current (October 5) issue to overcome delivery problems in the face of the Royal Mail postal strike.
Read more...Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has announced that it is to move out of its head office in Holborn Circus, London, and relocate to a site in King's Cross.
Read more...Tesco's growth in the six months to August 25 slowed to 3.5% in the UK, but the retailer saw total sales in its international business rise by 23.1%.
Read more... VENEZUELA: President slaps a limit on the amount of luxury goods Venezuelans can import
Online retailer Ocado, which provides a home shopping service for Waitrose goods, has posted a 43.1million loss for the year to December 3 2006, a 2.4m improvement on the year before, Companies House figures show.
ARGENTINA: Latest export figures show strong growth to UK market
SCOTLAND: Violent crime has risen 40% in a year, new figures show.
German calls to ban the sale of Bailey's Irish Cream in half gill units have been rejected.
Read more... BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) under fire for its proposal to ban the marketing of wine made from apples
UK: Bar and restaurant staff have been found to be dramatically more healthy since the introduction of the smoking ban in July.
C&C Group, which owns Magners cider, plans to stay in its key test markets of Europe - Barcelona and Munich - despite seeing sales drop in the UK this summer, according to market analysts.
Read more...UK: The legal age for selling cigarettes increases to 18 years of age and over from October 1. The age rise finally comes into force from today after years of consultation, debate and political wrangling.
Islay's whisky distillers have successsfully called for extra ferry services to the island to meet increased sales demand.
Read more...Each day we'll be providing updates from the harvest as it progresses across the world's most famous wine region.
Read on for the second day, which has just been sent from Alexandra Martet at Chateau Lavison, Philippe Bardet at Chateau Val d'Or and Chateau Picoron and Jean-Christophe Mau at Chateau Brown.
IWSC awards the country with 44 Best in Class and six Golds.
