UK: The new store in Marylebone, London, which opened on 1 June 2007, has seen fine wine value sales increase by 65% in the second week and 71% in the store's third week after opening.
UK: Drinks watchdog the Portman Group has cleared Pink Elephant wine after a consumer complained that its name was a reference to drug taking.
ASIA: (Reuters) Hotels and bars on Indonesia's resort island of Bali have been hit by an alcohol shortage due to an import problem, officials have said.
ASIA: Maharashtra Government extends alcohol licences to wine bars
Product placement deal signed between Ian Macleod Distillers and ITV soap, Emmerdale.
Peter Lehmann Wines from the Barossa Valley took home four trophies and 37 medals at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show.
UK: Off-license retailer Threshers has called for a review of its 2million advertising business as part of a move to fend off competition from the supermarkets.
ASIA: Eight arrested for allegedly evading HK$1million (63,432) in import duties
UK: Sales of GH Mumm Champagne soar at Cowes Week.
Exports of German Riesling are now at their highest-ever level.
Read more...UK drinks exporters have the chance to enter the Food From Britain (FFB) Export Awards 2007.
Read more...A 200% tax imposed by Maharashtra - the world's largest whisky market - has frozen sales of Scotch Whisky.
USA: The real estate investment trust bought Farmer Road Vineyard in Oregon's Willamette Valley for US$1.27million.
UK: High profile drink companies contribute to survey highlighting supermarket supplier management tactics.
EUROPE: The increasing global demand for Champagne will lead to a worldwide shortage.
USA: Director of The Godfather trilogy crowned an officer of the Legion of Honour by French Government.
Greene King has bought UK restaurant chain Loch Fyne.
Read more... There is seemingly no end of organisations, both public and private, that have been set up to advise and convince businesses to cut their carbon emissions, here three of the main players, WRAP, the Carbon Trust and WWF, set out what the drinks industry should be aiming for.
Three-quarters of UK wine drinkers do not know how units of alcohol a bottle of wine contains, according to a new survey.
Read more...Supermarket retailer Tesco has been ordered to stop building work on a development in Slough by the Competition Commission.
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