The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has appointed Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, as its new chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Wines and Spirits.
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Pernod Ricard Winemakers has pledged to source 100% renewable electricity across all of its Australian sites by mid-2019.
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Two English sparkling wines were awarded gold in the latest round of the International Wine Challenge (IWC).
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Edrington has sold its Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky brand to La Martiniquaise-Bardinet for an undisclosed sum.
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With the global 2018 harvests bringing the world’s wine supply back into greater balance, the market is evolving to allow greater fluidity in supply, to the benefit of premium bulk players and smaller volume buyers, with differing formats cited as key to future consumer engagement and sales.
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The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) this week travelled to Tokyo to showcase the quality of English wine and British gin in a bid to boost exports.
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Maison & Domaines Les Alexandrins – based at Tain l’Hermitage, has acquired Brézème estate Bréseyme for an undisclosed sum.
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Naked Wines has launched its first crowdfunded English sparkling wine in collaboration with Simpsons Wine Estate.
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Chapel Down has added three European red wines to its portfolio as part of its Great Minds Drink Alike initiative.
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Henkell & Co Sektkellerei and Freixenet SA will be known as Henkell Freixenet in the New Year to reflect the companies merging.
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This year’s Les Talents de l’Armagnac competition in Eauze awarded the top honour to a relative outsider, Guilhon d’Aze Bas Armagnac X0 from Domaine Denis Tastet, in a hotly contested judging round presided over by Harpers editor Andrew Catchpole.
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Australian Vintage has signed what it claims to be a ‘landmark’ agreement to source energy from solar and wind farms at its largest site.
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Organic still wine consumption in the UK is poised to soar, with research released today predicting more than a 50% increase by 2022.
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Diageo has narrowed the gender pay disparity in the company overall, according to the company’s second annual gender pay gap report.
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The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is to expand its training courses into Kenya, Macedonia and Slovakia.
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Champagne Castelnau has released its Oenotheque Collection of limited edition magnums 1995, 1996 and 1998 for the first time in new livery in the run-up to Christmas.
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Five wines have been awarded grand gold medals at the International Bulk Wine Competition.
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US drinkers are changing their behaviour towards the wine category, the US Portraits 2018 from Wine Intelligence has revealed.
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Phil Burley has left the Leicester-based ’45' group of businesses, made up of 45 West, 45 St Martins and 45 Gin School.
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Penny Richards, executive director at the Institute of Wine (IMW), has handed in her notice and will be leaving the organisation at the end of the year.
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