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Published: 12 February, 2016
A rapidly expanding and young middle class in Latin America makes it an ideal target market for many UK businesses, an Edinburgh conference was told this week.
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Published: 12 February, 2016
Tickets for the eagerly anticipated return of Skin Côntact, unarguably the UK wine-trade's pre-eminent rock and pop band, are now on sale.
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Published: 12 February, 2016
With England due to take on Italy in the Six Nations Rugby tournament on Sunday, the Wine & Spirits Trade Association is using the occasion to highlight the disparity in tax rates between the two nation's drinkers.
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Published: 11 February, 2016
Global drinks giant Pernod Ricard has reported solid growth in the first half of its financial year 2015/16, with organic sales up 3% to £3.9 billion.
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Published: 11 February, 2016
Online retail giant Amazon is trialing what it is describing as a sommelier service for its customers in Japan.
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Published: 11 February, 2016
Leading family-owned Rioja winery, Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, is to host an exhibition by British scultor Sir Anthony Caro at its Cune Winery in Haro this year.
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Published: 11 February, 2016
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Published: 11 February, 2016
The ongoing weakness of the euro in the global currency markets has proved a boon for makers of wine and spirits in France, according to figures released by the Fédération des Exportateurs de Vins et Spiritueux de France.
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Published: 10 February, 2016
Washington State's Charles Smith Wines is marking its tenth anniversary with the launch of a new range of Italian-varietal wines.
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Published: 10 February, 2016
Alistair Carmichael, secretary of state for Scotland in the 2010-15 coalition government, has written to the chancellor George Osborne calling for a further 2% cut in the duty on whisky and other spirits.
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Published: 10 February, 2016
Over 1,700 exhibitors will converge on Montpellier next week for Vinisud, the biennial International Mediterranean Wines and Spirits Exhibition.
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Published: 10 February, 2016
Leading Chilean winery Viña Ventisquero has appointed sommelier Janina Doyle as its UK brand ambassador.
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Published: 10 February, 2016
Award-winning Scottish small-batch gin, Daffy's has won a national listing in Waitrose.
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Published: 09 February, 2016
Jancis Robinson has partnered with online learning agency Electric Academy to develop a wine course which promises to give even beginners an understanding of wine in a single evening.
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Published: 09 February, 2016
Instil Drinks Company, the beer and niche spirits trading arm of Bibendum PLB, has added five new artisan gin distilleries to its portfolio ahead of its relaunch in London on March 1.
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Published: 09 February, 2016
Sales of Rioja hit a record 388 million bottles in 2015, with domestic growth for the iconic Spanish wine region matching export growth for the first time since the recession.
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Published: 09 February, 2016
Lanson's Rosé Champagne was the number one best-selling wine in its category in 2015, according to the latest figures from data analysts Nielsen.
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Published: 09 February, 2016
Wines from the family-owned Sussex winery Ridgeview were the featured serve at an official reception last week as part of the government's GREAT Britain campaign to celebrate what the UK has to offer the world.
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Published: 08 February, 2016
Fine wine merchant Armit Wines has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Friuli winery Castello di Buttrio.
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Published: 08 February, 2016
Italian wine legend Giacomo Tachis has died at the age of 82. He had been ill for some time.
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