The Chancellor Alistair Darling has performed a last minute u-turn deciding not to increase business rates today by five per cent which has been seen as good news for struggling retailers.
Read more...A new-look Maxxium UK officially starts business today.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has continued its sell-off of brands from the acquisition of Vin & Sprit from the Swedish monopoly, with an agreement to dispose of Gronstedts Cognac to Finnish drinks group Altia.
Read more...Wine Business Solutions has completed a new study into the UK on-premise wine market.
Read more...A trade delegation is taking the fight against increased duty rates to Number 10 Downing Street this afternoon.
Read more...Promoting quality Moldovan wines is the focus of a new UK business.
Read more...New York legislators have rejected a plan to allow supermarkets and grocers to sell wine.
Read more...National critics pass their judgements on wines they have recently tasted.
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Sparkling wines continue to enjoy success at the expense of Champagne, it has been claimed by a buyer for one of the UK's most popular supermarkets.
Read more...Hello again - this time from Martinborough in the Wairarapa - this must be the most bijou little town ever and seriously makes me think of emigrating....
Read more...The Symington family have declared a 2007 Port vintage across three of their brands, Graham's, Warre's and Dow's Ports.
Read more...Constellation Europe is launching a brand new range for the on-trade under its flagship Hardys label.
Read more...Mario Pablo Silva, managing director of Viña Casa Silva's fifth blog on the harvest from Colchagua Valley, Chile
Read more...Bordeaux's chateaux will need to slash their prices by half if their 2008 stock of en primeur is to survive on the world market, it has been claimed.
Read more...Eisberg, the UK's top de-alcoholised wine has launched a new website as part of a marketing campaign which includes improved liquid and Bordeaux-style wine bottles.
Read more...The first UK ad for Absolut since the brand's purchase by Pernod Ricard last year will appear from tomorrow (March 27).
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Le Beast Wines is organising a trade delegation next week to hand in its "A Pound A Bottle" petition directly to the front door of Number 10 Downing Street.
Kia Ora from New Zealand and welcome to the first instalment of my Kiwi wine adventure: I have come here from London to harvest grapes at the illustrious Felton Road estate -- one of the world's most southerly vineyards -- in Central Otago on New Zealand's South Island. To make the most of this long journey I decided to come early and taste my way through the various wine regions to give my shamefully Eurocentric palate a real understanding of Kiwi wines and their huge success on the world stage.
Read more...Constellation has blamed the deteriorating drinks market in the UK and Australia for a reduction in its earnings forecasts for the current financial year - and says it will shed 5% of its global workforce to cut costs.
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Tax stamps on alcohol and tobacco products are being proposed as a way to raise extra revenues and clampdown on smugglers according to the results of the first Tax Stamp Forum held in Budapest this week.
