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Published: 09 September, 2008
Jonathan Ray and Jancis Robinson MW are both out and about, meeting a Canadian conductor and a "chameleon" French wine consultant respectively. Closer to home, Victoria Moore makes a surprising discovery when investigating the impact of the credit crunch on British wine buying habits, whilst Tim Aktin MW battles the ring roads and office blocks of Stevenage to sample some of the Wine Society's finest tipples.
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Published: 09 September, 2008
Origin Wines is switching the supply of one of its premium brands from Austrailia to Argentina in a bid to make the brand more profitable.
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Published: 09 September, 2008
Wetherspoon is to host a 19 day wine festival at which it will showcase a range of wines not previously served in its pubs.
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Published: 09 September, 2008
Thresher Group is opening 15 new stores in the run up to Christmas.
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Published: 09 September, 2008
Diageo GB is launching a special edition of its Johnnie Walker whisky to commemorate the first royal warrant granted to the brand in 1934.
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Published: 08 September, 2008
Isa Bal, head sommelier of Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray has scooped the Academy of Food & Wine's Dom Perignon Award for Excellence.
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Published: 08 September, 2008
Consejo Regulador Denominaci?n de Origen Navarra (CRDO) and the Association of Navarran Wineries has announced an autumn trade and press campaign for the UK.
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Published: 08 September, 2008
Skyy vodka is to sponsor T.G.I. Friday's national in-house Bartender Championship and become the group's new house vodka.
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Published: 08 September, 2008
The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) has announced the addition of 15 new Masters of Wine, which includes for the first time candidates from Hong Kong, Japan, Spain and Brazil.
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Published: 08 September, 2008
A new drinks distributor has entered into the UK market with the launch of Latvian vodka product.
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Published: 05 September, 2008
Multiple retailers have told Harpers they are "shocked and amazed" at Diageo's plans to unify its trade agreements across all of its routes to market in what is being seen as a bid to get more control over pricing and promotions of its brands, writes Shirley Webb.
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Published: 05 September, 2008
Bols, distributed by Maxxium UK, is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the movie Cocktail with an online competition to find the UK's next "superstar bartender."
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Published: 05 September, 2008
InterContinental Brands (ICB) has secured exclusive broadcast sponsorship of four of Scotland's live 2010 World Cup away qualifying matches.
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Published: 05 September, 2008
Diageo is ploughing a record £41 million into brand, retailer and category activity in the run up to Christmas.
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Published: 04 September, 2008
Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, has been awarded the Wine Personality of the Year 2008 award by the International Wine Challenge.
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Published: 03 September, 2008
Diageo GB is sponsoring the latest edition of the British Liver Trust's publication, Alcohol and Liver Disease.
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Published: 02 September, 2008
Ex Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur footballer David Ginola is to launch his own brand of rosé wine in the UK.
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Published: 02 September, 2008
Greene King has said it is on track to meet expectations for the current financial year, despite seeing a drop in sales over the summer period.
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Published: 02 September, 2008
Wine represents one of the fastest growing fair trade products in the UK, according to figures from the Fairtrade Foundation.
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Published: 02 September, 2008
Recent listings with Booker, Nisa and Bestway/Batleys have more than doubled sales of South African wine brand FirstCape in the impulse sector of the take-home drinks market, according to Nielsen data.
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