Treasury Wine Estates - the company which owns the Penfolds, Lindemans and Wolf Blass brands - has blamed currency fluctuations for a decline in earnings in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Read more...Australian Vintage has set up its own independent and on-trade division to distribute its premium Tempus Two range in the UK.
Read more...I've been following the debate around channel strategy with great interest and with some surprise. The UK trade is in my view more professional than ever which implies that the rather ad hoc basis on which many suppliers, and indeed retailers, went about developing their business in the last century has been replaced by a more strategic mindset. And whilst I accept that the recession has put more pressure on companies to take business where they can the intensity of the debate suggests that a surprising number of suppliers are attempting to "run with the hare and also with the hounds".
Read more...Treasury Wine Estates has named Angus McPherson as the new managing director of Australian wine brand Rosemount.
Read more...Anne Krebiehl blogs on Australian Shiraz tasting.
Read more...Sir George Fistonich, owner and managing director of Villa Maria Estate, has received the International Wine Challenge Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read more...Aussie wine brand Penfolds is giving away a cellar of wine worth £2500 in a new neck-collar promotion.
Treasury Wine Estates, which owns Penfolds, Lindeman's and Wolf Blass, has posted net profits of AUS$64.1 million as the volume of wine sales fell by 6.6%.
Read more...New World wines have the potential to challenge Bordeaux's dominance of the fine wine market, according to one leading merchant.
Read more...Australian and USA wines are being under-represented in pubs and restaurants according to analysis from the Wilson Drinks Report, WDR.
Read more...An Australian winery has lost a third of its production after a forklift dropped 462 cases of its wine.
Read more...McGuigan is the fastest growing global wine brand in the UK top 20 despite a 9% increase in its shelf price. McGuigan has experiencing 62% sales growth in the past 12 months with its sales now topping £65M. How?
Read more...Yesterday's currency markets shows sterling strengthened slightly against the euro and US dollar, with its biggest move against the Australian dollar which slipped following poor figures.
Read more...The Australian harvest is estimated to be up 1% on last year, reducing hopes that the country can overcome its major oversupply problems.
London gastropub operators Tom and Ed Martin have opened their latest venue in the city, Chiswell Street Dining Rooms.
Penfolds is bringing its collection of fortified wines to the UK for the first time.
Read more...Buyers, winemakers, marketers and generic bodies are in agreement that Australian wines need to bring the fun back to the category, as well as making it easier for customers to make choices.
Read more...This year's 100 Best Australian Wines includes 12 producers who have been included in every single list since its inception in 2004.
Read more...'There are no rules online - that's the beauty of it,' say wine business owners who are finding new ways of working the digital marketplace.
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Foster's shareholders have approved the demerger of the Australian company's wine and beer businesses.
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