Constellation Brands released it fiscal 2015 year end results showing an increase in consolidated net sales of 24% and following another strong year, the company announced it would initiate its first ever dividend payment in the company's history.
Read more...Broadlands Wineries has added three new agencies to boost its on-trade offering as part on its ongoing development as a dedicated wine supplier.
Read more...Majestic Wines has bought Naked Wines for £70 million and named Rowan Gormley chief executive officer of the new combined group.
Read more...Kingsland Wines and Spirits reported "satisfactory" results last year, despite a fall in wine volume sales and the impact of rising duty.
Read more...French wine producer Les Grands Chais de France has bought a negociant in the north of Burgundy to boost its presence in the area.
Read more...Domaines Paul Mas is extending its portfolio of sparkling French wines from the Languedoc.
Read more...Prosecco brand Scavi and Ray is ramping up its spend in the UK after appointing Proof Drinks as the new distributor
Read more...Online retailer The New Zealand Cellars has launched a crowdfunding project to raise funds to open its first retail shop.
Read more...Drinks retailers, wholesalers and producers who try to hush-up negative comments from customers online are putting their businesses at a major disadvantage, according to a leading social media expert.
Read more...Free Run Wines is adding its first Australian wine producer, Morambro Creek to its portfolio from next month
Read more...Bancroft Wines is restructuring to create four wine divisions dedicated to its key sales channels.
Read more...Dufry's, a leading company in the travel retail sector, has reached a deal to acquire a 50.1% stake in World Duty Free Group (WDF) from Edizione.
Read more...Swig, the independent online merchant is ramping up its focus on the on-trade after appointing a new brand ambassador.
Read more...Kingsland wine is rolling out a new insight 'tool' that is says gives a complete mapping of UK wine consumption.
Read more...France Under One Roof is hosting its 14th annual tasting today at the Lindley Hall, Royal Horticulture Halls in London.
Read more...Concha y Toro, one of Chile's largest international brands, had joined Vigno, a society of small winemakers dedicated to promoting Carignan producers in the Maule Valley.
Read more...Fine Wines Direct UK has won a new contract to represent Chilean brand Viña Casa Tamaya SA in the UK.
Read more...English winemaking consultants Litmus Wines recently teamed up with Richard Branson's private hotel collection Virgin Limited Edition to launch a new joint-venture wine business in South Africa's Franschhoek region. Litmus' founder and director John Worontschak, and VLE's managing director, Jon Brown, talked to Harpers.co.uk about the venture and what it will mean for the Surrey-based business.
Read more...Dedicated Wines is kicking back against wine range cutbacks in the major multiples by launching a new wine range, Les Incroyables, that it hopes will bring genuine interest to consumers and offer something different at a time of new product stagnation.
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So here's us all thinking it was the gallant combined efforts of a cross industry high profile campaign that convinced the Chancellor, George Osborne, to freeze the duty on wine in last week's Budget. Well think again.
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