Duty on wine will more than double over the next five years, due to the HM Treasury expecting the increase in economic growth to be matched by a rise in the sales of wine, according to the Wilson Drinks Report.
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Harrods is to showcase a 233-year-old cognac, which has been recently recognised as the earliest known vintage.
Read more...Corks are popping for English sparkling wine sales in the run up to Christmas.
Read more...An illegal distilling and bottling plant set up to produce branded counterfeit spirits and wine has been seized by Trading Standards officers and Merseyside Police in Liverpool.
Read more...Wine and spirit sales volumes have fallen in the last year, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association Market Report.
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Despite challenging weather in Germany the market can look forward to the 2012 vintage displaying a "broad selection of first-class wines", according to the president of the VDP Steffen Christmann.
Read more...Vinopolis has opened a large-scale Italian restaurant, bakery and bar adjacent to its existing Borough market premises in south London.
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The 2012 vintage in Australia is being widely touted as one of the very best in the last 20 years, but what of the ill-fated 2011 vintage? The south-east of the country got so much rain in late 2010 and in the lead-up to harvest in 2011 that downy mildew and botrytis ran amok, heavily reducing yields and causing swathes of fruit to be left behind in the vineyards. Some boutique producers made no wine at all, and many bigger ones switched from single vineyard wines to blends, but having tasted a good many South Australian offerings, I can happily report there are many good, and some excellent, releases just coming onto the market.
UK importer Enotria has partnered with wine exporters the Company of Wine People in a bid to grow its South African Category in the UK.
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Independent Scottish drinks merchant Inverarity Morton has appointed two members of staff to boost its sales and wine teams.
Read more...Provence vineyard Château de Roquefort has been saved from ruin by a group of producers who gathered in support after its vines were wrecked by hail.
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Children of parents who drink above the unit guidelines are more likely to have been drunk than those of parents who drink less, according to alcohol education charity Drinkaware.
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Children of parents who drink above the unit guidelines are more likely to have been drunk than those of parents who drink less, according to alcohol education charity Drinkaware.
Read more...Young people are eating and drinking out less frequently, according to the latest Taste of the Nation report from Deloitte.
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Barwell & Jones is to distribute and market Esporão wines in the UK.
Read more...The 2012 vintage has been a year "farmers and growers want to forget", according to Bob Lindo, owner of Cornwall's Camel Valley vineyard.
Read more...A fire that devastated an alcohol plant in the West Midlands will not affect gin production, according to the company.
Read more...Alliance Wine has appointed Enotria's Scottish sales director Mike Colquitt as export development manager in a bid to grow across all sectors of the market.
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If your wine list needs a new lease of life or you're struggling to excite punters with your offering, listen to the advice of restaurant consultant Peter McCombie MW.
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Belvedere president Charles Gibb says the UK vodka market is "very dynamic" and fast-growing and that it wants to be at the forefront of driving awareness of premium products.
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