Thresher ramps up store portfolio for Christmas
Published: 09 September, 2008
Thresher Group is opening 15 new stores in the run up to Christmas.
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Diageo gives Johnnie Walker the royal treatment
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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Fat Duck sommelier scoops top wine award
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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Wines of Navarra bids for "stronger links" with UK trade
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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Skyy vodka helps T.G.I. Friday's seek bartender champion
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.
Read more...Fifteen new Masters of Wine announced
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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New distributor launches into market with vodka brand
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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Retailers are shocked by Diageo's new terms
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.
Read more...Bols launches competition to find the next "Tom Cruise"
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."
Read more...Intercontinental Brands secures World Cup sponsorship deal
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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Diageo ploughs £41 million into Christmas sales push
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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Fischer Boel crowned wine personality of the year
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.
Read more...Diageo supports educational alcohol leaflet
Published: 03 September, 2008
Diageo GB is sponsoring the latest edition of the British Liver Trust's publication, Alcohol and Liver Disease.
Read more...Footballer Ginola to launch own wine brand
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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Greene King "on track" despite summer slowdown
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.
Read more...Wine "one of fastest growing" fairtrade products
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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Wholesale listings boost FirstCape wine brand sales
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.
Read more...Wines in the Press: From top wine schools to Tesco
Published: 02 September, 2008
With the summer behind us, so too this week is talk of suitable wines for the warm weather. Jancis Robinson, back from her summer holiday, has a last word of advice on seasonal tipples, but for the most part the wine writers are turning their attentions to other matters. Jonathan Ray gives us his run down of the UK's top wine schools, Victoria Moore has her patience tried out by a good Bordeaux and Anthony Rose indulges in a spot of Tesco's finest.
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Greene King reduces wine and beer prices
Published: 01 September, 2008
Greene King is investing £1 million in a cut-price drinks promotion in 200 of its pubs.
Read more...Coors adds 3p to the price of a pint
Published: 01 September, 2008
Coors Brewers has been forced to increase its wholesale price by 3p per pint because of current economic conditions and the "severity of inflationary increases."
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