Alcohol <span id="Alcohol"></span> – Page 214
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Aldi's Toro Loco wine back on shelves after selling out
Aldi’s award-winning Toro Loco red wine is now back in stores after rocketing sales left shelves bare.
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Californian brand Blossom Hill forced to source rosé from Italy
Cost hikes have forced Californian wine brand Blossom Hill to source some of its rosé from Italy instead of the US.
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LittlePod's Vanilla Beer stays for good
LittlePod - supplier of various vanilla-based pods and pastes - has extended its range with a craft ale.
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Big Interviews
The man with a lot of bottle
Majestic CEO Steve Lewis is driving expansion apace thanks to his brave focus on minimum order sizes… and now online.
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Sulphites faux pas sparks Krug Champagne withdrawal
Moet Hennessy is withdrawing some batches of its Krug Champagne – including one selling for £1,800 online.
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Counterfeit booze seizures rocket by 27%
The volume of fake booze on sale in stores in England and Wales has risen sharply despite a crackdown by customs.
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Diageo's Walsh signed up as UK ambassador
Diageo CEO Paul Walsh is to be appointed the first UK business ambassador from the food and drink manufacturing industry.
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Waitrose drops spirits to stop 'pre-loading'
Waitrose is to stop selling 35cl bottles of branded and own label vodka and gin in its c-stores in a bid to combat so-called ‘pre-loading’.
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Waitrose lines up for Bloody Mary vodka
Bloody Mary liqueur Bloodshot Vodka has secured its first supermarket listing.
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Blossom Hill enters lower-alcohol wine
Blossom Hill is entering the lower alcohol segment with a 5.5% abv wine-based drink.
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Now Carlsberg enters cider with Somersby
Carlsberg is making its first foray into UK cider with the launch of the Somersby brand.
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Global starts push for relaunched Reef
Global Brands - which this week announced it was bringing alcopop Hooch back to market - has relaunched RTD brand Reef.
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Diageo brings £99-a-bottle Chinese spirit to UK
Diageo is launching its Chinese white spirit Shui Jing Fang in the UK – at £99 for a 500ml bottle.
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Original alcopop Hooch returns over ice
Retro alcopop Hooch is returning to shelves – almost a decade after it was last available in the UK. Global Brands is…
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Sainsbury's stocks up on craft beers
Sainsbury’s is ramping up its craft beer offer with a string of launches over the coming months.
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ACS supports duty stamp plan for beer
The ACS has backed government proposals to combat illicit trade by introducing duty stamps for beer…
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Category Report
Beers over 7.5% blamed for problem drinking
When duty breaks for beers below 2.8% abv were announced last October, the fact that beers over 7.5% abv would be required to pay more duty attracted relatively little attention.
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Plain packaging for alcoholic drinks ruled out by government
The Department of Health has ruled out pursuing plans for plain packaging for alcohol…
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Foster's Gold succeeds in attracting younger, more affluent drinkers
Foster’s Gold has buoyed the original lager brand, as well as the overall beer segment…
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Analysis & Features
Craft works
In the thick of recession the brewing giants are struggling. So why is craft beer - at double the price of standard lager and with ‘mega’ margins of up to 50% - proving such a hit?