All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 313
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Asda Choirs pitch new English wines
Asda is to boost its English wine offering in 2005 with a new range of own label products.The supermarket has been working with Three Choirs vineyard in Gloucestershire to produce three new brands which will be released throughout the...
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Sutter adds new wines
Californian wine producer Sutter Home has launched a pair of entry-level wines for the independent and convenience-store sector.The two newcomers, Sutter Home Red and White (rsp: £3.99), have been produced with c-stores and small grocers in...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesTaybeh beerFrom: The Alternative Beer Company.Taybeh Beer is a 5.2% abv lager brewed to a Palestinian recipe. It is produced for the UK market under...
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Manchester’s Boddingtons brewery to close
Manchester’s Boddingtons brewery is set to close next month following the failure of a council-backed campaign to keep it open.InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, bought the Boddingtons brand in 2000, but the beer has been brewed in...
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Guinness to be sold in Russia
Drinks group Diageo is giving permission to Dutch brewer Heineken to make and sell the Guinness in Russia.The drink will be available in Russia in bottles and cans as Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, and it will be on sale from the summer in St...
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The French revolution
A younger generation of winemakers in Bordeaux is determined to reverse decline. Claire Hu reportsFor Yvon Mau, one of Bordeaux’s most powerful wine merchants, the time for straight talking about the problems being faced by the French...
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3i brings new blood to Fosters’ team
The chairman and managing director of Fosters Traditional Foods are to exit the company after deciding to sell off the family business.Chairman Nigel Foster is to leave now, while his brother, managing director Tony Foster, will act in a...
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La Reserve integrated
Following its acquisition of La Reserve Wine Merchants, Jeroboams has begun rebranding the new stores to integrate them into the Jeroboams portfolio.Refurbishments at the Walton Street, Hampstead and Milroy’s of Soho shops in London started...
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Clive Cooper takes on Buitekant’s Netto role
Hard discount retailer Netto Foodstores has appointed Clive Cooper as trading director to replace John Buitekant who left the company in the autumn.Cooper takes up the role next week, with overall buying responsibility for Netto’s beers and...
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Czech favourites bound for the UK
Grayrose Trading is poised to launch two Czech beers on to the UK market.Zubr and Holba are two of the Czech Republic’s most popular beers, according to the newly-formed company.There are six different products under the Zubr and Holba...
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Fosters acquires Southcorp stake
Fosters may be planning a bid for Australia’s largest wine group, Southcorp, after it unexpectedly brought 19% of the company this week.The full purchase would create one of the world’s biggest wine groups, combining the Beringer Blass...
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Rosé on priority list
French food and drink promotions body Sopexa is aiming to make rosé wine one of its priorities in 2005.The decision comes as figures released by the body show that the number of consumers of rosé wines in the UK rocketed by 60% in the last two...
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Coors raises prices for trade
Coors Brewers is increasing the trade price of its brands by 2.5% in an effort to cover rising production costs.The hike on brands, including Carling and Grolsch, will apply from February 6. Coors insisted there would be no exceptions.EDLP...
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Bejam founder retires from Majestic
Majestic Wine chairman John Apthorp is to retire in August, after an influential career in the food and drinks industry.Apthorp, 69, brought the freezer centre concept to Britain when he founded Bejam in 1968, which 20 years later was taken...
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award for exports
Shetland-based Blackwood Distillers has been named Best New Exporter and Scottish Exporter of the Year at the Food from Britain Export Awards ceremony. Blackwood Distillers has been exporting Jago’s Vodka Cream Liqueur, Blackwood’s Nordic Vodka...
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InBev buys Russian brewer
Belgian brewer InBev has announced its plans to cash in on the Russian beer market by striking a E259m (£183m) deal to take over the country’s second leading brewer, Sun Interbrew. InBev, the maker of Stella Artois, has said it will buy out...
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Carling launches its lighter C2 beer
Coors Brewers, the manufacturer of Carling, Grolsch and Coors Fine Light Beer, has announced it is launching a new 2% ABV Carling called C2.The beer, which is a naturally-brewed 2% lager, will initially be launched into the on-trade at the...
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S&N takes joint control of United Breweries
Scottish & Newcastle, the drinks group that sells Foster’s and Kronenbourg lager in Europe, announced it has agreed a $171m (£88m) deal to give it joint control in the largest brewer in India.S&N is to take up to a 37.5% stake in United...
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Can interbrew stand firm on stella?
from Mike Teague, sales director, Bavaria UKSir; I have read with interest the reports of Interbrew’s intention to raise the price of Stella Artois by above the level of inflation in 2005 (‘Brewer hits back’, The Grocer, December 4,...
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Pledge from La Baume
Languedoc brand La Baume is promising the latest releases in its £6.99 Selection range combine the best of French and New World techniques.Waitrose is the first UK stockist of the two wines – La Baume Selection White 2002 which is a blend of...