All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 346
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Bordeaux noise irrelevant to UK but could damage' French im
The hype surrounding the high prices being asked for the 2000 vintage wines from the top Bordeaux chateaux is potentially damaging for the French wine industry. En primeur prices for the claret grand crus are 75% up on last year but for most in the...
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Spanish wine gets generic drive
A £1m campaign has been launched to help boost the market for Spanish wines in this country. The generic initiative by Wines from Spain features photography by Lord Snowdon which wil be seen on 48-sheet poster sites and weekend supplements until...
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Stella drinks from the litre bottle
Stella Artois has joined the growing ranks of beer brands available in a one litre bottle format. Interbrew UK added the pack variant to the growing number of skus for its premium lager to build the link between beer and food. Sales director Steve...
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Tasting panel: ARBOR MIST
From Matthew Clark. A blend of lightly sparkling wine and fruit flavours which has gone down well in the US Abv: 5.5% Price: £2.99 TARGET CONSUMER Melinda Chandler, 33, promotions manager, publishing, London This couldn't sound more like a...
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Portman's Red alert
The trade has been asked not to place orders for three drinks which breach the industry's code of practice on labelling. They are the premium packaged spirit Red, from Bass, which is targeted at the on-trade, Turbo White cider produced for Bestway...
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Redesign for Malt House Vintners
Booker has invested heavily in a redesign for the 250 labels in its Malt House Vintners wine range. This will also feature the introduction of the Malt House Vintners Quality Seal (MHVQ) which will go on every bottle. This represents a promise of...
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Marc Xero gets rosé
International Wine Services is building on the success of its Marc Xero brand with the introduction of a rosé. This follows the Chardonnay and Merlot, sales of which sales took the brand into the top 20 wine brands within six months of launch. The...
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The Grocer focus on Denmark: Lurpak Centenary celebrations
Arla is preparing to celebrate a special birthday this year as its premier brand Lurpak marks 100 years. When Lurpak first began arriving from Denmark, at the beginning of the last century, it was shipped in wooden barrels the size of beer kegs....
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Interbrew calls on trade to provide higher quality and more
Keeping up the quality to satisfy demanding consumers is a big issue for the beer industry, claims Interbrew UK. In its annual report on the market managing director Stewart Gilliland said: "The quality threshold is forever moving upwards as...
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Rising power of wine brands indicated by Stowells record
The growing power of wine brands has been emphasised by the latest figures for Stowells of Chelsea. Figures for the brand, which singlehandedly developed the wine box market, show that in the year to May it sold the equivalent of over three million...
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Tasting panel: BLACK CAT
From Moorhouse's. A mild ale voted Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2000 at the Great British Beer Festival Abv: 3.4% Price: £1.28 TARGET CONSUMER David Costello, 48, freelance designer from Vauxhall, south London The black cat is a potent...
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The Grocer focus on Denmark: When it comes you beer you want
Carlsberg is the fourth largest international player in beer and is driving forward with its strategy for ever greater clout globally, says Tim Palmer The Danes are emerging as one of the winners in the battle for control of the global beer market....
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Beefeater rebranding reaches UK
Allied Domecq's international rebranding exercise for Beefeater gin is making its debut in the UK this month. The new style bottle and label was launched in the US at the beginning of the year. A spokesman said: "Beefeater has a premium taste,...
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Bags of activity with Bertie & co
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is including new bags of Maynards Wine Pastilles and four new Bassetts variety bags in its confectionery bag sector activity from June 18. New 125g and 200g Cadbury's Dairy Milks Shots and Crunchie Nuggets bags have already...
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Arbor Mist backed with a cool £4m
Matthew Clark is planning to put some new life into the wine cooler market by putting a £4m marketing budget behind Arbor Mist, its recent entry into the sector. The products are a slightly sparkling, lower alcohol mix of wine and fruit juice. The...
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Sally Easton
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Berry Brothers and Rudd This has a lemon colour with a hint of opaqueness. It smells intensely of ripe lemons and a little honey. The palate is gently sparkling with freshening acidity and sufficient sweetness to...
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New mds take Bibendum helm
Bibendum managing director Tom Heywood-Lonsdale has stepped down after 13 years at the wine merchant. He is succeeded by joint mds Dan Jago and Michael Saunders. Heywood-Lonsdale said: "Thirteen years in the same job is sufficient. I need a new...
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Scottish Courage now seizes the UK rights to Peroni beers
Hot on the heels of the addition of the Austrian beer Zipfer to its portfolio, Scottish Courage has announced its acquisition of the UK rights to the Italian Peroni beers. It will be selling Nastro Azzurro and Gran Riserva in the off-trade from the...
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Bacardi Breezer's dancing cat
"When Barcardi's agency originally pitched the idea for a dancing tomcat, I am sure that the Barcardi team did not envisage the impact (and merchandising opportunities) that this advert would create. In one of the fastest growing categories in the...
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Hall mark of quality
Bulmers has signed up Mick Jagger's former wife Jerry Hall for its latest TV campaign for Strongbow cider. She joins the brand's champion Johnny Vaughan for the latest commercial where she is seen downing a pint of cider. This is Hall's first...