All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 357

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: Beer

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    The challenge to Irn-Bru Scotland's soft drinks market is hotting up with the debut of fresh contestants and the range expansion of popular brands. Irn-Bru continues to be Scotland's leading carbonates brand, outstripping even Pepsi and Coke, and...

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    The Grocer focus on Scotland: BEER: eye on the ball

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Tactics are straightforward for giants and niche players but middle ground players find strategies trickier says Tim Palmer Success in the Scottish brewing industry can be a question of size. Biggest of them all is Scottish Courage, which until...

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    Stowells looks to informal appeal

    2000-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Stowells of Chelsea is spending £1.2m on a new advertising campaign to position the brand as informal wines for everyday drinking. It breaks next week in mid-market national press and Sunday supplements. Stowells senior brand manager Clare...

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    Noticeboard

    2000-08-26T00:00:00Z

    March 11 March 21 March 28 April 30 May 14 May 16 June 20 July 1 Vintry Ball in aid of the Wine ...

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    Tasting Panel: Tom Wood's Jolly Ploughman

    2000-08-26T00:00:00Z

    THE EXPERT Sally Easton Master of Wine and wine buyer for Berry Brothers and Rudd This is an attractive deep golden brown and has an intense, rich chocolate, cinnamon and allspice nose. The mousse is soft and the palate smooth and full bodied....

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    Wild, free, challenging

    2000-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Premium cider brand Savuti is giving Makro customers the chance to win a trip to South Africa. Customers buying the minimum of one case of Savuti can enter a prize draw. The winner gets a trip to the Cape and a visit to the Stellenbosch Farmers'...

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    Condensation look refreshes Heineken lightweight bottle

    2000-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Heineken aims to drive on and off trade sales of its Cold Filtered lager with the launch of a new lightweight bottle. Heineken Cold Filtered will now be available in a lightweight 275ml bottle, in addition to the current draught and canned...

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    Carlsberg antitrust plea

    2000-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Carlsberg is trying to convince Danish competition authorities that its latest acquisition of rival brewer Albani will not give it an unfair dominance of the domestic market. Should the deal go through, Carlsberg would control 80% of the Danish...

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    Tasting panel: Taiphoon

    2000-08-19T00:00:00Z

    From the Hop Back Brewery. Created as a beer which will appeal to premium lager drinkers and go down well with spicy oriental food. Abv: 4.2% Price: £1.49 THE EXPERT Sally Easton Master of Wine and wine buyer for Berry Brothers and ...

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    Provincial flair

    2000-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Bestway has added to is French wine range with three new Vin de Pays d'Oc varietals under the La Province brand name. The range comprises Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. These have been made fresh and full in the New World style with the...

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    November internet launch is a Cert

    2000-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Cert has set a launch date of the beginning of November for its new business to consumer wine web site. The logistics specialist revealed it was moving into e-tailing in May but held back the name of the site until it was fully operational. It is...

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    Foster's Ice gets cans

    2000-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Courage's leading ice beer Foster's Ice is being sold in 330ml cans to complement the existing 330ml bottle offering. The brewer said the brand accounts for almost half the ice beer sales in the off-trade. Marketing director Brian Sharp...

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    Hardy goes on TV in bid to make a great impression'

    2000-08-19T00:00:00Z

    The stakes in the UK market for branded wine have been raised by BRL Hardy which is going on TV for the first time. The Australian company has planned a £1.3m promotional budget most of which will be spent on TV. This is for a generic campaign...

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    Kingfisher gets 660ml format

    2000-08-19T00:00:00Z

    The latest brew to go for a bigger bottle size is Kingfisher which has joined the rush into 660ml bottles. The Indian lager brand made its name in the Indian restaurant sector where the big bottle has gone down well since its launch at the...

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    Net forum for wine

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    An internet based business to business trading platform for the wine industry is set to launch in the autumn. Vineo World Wine Market (www.vineo.com) will contain news, prices and other industry information as well as a trading facility that aims...

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    Fostralia fever building

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Courage has been preparing the ground for a rush of enthusiasm in all things Australian as the Sydney Olympics get under way next month. Foster's is the official beer of the games and has made use of this with Fostralia trade promotions,...

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    UK leading market for Spanish beer

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    The UK has become the leading export market for Spanish beer according to Brewers from Spain, a marketing initiative run by the Spanish Commercial Office. It reported that in the last three years, sales of the country's premium beers have increased...

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    The Grocer guide to wine (an advertising supplement): Caxton

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Top of the range at 1750m! Caxton Wines 8-10 Lampton Road Hounslow Middlesex TW3 1JL Tel: 020 8538 4500 Fax: 020 8538 4545 KEY CONTACTS Marketing manager Quentin Job BRAND RANGE ...

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    The Grocer guide to wine (an advertising supplement): Gallo

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Point in the right direction Point in the right direction Garnet Point Vineyards Europe Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery Europe Wellington House 4-10 Cowley Road Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 2XW Tel: 01895 813444 Fax: 01895 818048 E-mail:...

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    The Grocer guide to wine (an advertising supplement): Edward

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Entering a brave new world ECS New World Wines 1 Park Court Premier Way Abbey Park, Romsey Hampshire SO51 9AQ Tel: 01794 835800 Fax: 01794 512213 E-mail: sales@ecavendish.co.uk key CONTACTS Managing director Gary Proctor Board director...