All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 397
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Darlington launches new SA collection
One of the UK’s most respected wine bottlers, Darlington Wines, has joined forces with one of South Africa’s major buyers of bulk wines to create an extensive new range for the UK. Darlington started out as a bag in box producer and has since added…
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Dunbar sparkles at Moët
Champagne, sparkling wine and cognac house Moët Hennessy has promoted Malcolm Dunbar to managing director, with effect from September 25. He takes over from James Cockeram who became md of Moët Hennessy Europe in May. Dunbar joined LVMH as national...
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Booker MHV flagged up
Booker is making the most of the various awards won by its Malt House Vintners wines by flagging them up in a range of special deals. The collection won 25 medals at the International Wine Challenge in the spring. Among the offers which will be...
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Leading Edge The IGD Development Network for young industry
And the winners are… - Member of the year: Michelle Wilkinson, beers, wines and spirits buyer, United Norwest Co-op, who gets £800, an IGD training course, a large hamper of McVitie’s biscuits, and a trophy designed by John Rocha - Runner up:…
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Tasting panel: Las Lomas Vinas Viejas
From Grape-2-Wine. A new wine from organic grapes by Claudio Barria in Chile THE EXPERT Sally Easton Master of Wine and wine buyer for Berry Brothers and Rudd On the nose there is a warm sensation of high alcohol and ...
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Stowells looks to informal appeal
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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The Grocer focus on Scotland: BEER: eye on the ball
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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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Beer
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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Tasting panel: CA'QUILA
TARGET CONSUMER Robert Crainey, 18, is a social sciences student from Croy, near Glasgow. I sometimes drink alcopops Woodys is my favourite but I've only tried tequila once and it didn't agree with me. This one looks quite appealing, though....
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Carlsberg antitrust plea
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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Condensation look refreshes Heineken lightweight bottle
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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Wild, free, challenging
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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Tasting Panel: Tom Wood's Jolly Ploughman
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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Kingfisher gets 660ml format
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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Hardy goes on TV in bid to make a great impression'
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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Foster's Ice gets cans
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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November internet launch is a Cert
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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Provincial flair
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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Tasting panel: Taiphoon
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 ...