All Alcoholic drinks articles – Page 402
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Drinks: Stowells hit by Kingston scandal
The Stowells of Chelsea wine range could be one of the hardest hit UK victims of an Australian wine scandal. Two students at Kingston Estate in the Riverland's region of South Australia have alleged that illegal practices were used to make wines....
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Strongbow keeps top banana
Big Breakfast Show presenter Johnny Vaughan is joined by a group of gorillas in the latest advertisement campaign for Strongbow cider. Bulmers is spending £9m on TV ads which will run from now until October. This is the third year of the Johnny...
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Caxton breaks the barrier
Caxton Wines is adding a premium red varietal to the top end of its Jacob's Creek range. The new Cabernet Sauvignon will be the highest priced non sparkler in the range at £5.99. Marketing manager Charles Marshall said the brand's volumes went up...
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Xero plus one
Marc Xero, the Italian Chardonnay in the frosted screw cap bottle now has a red partner. Prompted by the success of the wine International Wine Services is launching a Californian Merlot in the same format. It has also taken the opportunity to...
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Guinness inflated for Euro 2000
Guinness is continuing its success with event based promotions with a £1m campaign based on the Euro 2000 soccer tournament. Last autumn its sponsorship of the Rugby World Cup brought it its highest ever share of the total beer market it climbed...
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Tasting panel: Merrydown Classic
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a paleish gold colour and a light mousse. It has a quite crisp Golden Delicious' nose with a slight hint of dull woolly washing up water. It is medium dry ...
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Brewers must work harder to fend off the competition'
The number of households buying beer is in decline and this has been highlighted as one of the key issues facing the take home brewers. Analysis by Taylor Nelson Sofres shows penetration of UK households fell by 3.7% between February 1998 and...
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MARKETING DIRNKS: We can turn British market round'
In its bid to rebuild the franchise for German wines in the UK, producers are being offered a cash incentive to come up with innovative wines and marketing plans. The German Wine Institute has set aside £75,000 which will be awarded to up to three...
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THE GROCER FOCUS ON OWN LABEL: Raising the glass ceiling on
Own label wine is narrowing the gap between itself and brands, but beers and spirits are also striding ahead reports Tim Palmer The own label proposition in the drinks aisles used to be simple. For beers and spirits it was a cheap, average quality...
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Source of the spend
An 11 month press campaign and TV sponsorship are the latest initiatives supporting Whitbread's Vodka Source. The brewer is backing the brand with an £8m budget and within that has doubled the media support to £5m. The latest ad continues the...
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Girl fun all over again
Halewood is renewing its campaign for the sparkling perry Lambrini with a TV and poster campaign starting this month. The latest advertising builds on the Lambrini girls just want to have fun' catchline from last year. TV ads worth £400,000 will...
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Incider dealing
Bulmers is launching an internet e-commerce site exclusively for its customers. The company believes its Incider Trading site will transform the relationships it has with the trade giving it all the information necessary to do business. Richard...
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Bacardi-Martini aims for Metz to emulate Breezer success
Bacardi-Martini is raising the stakes in the fast growing premium packaged spirits market with a £9.4m support package for Metz. The company has dominated the sector with Bacardi Breezer and was quick to launch Metz, V2 and Rigo to support it. Of...
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wheat beer launch
A wheat beer brewed and adapted to British tastes has been launched by Greene King. It has introduced Ruddles Wheat, a 5.3% beer sold in 500ml rip cap bottles retailing at £1.75.Take home sales director Stuart Hawthorn said: "It is a difficult time...
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MANAGEMENT BUYOUT FOR GREENCELL
Albert Fisher's £70m fresh produce division Greencell has been purchased for £1.4m in a management buyout. The company represents the earlier merger of the Saphir Group, Wentworth Import/Export, and Jacques Onona. It has closed the prepacking...
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Tasting Panelists
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This is a deep garnet red colour with a pleasant savoury nose that is a bit heavy on the oak. At least it is not soupy like many commercial Riojas. It ...
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Bass goes for goals in English push but hits a different not
Bass has developed a two pronged attack in its efforts to take the lion's share of beer sales this summer. The emphasis is on two key brands, Carling in England and Wales, and Tennent's in Scotland. The brewer will be capitalising on its...
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California crop gets makeover
Matthew Clark is planning to take the Californian wine market by storm with the launch of an all-encompassing range from the US. The company is making use of the resources of its new parent company Canadaigua to introduce a collection covering all...
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The future is multipacks
Two-thirds of all off-trade beer volume will be in multipacks in three years' time. This was the ambitious prediction by Bass sales director John Holberry, who said this was one of the key reasons independents and specialists were losing their...