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Tasting panel: Riesling Bird Label
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine This has a youthful light, rosewater and grapey aroma which is lightly aromatic but with some substance. It has a delightful Riesling character in the mouth, with floral...
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Canaletto's high notes
Casa Girelli has launched the the second vintage of the Canaletto Winemaker's Choice Italian range. The wines were given a revamp two years ago following the appointment of winemaker Andrea Valentinuzzi. The wines are designed to be distinctly...
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Can Stella top Carling and Foster's to take it to the number
Stella Artois volumes have doubled in the past three years and Interbrew UK has its sights set on the brand becoming the biggest selling beer in the UK. This means catching up Carling, which sells one billion pints a year, and Foster's. In the past...
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Southcorp splashes out on year long push for James Herrick
Southcorp is maintaining the impetus of its recently acquired James Herrick wines with a £500,000 advertising campaign running over the next 12 months. Prior to the brand's acquisition by Southcorp last November it had been supported by...
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Retail spotlight: Archetype Location within Vinopolis is a w
The Majestic outlet at Vinopolis is unlike any other in the chain and is a bizarre place, according to manageress Clare Ashdown. Last summer the wine warehouse operation signed up with the innovative consumer attraction sandwiched between The Globe...
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Tasting panel: Aspall Dry Suffolk Cyder
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine This is an attractive pale colour with a nice mousse. In the glass it has a crisp juicy appley nose which is quite aromatic and enticing. The taste is extremely pleasant....
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Bulmers does it by the pack in its radical revamp of the dri
Bulmers is working on a radical revamp of the beer and cider fixtures, which it believes will boost sales all round. It is testing a format that merchandises all the cider products by pack type, not product style, as is usually the case. The...
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JS regains Cheesman's wine expertise
Exclusive Tim Palmer Allan Cheesman has been wooed back to Sainsbury to take up the newly created role as director of wine. Cheesman shocked the trade when he left the multiple exactly a year ago to become marketing director at BRL Hardy Europe....
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Shinwell links up with CWF
Italian food and wine importer CWF has recruited corporate finance lawyer John Shinwell as corporate development director. He was previously a senior partner at the Leeds office of Eversheds and will oversee a programme of organic expansion and...
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Tasting panel: Hair of the Dingo
TARGET CONSUMER Teresa Tripp, 30, is a nurse who works in an intensive care unit. She lives in north-west London This doesn't look like an expensive wine but it would stand out on the shelf because the label looks fun. I wouldn't anticipate it...
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Tasting panel: Hair of the dingo
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine This has an attractive, deep crimson red colour. It has a slightly raw, minty, faintly medicinal nose, which is also fruity and unmistakably Australian. It has some...
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Mondavi goes it alone to boost market share in UK
Premium Californian wine producer Robert Mondavi is stepping up its marketing activities in the UK and revising its distribution arrangements. The company is pulling out of current distributor Mentzendorff and setting up Robert Mondavi Europe which...
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A bit Chile at Nisa-Today's
Nisa-Today's has launched a new Chilean wine range and is urging independents to make the most of it. Chilean wine sales are growing at 30% a year against a wine market increasing by 6.4%. The country has 5.7% of the UK take home wine market, only...
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Wine boost for Grants
Encouraged by the success of the launch of six Stowells of Chelsea wines in bottles last autumn, Grants of St James's is introducing a further six. "We've sold half a million bottles since launch and the rate of sale is excellent. In a number of...
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Internet - Digital TV: Sainsbury links with Carlton
Sainsbury and Carlton Communications have formed a joint venture covering digital TV and the internet. The supermarket group will provide food and wine knowledge, technical expertise and recipes from its about to be launched website, plus home...
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Tasting panel: Green Ridge Chardonnay Spring
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine Given this only has 1.2% alcohol it is not a bad drink. It does not taste the same as a full blooded chardonnay but will appeal to its target market. Without the alcohol...
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Sial d'Or: UK contenders enter ring
A selection of Britain's most popular grocery products are going head to head with food and drink brands from around the world in the judging for this year's prestigious Sial d'Or competition. Guinness Draught in a bottle, Kit Kat Chunky, Yoplait...