The Wine Society has announced the permanent appointment of Victoria Mason MW to the Society’s buying team. Mason joined the team in May 2024 as maternity cover for Sarah Knowles MW, and since then ...

Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard Scotch whisky business which can name The Glenlivet and Chivas Regal in its portfolio, saw a 2% drop in sales for the first half of this 2024-2025 financial year, ...

Julie Nollet, MD of Moët Hennessy for UK & Ireland, has been announced to as the newest member of the WSTA executive board. Nollet has held several positions at the wine and spirits division of LVMH ...

Where are the highest vineyards in Europe? Switzerland? The Alto Adige perhaps? Both have sites that are vertiginous when you compare them to most of the continent’s classic wine regions. But the ...

French drinks giant, Pernod Ricard, has reported a fall in sales globally of -4% for the first half of the 2025 financial year. Falls in sales were seen across all major markets. The company suggested ...

Gonzalez Byass UK celebrated 21 years to the day since the registration of the company in Britain, putting on a comprehensive portfolio tasting yesterday (6 February) in central London, complete with ...

Peter Babich, second generation head of the Babich family and a giant of the New Zealand wine industry, had passed away at the age of 92. David Babich – Peter’s son and CEO of Babich Wines – paid ...

The Japanese drinks giant, Suntory Global Spirits, has officially launched its first standalone commercial business in the UK. The move means the company is now directly in charge of the sales, ...

Coinciding with a major rebranding programme, Vergelegen wine estate is pursuing a double-pronged approach for its UK distribution which will now be fulfilled by two separate partners. Effective from ...

To SB or not to SB is the question facing the Kiwi industry, as James Lawrence reports. Access to this article is restricted. You need to have a valid subscription to ...

Andrew Catchpole catches up with a tech-entrepreneur turned fine English winemaker at his Oxfordshire estate. I’m from a farming background, but I had a tech business, here and in California, which ...