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May 21, 2013
Scotch whisky Johnnie Walker has been named the world's leading alcoholic drink in an annual league table.
The brand, which originated in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, has overtaken Smirnoff vodka thanks to growing demand in China and Eastern Europe, industry experts said.
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May 17, 2013
During April, nine-liter spirits case sales in the control states were up 3.3% compared to same month last year sales. Rolling-twelve month reported volumes grew at 3.2%, up from March's 3.0%. Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, Vermont, West Vi...
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March 27, 2013
Cognac export volumes slowed last year but raced ahead in value, new figures have shown.
In 2012, Cognac exports increased by 3.2% in volume to a record 168m bottles, and by 16.7% in value, according to Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) data released this week. &quo...
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March 21, 2013
Global wine production fell sharply last year due to bad weather in Europe and a policy to drain its "wine lakes," while Chile and United States saw a jump in harvests, according to a report on Thursday.
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said world prod...
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March 18, 2013
US spirits Nielsen data shows sales up +5.1% in four weeks to 2 March
Lapping a challenging +3.7% comp, US spirits volumes (ex Washington) grew 2.1% y/y (above the +1.9% last 12 week trend y/y). Price/mix grew +3.0% y/y (in line with the last 12 week trend), implying +5.1% sales gro...
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March 15, 2013
Francis Ford Coppola Winery, a California-based wine producer, is close to purchase Geyser Peak Winery of California.
Owned by VinREIT, a division of Kansas City-based Entertainment Properties Trust, Geyser Peak Winery is known for producing fruit-forward and food-friendly wines fro...
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March 2, 2013
It's hard to talk about wine without evoking the tokens of tradition: ancient terroir, age-old techniques of production, vineyards held by single families for successive generations.
The world of wine characteristically embraces permanence over progress, a sense of aristocratic rev...
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