How could we be more pleased?  We have just received official word from the UK that our Cuvee, the Sacre Bleu Gustave Fayet, has been awarded a Commended medal at the prestigous 2007 Intern...

Considering that many of you may be new to our blog, or both our blog and winery, we feel it only polite to catch you up on the last few months. September was an amazing month because we had the incredible opportunity to participate in the Guiness Book of World ...

International Ltd has been established for over 30 years and is recognised as one of the leading wine suppliers to the UK and Irish markets. D&D Wines represents producers from all major wine producing regions of the world and manages the distribution of leading wine brands, including Canti, Angove’s, Osborne...

... that it is on target to reach almost €100m in wine sales for 2006. SuperValu and Centra hold a 16% share of the off-licence wine market in Ireland. Some 175 SuperValu stores nationwide provide off licence facilities with 200 Centra stores offering off licence facilities. Recent figures from the Wine Development Board of Ireland indicated that the Irish wine market is growing by approximately 4% annually...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Concha y Toro (CHT.SN: Quote , Profile , Research )(VCO.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), Chile’s biggest wine exporter, said on Tuesday its board agreed to pay out a 2.50 peso per share dividend at the end of the month. Concha y Toro said in a statement to the local bourse that the provisional dividend would be payable as of Sept. 29… READ MORE...

A Shropshire wine wholesaler which was sold for more than £133 million will close its headquarters ... , which created the Kumala wine brand, was the largest independent importer and distributor in the UK before being sold off to Canadian company Vincor International two years ago. Last year ... Western Wines from being largely an importer and supplier of private-label wine for the UK multiple...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s biggest wine and spirit maker Distell reported an 8.3 percent rise in annual headline earnings per share on Tuesday and predicted growth this year, but at a slower pace. Distell said in a statement headline EPS — which excludes capital, non-trading and certain one-off items — rose to 271.5 cents in the year to the end of June from 250.6 cents the previous...

SPAR Ireland today announced that it aims to increase wine sales in its stores by 40% during the next two years bringing total retail wine sales to more than €50m by 2008. The news came as SPAR Ireland announced a partnership with leading food and wine expert Tom Doorley to expand the wine offer ... wine ranges in the coming months. Annualised wine retail sales at SPAR have now reached €36m across...

... not be seen as a loss in confidence in the region’s grape industry. The Adelaide-based Hardy Wine Company ... of the company as the industry struggles with a wine glut which is cutting into profits. Chief Minister ... here and played a real pivotal role in increasing both our profile and the quality of wine being ... that potentially an independent wine maker or company will pick up what I think will be a really good investment...

Source: Forbes   LONDON (AFX) - Brown-Forman Corporation said it has signed an agreement with Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV) which includes selling its Bolla Italian wine production facility to GIV for an undisclosed sum while retaining the trademark. The deal concludes negotiations announced ... -Forman to improve efficiency and gain flexibility in the sourcing of high quality wine for Bolla,’ said...