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(12-08-2008)
Constellation Wines Australia is to sell three wineries and a total of twenty vineyards, while retaining the brands associated with them.
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(30-07-2008)
Tapanappa Wines, the joint venture between the Croser family in Australia, the Bollinger family in Champagne and the Cazes family of Chateau Lynch-Bages in Bordeaux, has appointed Xavier Bizot as general manager.
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(30-07-2008)
Wyndham Estate has appointed Nigel Dolan as chief winemaker. He joins the company from Fosters, where he was Group Red Winemaker.
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(30-07-2008)
In the year ending May 2008, domestic wine sales in Australia fell 6% from 449 million litres to 424 million litres.
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(30-07-2008)
Foster’s chairman David Crawford has acknowledged that the returns from the group’s wine division are ‘not acceptable’.
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(30-07-2008)
Pernod Ricard announced end of year figures with sales up 2.3% to €6,589 million ($10,272 million), despite a 3% fall in sales in the fourth quarter.
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(16-07-2008)
Coca-Cola Amatil has reportedly said that it will not bid for the Foster’s Group because of a number of operational issues.
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(16-07-2008)
Exports of wine from Australia have dropped in both volume and value for the first time in fourteen years.
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(01-07-2008)
The Power 100 report for 2008 into the most powerful spirits and wine brands in the world has placed Smirnoff Vodka in number one position for the second year running.
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(01-07-2008)
A report by an Australian Senate committee has recommended raising the country’s legal drinking age from 18 to 21.