A new website has been launched to showcase Cognac cocktails. www.cognacsummit.com features thirteen cocktail recipes and facts about how bartenders all over the world have been using the drink in cocktails since…

Anheuser-Busch InBev has announced 1,400 job cuts. As part of its plans to effectively integrate Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. business unit plans to cut approximately 1,400 U.S. salaried positions in its beer-related divisions, affecting about 6 percent of the company’s total U.S. workforce. The brewer said about 75% of the…

US: DBI Beverage Sacramento and DBI Beverage San Joaquin have acquired the assets of Capital Beverage Co. and San Joaquin Beverage Co. Terms of the asset purchases were not disclosed. DBI Beverage Sacramento and DBI Beverage San Joaquin are owned by DBI Beverage Inc. Capital Beverage and San Joaquin Beverage are the sixth and…

The Rioja harvest has returned to ‘pre-global warming’ dates and yielded 15 million kg fewer grapes than in 2007. The CRDOCA has…

    Grupo Codorníu is launching a new wine brand in the UK.   The Spanish Quarter wines – classified Viñedos de España – mix traditional Spanish grapes with international varietals that are more familiar to UK consumers. The two blends on…

Brown-Forman has announced that its Board of Directors has authorised the repurchase of up to $250 million of its outstanding shares. The buy-back will take place over the next 12 months, subject to market conditions. Under…

An MP staged a 13-hour vigil at the House of Commons to highlight the threat to the Great British pub. Colchester MP Bob Russell took up his position at 8.40pm outside the door of the Table Office just outside the Commons Chamber so that he could be first in the queue to table an Early Day Motion when…