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— Strong Sales Growth Across Consumer Categories Fuels 21st
Consecutive Quarter of Double Digit Growth in EPS Before
Charges/Gains
— Company Achieves 3rd Quarter Growth Goal, Reaffirms Target for
Full Year
Continue reading ‘Fortune Brands reports strong third quarter results’
Australian wine producers and exporters have a powerful new tool to help them take on export markets as diverse as Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore and the USA.
Continue reading ‘AWBC launches updated Export Market Guide’
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation has produced a briefing note on the Australian wine sector as a useful guide on key issues such as the size of the industry, export and domestic sales, the global oversupply, the Directions industry strategy and major national wine sector organisations.
Continue reading ‘Briefing on Australian wine industry’
Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ, ASX: CBR), a leading international producer and marketer of beverage alcohol brands, announced today that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Tom Summer plans to retire from his position on, or about, May 15, 2007.
Continue reading ‘Chief Financial Officer Announces Plan to Retire from Constellation Brands’
Asia’s elite are drinking more wine, champagne and imported beer as their growing spending power makes them increasingly important for the luxury goods industry.
Continue reading ‘Asia’s rising wealth boosts alcohol makers’
May-Eliane de Lencquesaing is opening a new chapter in the long history of Château Pichon-Longueville de Lalande Comtesse de Lalande deciding to ally herself with the family owners of Champagne Louis Roederer.
Continue reading ‘Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande allies itself to Louis Roederer’
Extraordinary vintage heralded by Italy’s leading wine guides
Export sales increase of 10% this year
Consorzio President Pallanti declares it “A great moment for our Sangiovese”
Continue reading ‘Chianti Classico 2006: A Five-Star Black Rooster Vintage’
In a statement issued on 15th October 2006, the SA Wine Council objected to the commercial use of GM Yeasts. As at 20 October, a decision from the Registrar on this is now awaited, and he is expected to turn down the application for the use of GM yeast.
Continue reading ‘GM Yeasts in South Africa’
First Venture Technologies Corp. (TSX-V:FEB) reports that it now has signed agreements in place with numerous wine companies to conduct fermentation trials with the company’s proprietary urea and ethyl carbamate minimizing yeasts during this 2006 US harvest season.
Continue reading ‘First Venture reports numerous product trials with wine industry’
The complex, covering over 100,000 sq m, was created by Frank Gehry.
On October 10 King Juan Carlos officially inaugurated the complex designed by architect Frank Gehry for Bodega Marqués de Riscal in the town of Elciego (Alava). The complex covers 100,000 sq m devoted to the producing, pampering and studying wine, without neglecting the pleasures and enjoyment that comes so naturally to the world of wine.
Continue reading ‘HRH King Carlos opens Marqués de Riscal’s ‘City of Wine’’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1507/2006 of 11 October 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 1622/2000, (EC) No 884/2001 and (EC) No 753/2002 concerning certain detailed rules implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards the use of pieces of oak wood in winemaking and the designation and presentation of wine so treated
Continue reading ‘EC legislation as regards the use of pieces of oak wood in winemaking and the designation and presentation of wine so treated’
Andrew Harman Appointed as Vice President, Organizational Development
Continue reading ‘Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. announces expansion of its Organizational Development capabilities’
At 30 September 2006, Rémy Cointreau’s consolidated turnover was €354.4 million for the first six months of the 2006/07 financial year. This represented a year-on-year organic growth of 1.3%. The Group’s own brands grew by 4.8%, due to the dynamic performance of the Champagne and Cognac divisions.
New Report Tracks Latest Trends of High Frequency Wine Drinkers
Continue reading ‘Survey Shows Growing Interest in Unoaked Chardonnay’
Vranken-Pommery Monopole, a major Champagne group, announces its revenue for first-half 2006. Continue reading ‘Vranken-Pommery Monopole – First-half 2006 Revenue up 11.6%’
The international travel retail channel has become an increasingly important source of revenue growth for Distell, at the same time helping to build brand visibility in key markets, says general manager of Distell’s global duty-free division, Harry Loebenstein. Continue reading ‘Distell Sales push in airport duty free’
From September 2005 to August 2006, a total of 145,900,000 bottles of cognac were shipped (+4.3% compared to 2004-2005).
Continue reading ‘Cognac shipments rise’
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group, achieved revenues of EUR 10.6 billion in the first nine months of 2006, reflecting organic growth of 11% compared to the same period in 2005. LVMH continued to demonstrate strong momentum in the third quarter with double-digit organic revenue growth, a performance which is even more noteworthy in view of its robust growth in the third quarter of 2005.
Continue reading ‘Continued strong growth momentum in third quarter 2006′
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C&C Group plc a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded beverages in Ireland and the UK, recently announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 August, 2006.
Continue reading ‘C&C Group plc interim results for six months ended 31 August 2006′
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