Cullen is first in Oz to go carbon neutral
20 Oct 2006
by Sarah Ahmed Margaret River producer Cullen has become Australia’s first carbon neutral winery. ...

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Penderyn goes nationwide
20 Oct 2006
Welsh single malt whisky Penderyn will be available across the UK for the first time, after it signed agreements with Tesco and Thresher. The whisky was only available in its homeland and a handful of outlets in the UK, but will...

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Sales to under-18s show slight decrease
20 Oct 2006
Alcohol sales to minors are still proving a problem for the Government, according to new figures released last week. ...

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Beadles anger over headlines about health warning labels
20 Oct 2006
Jeremy Beadles, the chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), has hit out at headlines which claim that wine bottles are to carry a health danger on labels to curb binge drinking. ...

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Hilltop Wines to represent Washington State
20 Oct 2006
The Washington State Wine Commission has appointed Hilltop Wines as its UK representative. ...

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Rolfe spices things up
20 Oct 2006
Project Tikka Masala – the codename for former Unwins and United Wineries marketing director Bill Rolfe’s attempt to create a Portuguese rosé wine that will go with spicy food – has become Pink Elephant. The £4.99 wine is made by winemakers...

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USA triumphs in GJE tasting
20 Oct 2006
The best wines from California have trumped their French counterparts again, this time at a tasting conducted by the Grand Jury Européen (GJE) – dubbed ‘The Judgement of Sauternes’. ...

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The Wine Show
20 Oct 2006
It topped 10,000 visitors in 2005, and organisers of The Wine Show are hoping that this year’s event, which takes place from 26–29 October, will top the 15,000 mark. So far, the signs are good: the show is 99% sold out,...

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Trade must face up to its responsibilities, says WSTA's Christopher Carson
20 Oct 2006
Christopher Carson took the opportunity presented by the 12th annual Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) lecture to deliver a stern message on what is arguably one of the toughest challenges the drinks industry has ever faced –accepting the social responsibillity...

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New points system to grade Douro table wines
20 Oct 2006
Three years after the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (IVDP) took control of Douro table wines for the first time, it has changed its labelling regulations, with every wine now being marked out of 20. ...

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