http://www.just-drinks.comLatest Wine industry news - from just-drinks.com© 2009 All content copyright just-drinks.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:46:59 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 00:46:59 GMTjust-drinks.com - RSS feedjust-drinks.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Fortune Brands, owner of Beam Global Spirits & Wine, expects to increase the proportion of its sales from outside of the US, group chief financial officer Craig Omtvedt has told an investor conference.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99129Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:58:00 GMTA further wave of store closures has been announced at First Quench Retailing, the collapsed owner of Threshers off-licences in the UK.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99127Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:00 GMTThe top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99130Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:03:00 GMTWine and spirits logistics provider London City Bond has secured a three-year contract to provide warehousing and distribution for drinks supplier Adel UK.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99123Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:00 GMTFrench Agriculture minister Bruno Le Maire has called for fewer wine trade bodies in France to help simplify the sector's image on the world stage.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99118Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMTRebel Wine Co, the joint venture between Trinchero Family Estates and Three Thieves wine firms, has signed a deal to put its Three Thieves Bandit wines on Delta Airlines flights.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99122Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:51:00 GMTDon Sebastiani & Sons has lined up a president for its soon-to-be spun off The Other Guys division.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99117Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMTChampagne co-operative The Centre Vinicole - Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte has announced the creation of a marketing and communications position.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99111Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:58:00 GMTBeam Global Spirits & Wine, the drinks division of Fortune Brands, is to cut costs by closing one of its four bottling plants in the US.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99093Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:10:00 GMTPernod Ricard has lined up a television advertising campaign in the UK for its Jacob's Creek wine brand.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99095Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTMajestic Wine, the UK wine retailer, has declined to comment on a report that it faces a lawsuit from a wine critic in the UK.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99101Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMTFrench drinks group Belvédère is in negotiations with several potential candidates over the sale of its Marie Brizard business, which produces William Peel Scotch whisky.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99079Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:11:00 GMTIn these days of pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap for wine, it would be understandable if the idea of a biodynamic calendar would cut little cloth with the larger retailers. Not so, as Chris Losh reports.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99088Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMTSales have plummeted, discounting is fierce and there are rumours that some producers are struggling to survive, but Champagne's trade association is insistent that it sees green shoots in the region's vineyards.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99090Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMTCastle Brands has hailed "significant progress" in its goal of turning a profit after cutting losses in the first six months of its fiscal year.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99084Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:49:00 GMTWilliamette Valley Vineyards, the US wine group, has reported rises in profits and sales for the first nine months of 2009.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99083Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:56:00 GMTThe former sales director of UK wine distributor Ehrmanns has moved across to Argentinian wine co-operative La Riojana.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99089Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:24:00 GMTDomaine Chandon & Newton Vineyard's Étoile Tête de Cuvéehttp://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99087Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:02:00 GMTBrown-Forman, owner of Jack Daniel whiskey, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share on its Class A and Class B common stock.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99081Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:15:00 GMTAs administrators plough through offers for collapsed First Quench Retailing, a sales rise from Majestic Wine today (16 November) proves that there is life yet in independent and specialist wine retail.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99074Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT