Here’s a round-up of this week’s highlights in the global spirits & wine categories. We are also running similar round-ups for beer and soft drinks & bottled water.

After decades of rampaging growth, the vodka sector has more recently been enduring the unfamiliar experience of feeling a little left behind.

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The trade association for the South African wine industry has switched its Cape Wine trade exhibition from a biennial to a triennial event.

Diageo has lowered the alcohol content on three of its lines in Australia, including a reduction of its flavoured Smirnoff range from 37.5% to 30%.

Jorge Grosse has been CEO of González Byass since mid-2006. Earlier this year, just-drink editor Olly Wehring met him in London to discuss Sherry, casks and the firm’s moves to diversify its portfolio.

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Remy Cointreau has slowed falling profits in its fiscal first half, but has warned that Cognac trends in China continue to damage performance.

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Maison Sichel is to sell its core wine brand Sirius Red in the UK through Amazon.

Les Domaines Paul Mas has added a further 16 hectares of vineyards to its portfolio, through the extension of the production area at its Château Crès Ricards in Languedoc to 42 hectares.

Dmitry Ivanov was appointed global category director for rums at Bacardi in 2012. Earlier this month, editor Olly Wehring travelled to Puerto Rico to speak to him about the company’s flagship white rum brand, where it went wrong in the past and Bacardi’s hopes for its broader rum range going forward.