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Treat Yourself To A Christmas Cocktail With Woodford Reserve
To celebrate this festive season, Woodford Reserve, the small-batch premium bourbon whiskey is offering the chance for you to relax and enjoy a delicious cocktail during the Christmas shopping season at selected branches of Waitrose and Harvey Nichols.
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A Christmas Taste Of Scotland From Duncan Taylor
Multi-award winning premium whisky merchant Duncan Taylor has launched a Christmas gift pack that provides whisky lovers with a unique taste of Scotland’s best-known whisky regions.
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I’m Dreaming Of A Black Christmas
Smirnoff Black revives the time-honoured Russian tradition of small-batch, copper pot-distillation to create a distinct rare vodka with rare character. In adopting this style of distillation, Smirnoff Black pays tribute to Russia’s golden age of 18th century vodka production, creating the drink of choice for the Russian aristocracy and the Tsar alike.
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Festive Cocktail Ideas From Shloer
To celebrate the festive season, sparkling juice drink Shloer has been working closely with top mixologists to create an 11-strong range of fabulous Shloer cocktails - both soft and alcoholic – to add some “Sex and The City” style to any Christmas or New Year’s party.
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Sharp’s Brewery Delivers ‘Chalky’s Bite’ To Rick Stein
Through a working partnership with leading Southwest brewery Sharp’s, world renowned chef and restaurateur Rick Stein has jointly developed a new beer called Chalky’s Bite, aptly named after his equally famous and vivacious terrier ‘Chalky’. This truly unique collaboration is the first time that Rick Stein has participated in such a project with any company let alone a Cornish brewery.
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Kent-Based Winery Toasts Its South East Tourism Awards Success!
One of England’s leading winemakers, with a growing international reputation, based at Tenterden in Kent, has been rewarded for its outstanding tourism offering in the prestigious Tourism ExSEllence Awards 2006 for the South East.
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Batemans To Export Beers To Russia
Batemans, the independent family brewer based in Lincolnshire, has signed a new agreement with Stolichnaya Trading Company to export its XXXB, Victory Ale, Combined Harvest and new Autumn Fall to Russia. Stolichnaya represents more than 30 famous worldwide brands and markets its range through gourmet shops as well as Moscow’s well-located shopping centres and malls.
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Vermeer Tasting Roadshow Hits The Road
At Slattery’s, Manchester’s best known chocolatier, Alison Ingham conducted tastings for Vermeer Spirits Limited on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October. He will return on Saturday 18th November from 12-4pm.
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Whisky Drinkers Toast The Arrival Of A New Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich Single Malt Whisky, distributed in the UK by independent drinks distributor First Drinks Brands, is launching a limited edition Glenfiddich Toasted Oak Reserve 12 Year Old across the UK for Christmas 2006.
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Duncan Taylor Releases 1st Bottlings!
To celebrate independent bottler Duncan Taylor’s Overall Winner award at this month’s prestigious Whisky Magazine’s challenge, the company has released for sale all of their first and last bottles from each bottling over the last five years.
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Batemans Unveils New Consumer Friendly Branding For Its Bottled Beers
Batemans, the independent family regional brewer, based in Lincolnshire, has launched a new minimalist look for its highly successful 500ml bottled beer range. The eight-strong line-up, which is unusual in that it is entirely Vegetarian and Vegan approved, has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with sales rising from 1,000 barrels to over 7,000 barrels
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A Good Year For British Wine
Camel Valley Vineyard in Cornwall could be in for a good year. This year's hot weather should lead to a bumper grape crop, English vineyard owners have said. This could mean the finest wine the country has ever produced arriving on supermarket shelves and dinner tables in the middle of next year.
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Berrys Sweeps The Board At The Wine Oscars
Berry Bros. & Rudd stole the show at the International Wine Challenge on Wednesday night picking up the most coveted title of overall Wine Merchant of the Year.
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Peter Lehmann Wines 2006 International Wine Challenge “White Winemaker of the Year”
Peter Lehmann Wines has been voted “White Winemaker of the Year” by the 2006 International Wine Challenge (IWC). The announcement was made last night at the official awards ceremony held at The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in London
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For The Best Wines In Town, Take Stock
Enzo Mauro is a man committed to wine. So committed in fact that his personal quest for the perfect dinner companion has led to a recent nomination for Best Wine List in the forthcoming Manchester Food & Drink Festival. And with a selection that is resolutely Italian, Enzo has managed to uphold the restaurant’s position as the epicentre of Italian fine dining in the North West.
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Top Venues Compete For Industry Award In ‘The Big French Wines Match 2006’ - Finalists Announced!
Already a successful and established industry event, ‘The Big French Wines Match’ Competition is now in its fifth year and is gaining in popularity. The highly competitive contest invites the country’s leading restaurateurs, sommeliers and chefs to put their noses, palates and wits to the test to select the ultimate food and wine combination.
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Yali Merlot And Grand Reserve Sauvignon Blanc Win Gold
Viña Ventisquero’s Yali Merlot 2005 has been chosen as the Gold Best in Class wine at the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition. In addition Yali Grand Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2005 was awarded a Gold Medal for a second year in a row and which has resulted in a listing in Sainsburys later in the year.
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Village Beer Festival Is Set To Be Anything But Pint-Sized
Michael Eavis might be taking a break this year but all is not lost. The weekend of 19-20 August sees the first Buckland Beer Festival, to be held at the showground in Buckland Dinham, situated on the A362 near Frome. The little village with big ideas will play host to more than a dozen breweries exhibiting some of the finest beers the region has to offer.
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New Tasting Scheme To Revolutionise Real Ale Sales
Taking lessons from the UK wine industry, CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, and 14 real ale breweries will today launch a new initiative called ‘Cyclops’ at the Great British Beer Festival. ‘Cyclops’ aims to demystify real ale after research showed that 1 in 3 people would try more real ale if its characteristics were made easier to understand in pubs.
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Aussies Top International League Table Of Award-Winning Wines
Australia might be ‘down under’, but it’s come out on top in a league table (below) of the top ten wine-producing nations announced by the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) today, Thursday 20 July. In second and third place were South Africa and France. The 37th annual results underline the enduring stranglehold of New World over Old World wines, with seven New World countries in the top ten.
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Two IWC Trophies For Peter Lehmann Wines
The 2006 results for the world’s largest wine competition, the International Wine Challenge (IWC), are out and Peter Lehmann Wines has scooped 2 trophies and 3 gold medals.
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Eco-Friendly Wines From South Africa
As consumers we are becoming more inquisitive, wanting to find out the heritage and provenance of the products we buy. Do we really want to buy global brands when we’ve heard about the sweat shops and appalling pay and conditions the employees have to endure? Changes are beginning to happen and one industry which is embracing these changes is the South African wine industry.
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Triptyk Fiesta Fizz From Champagne Gosset
Champagne Gosset, the oldest wine house in Champagne, Aÿ 1584, has produced a special gift pack – the “Triptyk Fiesta Fizz” – which makes an ideal gift.
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Heat 4 of the Sputnik UKBG Cocktail Challenge 2006
A Mixologist from Selfridges came first in the 4th heat of the Sputnik UKBG Cocktail Challenge in Brighton recently. The competition challenges the nation’s leading mixologists to create one-of-a-kind cocktails using original Sputnik Vodka and its three flavours Rose Petal, Basil and Horseradish vodkas.
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Vermeer Announce Cocktail Competition To Celebrate The 200th Anniversary Of The Cocktail
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the cocktail, Vermeer Spirits Limited challenge bartenders, mixologists and members of the public to create a new cocktail recipe using Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur as a main ingredient.
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Kudzu - The New ‘Drunkenness Dispeller’
The Kudzu plant has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2,500 years. Its name in Chinese translates into ‘Drunkenness Dispeller’ and it is believed to help reduce alcohol cravings and the nasty after effects of a big night out.
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Abbey Well: The WSET’s Preferred Mineral
In early June, Abbey Well Natural Mineral Water became the water of choice by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). With superb clarity of taste, Abbey Well is a perfect palate cleanser and the Trust looks forward to a fresh partnership with the water specialist, which will see Abbey Well being served at WSET events and on the WSET stand at trade shows.
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More Medals For Meantime At Supermarket Oscars
Greenwich based Meantime Brewing Company had two beers entered into the supermarket industry annual awards competition and both beers came top of their class.
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The Perfect Pint
Wine enthusiasts have for a long time realised the importance of the shape and size of a glass when appreciating aroma and flavour. European beer drinkers believe different glasses can change the taste and smell of their favourite brew. But whether the British will swap their beloved pint glass for a chalice remains to be seen.
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The Grand Making Of Grand Marnier
Grand Marnier is a favoured cocktail ingredient, a topping for Crepe Suzette and a generally delightful after-dinner liqueur. Its grand creation in the late 1800s earned a royal seal of approval and has stood the test of time
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Lesser-known Spanish Wines
When you think of Spanish wines, sparkling cava from Penedes, Rioja from Catalonia, fine reds from Ribera del Duero and fine whites from Rueda may spring to mind. However, as Spain has the most surface covered with vines of any country in the world, there are many more wines on offer.
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Beer’s Sweet Tooth For Chocolate
It is no secret that beer makes a good accompaniment to a variety of foods, particularly pork scratchings and a portion of vindaloo. Chocolate is not a popular pairing with beer, but it is surprisingly partial to the taste buds.
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Vodka With A Conservation Message
Snow Leopard Vodka, a new premium, Spelt grain vodka was introduced to the London market on Monday and has already proven a hit with some of the capital’s best known night spots. Snow Leopard Vodka is produced by Polmos Lublin, a renowned distillery 200kms south east of Warsaw.
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The Pub Is Declared A National Icon
The great English pub will be toasted all over the country this week as news hits the snugs and saloons about its inclusion as a national treasure in the second wave of national icons announced by ICONS – A Portrait of England
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Seeing Red
Following recent crazes for rosé and sparkling wines, now red wines are back in fashion and set to be the next big thing among UK consumers. As a first inkling of things to come and according to a recent issue of the drinks trade’s weekly ‘bible’ Harpers, the predominantly red wine producing region of Côtes du Rhône has become, for the first time in its history, the largest selling French wine region in UK supermarkets.
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FFB ‘Toasts’ English Wine Week
For the fourth year running Food from Britain (FFB), the market development consultancy for British food and drink producers, will be helping to promote and develop awareness of English wines and vineyards by sponsoring English Wine Week, taking place from 27th May – 4th June.
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Refreshingly Dark
Create some sensational cocktails this summer with Blavod, the only black vodka. Blavod is the perfect way to enjoy yourself on long summer evenings with fantastic drinks such as the Screwed up Screwdriver and the Black Mojito.
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Im-pressé Your Guests
For those seeking inspiration on what to serve, why not impress your guests with Bottlegreen’s delicious cordials and pressés or rustle up this stunning easter dessert?
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Cool Britannia’s National Drink
Britons have a history of being great lovers of gin and tonic – a drink that enjoys a long association with the most well loved British institutions. It appears in seven James Bond films and is quaffed by such celebrated young Brits as Julien McDonald and Elizabeth Jagger, confirming its place in Cool Britannia’s heart.
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Peroni Nastro Azzurro Pays Homage To La Dolce Vita
Peroni Nastro Azzurro, premium Italian beer, spurs a love affair with timeless Italian style with the launch of Cinema Peroni – an on the move cinema showcasing Peroni’s tribute to the Federico Fellini’s cinematic classic, 1960’s classic movie La Dolce Vita.
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Barbecue Tipples
There is nothing like the onset of summer to inspire us to invite our friends round, load up the barbecue and enjoy the great outdoors!
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Glenfarclas Wins Distiller Of The Year Award
Speyside, 6 March; Glenfarclas was announced Distiller of the Year at the whisky industry’s Icons of Whisky dinner held earlier this month.
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Mouton Cadet Release Their New Vintage
The latest vintages of Mouton Cadet have just hit the shelves. The Mouton Cadet 2003 red and 2004 white are the second release since the range was re-launched in 2004 as part of a ten year proposal to update the style and quality of the wine in terms of both packaging and blend.
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It's The Cocktails Talking
A staggering two thirds of the British population will make a judgement about their date based on what they choose at the bar, reveals a new survey by De Kuyper cocktail liqueurs released today.
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