Eleven charged in Estonia for vodka smuggling via pipeline
September 16, 2008 - Source: AFP
Eleven suspects have been charged over a smuggling operation to pump vodka from Russia to Estonia via a two kilometre (one-mile) underwater pipeline, Estonian prosecutors said Tuesday.
"It might sound weird and unbelievable but it's a very real criminal ... [more]
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Why some wines give you hangovers and others don't
September 16, 2008 - Source: SIFY
While a couple of glasses of certain wines can leave you with a bad hangover, others might just leave you unaffected, and the reason behind this difference is the ingredients.
The wine industry may claim that the wine available on supermarket shelves ... [more]
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Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame to enshrine class of 2008
September 15, 2008 - Source: Business First of Louisville
The Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame will add seven members at a ceremony Friday in Bardstown.
The inductees will join 23 enshrinees in the hall, which was established in 2001.
Members of this year's class are:
. Brad ... [more]
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California wine overtakes France in Sainsbury's
September 15, 2008 - Source: Talking Retail - by Mike Dennis
California has overtaken France to be the second most important wine region in Sainsbury's stores.
Australia remains the biggest source of wine for the supermarket giant, accounting for 27% of sales, but the strong ... [more]
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Chinese Wines Gradually Gain Converts
September 15, 2008 - Source: IHT
Western wine connoisseurs once derided the Chinese as simple drinkers who mixed wine with soda, and regarded the country's top vintners, like Dynasty, as local oddities serving up inexpensive wines in an immature market. But a growing number of converts - ... [more]
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Wall Street Journal to Establish New Wine Service Offered to Journal Readers and Other Wine Lovers
September 12, 2008 - Source: Market Watch
The Wall Street Journal today announced WSJwine (www.wsjwine.com), a new service offered to its readers and other wine lovers. WSJwine offers access to quality wines of outstanding value through a direct-to-home wine service.
WSJwine will offer ... [more]
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Minneapolis pub retains world whiskey-selling record
September 10, 2008 - Source: Star Tribune
Again, the No. 1 seller of the world's best-selling Irish whiskey is a dining and drinking spot in downtown Minneapolis.
The Local, an Irish pub on Nicollet Mall, will be honored tonight as the world's leading seller of Jameson Irish ... [more]
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Diageo names Leixlip as site of new Guinness brewery
September 11, 2008 - Source: Irish Times
Settled: Kildare plant will operate in tandem with St James's Gate
Global drinks giant Diageo is believed to have chosen a site in Leixlip, Co Kildare, as the location for its new Guinness brewery, which will open in 2013 and operate in tandem ... [more]
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From China, a New Challenger to the King of Beers
September 11, 2008 - Source: WSJ - By Sky Canaves
Little-Known Snow Aims at Bud Light As Top-Selling Brew
Without leaving home, an obscure Chinese beer is challenging Bud Light's position as the world's top-selling brand of suds.
Market watchers say Snow Beer, the product of a joint ... [more]
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Beer Drinkers Challenge InBev-Anheuser-Busch Deal
September 11, 2008 - Source: FOX News
Ten angry beer drinkers are trying to derail the largest brewery takeover in history.
The group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming Belgium-based InBev's $52 billion purchase of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. would violate U.S. antitrust law if ... [more]
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Amazon.com to sell wine online in U.S.: vintners
September 10, 2008 - Source: Reuters - By Alexandria Sage
Amazon.com, the largest global online retailer, plans to start selling U.S.-produced wine on its website within the United States by early October, wine industry insiders said on Wednesday.
Napa Valley Vintners, a nonprofit ... [more]
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Cruvee Delivers Everything Social About Wine Online
September 9, 2008 - Source: Business Wire
Cruvee(TM), the wine lifestyle social platform for everyone from the casual sipper to the sophisticated wine collector, launches today at www.cruvee.com. Cruvee uniquely tames the vast wealth of wine-related information and real-time discussions ... [more]
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Captain Morgan Rum Moving To St. Croix
July 17, 2008 - Source: Carib World News
With a 10 to 5 vote, the Virgin Islands Legislature has approved a massive deal with Diageo that will move production of Captain Morgan's Rum from Ponce, Puerto Rico to St. Croix in 2012.
USVI Governor John P. de Jongh Jr. hailed the Diageo ... [more]
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Champagne sparkles as other markets go flat
July 16, 2008 - Source: Daily Telegraph - by Alistair Osborne
Stock markets tank. The dollar plunges. But there is one market showing some proper bottle in these trying times: champagne.
The Liv-ex Champagne 25 Index, which tracks the price of 25 of the world's most sought after ... [more]
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China makes 22% of world's beer: study
July 15, 2008 - Source: ABC News
Beer boom: A new study says China produces nearly a quarter of the world's beer.
China, already the world's top beer-producing country, has boosted its market dominance, according to a German study released overnight.
The world's most populous ... [more]
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Cling film solution to keep whisky from evaporating out of barrels
July 14, 2008 - Source: Glasgow Daily Record - by Donna Watson
WHISKY experts have come up with a way to save the angel's share escaping from their barrels - wrapping them in cling film.
At least two per cent of each cask evaporates through the oak after the distilling process. The ... [more]
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InBev to buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion (Additional coverage)
July 14, 2008 - by Michael J. de la Merced - Source: International Herald Tribune
The Belgian brewer InBev will buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion, the companies said Monday, putting control of the America's largest beer maker and a fixture of American culture into a European rival's ... [more]
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United Kingdom: Gordon Brown owns a secret £2.4m wine stash
July 13, 2008 - Source: Sify News
Britain's PM Gordon Brown secretly owns a secret £2.4 million worth wine stash, it has emerged.
According to the secret figures, Downing Street's wine lake has quadrupled in value - with £1.7 million of taxpayers' cash spent on booze in just the past ... [more]
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Wine ice cream becomes legal for sale in New York State
July 9, 2008 - Source: WKTV
You'll need valid proof that you're over 21 to buy this kind of ice cream.
Senator Joe Griffo supported legislation and Governor Paterson signed it into law, legalizing the sale in New York State of ice cream made with wine.
Mercer's Dairy makes the ... [more]
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Wine cocktails: winemakers jump on drink trend, hire experts for brand recipes
July 9, 2008 - by Jason Wilson - Source: Washington Post
ONCE DÉCLASSÉ, LIGHTER ALCOHOL DRINKS GAIN A FOLLOWING
Using wine in cocktails is a surefire way to scandalize the serious wine aficionados in your life, which is always fun.
The other day, for instance, I prepared my favorite ... [more]
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Northern California Vineyards Impacted by Wildfires
July 9, 2008 - Source: Wine Spectator - Augustus Weed
No wine estates are burning, but heavy smoke poses danger to vineyard workers and could affect wine flavors
Almost three weeks after a lightning storm ignited multiple wildfires across the state of California, fire crews are still ... [more]
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French winemakers abandon the cork
July 8, 2008 - Source: Daily Telegraph - by Henry Samuel in Paris
The familiar sound of corks popping may soon be consigned to history as French wines start dropping the traditional cork for the New World screw top, whose use is rocketing worldwide.
While New World wines have adopted ... [more]
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France to lose wine production crown
July 8, 2008 - Source: Daily Telegraph - by Henry Samuel in Paris
France will lose its top spot as the world's number one wine producer to Spain by 2015, according to a study released by the country's independent wine producers.
French wine production will move from 52.8 million ... [more]
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Anti-Aging Drug Stories Get Tipsy
July 7, 2008 - Source: Wired - by Brandon Keim
Research on the anti-aging effects of resveratrol was widely reported last week, but headline writers and some journalists misled the public by emphasizing the compound's presence in red wine.
Resveratrol, which -- at least in mice -- ... [more]
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Beaujolais in an aluminum can
July 4, 2008 - Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
Leave it to Beaujolais to one-up the concept of wine in a can. Now comes an aluminum 750 ml package $14 from Burgundy negociant Mommessin that holds a bottle's worth of its 2007 Beaujolais.
The screwcap-topped bottle is only half the ... [more]
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Fountain of youth? Red wine gives up secrets
July 3, 2008 - by Will Dunham - Source: Reuters
A compound in red wine may ward off a variety of medical conditions related to aging, providing heart benefits, stronger bones and preventing eye cataracts, researchers said on Thursday.
The study, involving mice fed a diet supplemented ... [more]
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Prince Charles converts his beloved Aston Martin to a green machine...run on English wine
July 1, 2008 - Source: Daily Mail - by Rebecca English
It is certainly a vintage vehicle. And now Prince Charles's beloved Aston Martin DB6 is running on vintage too.
A nice little white from a vineyard in Wiltshire, to be precise.
As part of cutting his carbon footprint, the prince ... [more]
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Wine marketing goes high-tech
June 30, 2008 - by Heather Clancy - Source: CNN Money
Savvy wine entrepreneurs are using video, blogs, information kiosks and other new digital tricks to erase wine's old elitist mystique.
There is perhaps no better example of the democratization of wine marketing than Gary Vaynerchuk. ... [more]
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Chill wine instantly as you pour
June 30, 2008 - Source: CNET - Posted by Michelle Thatcher
Summer can be rough on oenophiles who lack a proper wine cellar. Even if your red wines survive the high temperatures, they'll still need to spend some time in the refrigerator to come down to an appropriate temperature before ... [more]
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Buffet says he's not talked to A-B
June 25, 2008 - Source: Adam Allington, KWMU
Warren Buffett, the world's richest man and second largest shareholder in Anheuser-Busch is keeping quiet about InBev's unsolicited pitch to buy A-B.
A Belgian Newspaper has reported that Buffet is prepared to support the offer.
In an ... [more]
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New gizmo creates fine wine in mere minutes
June 25, 2008 - Source: Chicago Sun Times
If you're living on a Two Buck Chuck expense account -- and let's face it, these days we all are -- but have a taste for a 20 buck Cabernet, then you might consider a new wine-aging gizmo on the market.
It's called the Perfect Sommelier and it ... [more]
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Cheap wines outshone more expensive labels in blind wine tastings
June 21, 2008 - Source: Ft Worth Star-Telegram
Robin Goldstein says it happened every time he let his blind tasters see the name of the wine they liked the most.
The tasters, convinced they had found the most expensive bottle in their flight, were stunned to find out that their ... [more]
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Buffett's Berkshire May Get $600 Million If InBev Buys Anheuser
June 18, 2008 - Source: Bloomberg - by Josh P. Hamilton
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett, may bank a $600 million profit if InBev NV succeeds in its $46.3 billion takeover of Budweiser-maker Anheuser-Busch Cos.
Buffett's company ... [more]
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Mallya to make diet whisky and vodka, has US patent
June 18;, 2008 - Source: New Kerala
UB Group of India has developed the technology and been granted the US patent for manufacturing diet whisky and vodka, chairman Vijay Mallya said in what he described as an example of "thinking out of the bottle".
The flamboyant Indian entrepreneur ... [more]
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Cooley Collects 9 Gold Medals Ahead of Beijing Olympics
June 18, 2008 - Source: Cooley Distillery
Ireland's Independent Whiskey Distillery Romps to Victory at the IWSC
Cooley Distillery, Ireland's only independent Irish whiskey distillery, has won a record 9 Gold Medals at the 2008 International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC).
This ... [more]
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THE 1st WHISKEY HISTORY DISTILLED FROM BOTTLE-READY BEER
June 17, 2008 - Source: Vertical Response
It was an inspired moment in 1999 when 12th & 13th Generation Distillers Miles & Marko Karakasevic tasted a micro-brewed Pilsner and envisioned the whiskey it could become.
They decided to distill 20,000 gallons of the Pilsner in their ... [more]
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New Zealand wine harvest up 39%
June 16, 2008 - Source: Harpers
The 2008 New Zealand grape harvest is up 39% on the previous year, new figures show.
Data from the New Zealand Winegrowers showed 285,000 tonnes of grapes were harvested in 2008, according to Winegrowers' 2008 Vintage Survey.
The increase is due to a ... [more]
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InBev Makes Offer for Anheuser
June 11, 2008 - Source: WSJ - by David Kesmodel
Belgium beer giant InBev NV has made an unsolicited bid of $46 billion for Anheuser-Busch Cos., Anheuser said Wednesday.
Anheuser said in a statement that its board will carefully evaluate the non-binding, $65-a-share proposal. The board ... [more]
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Beer Makers Increasingly Turning to Viral Ads
June 9, 2008 - Source: AFX
Anheuser-Busch is generating lots of buzz with an ad equal parts bawdy and hilarious, but you won't see it on television, and it barely mentions the beer it's advertising.
Dubbed "Swear Jar," the too-risque-for-TV ad debuted on the Internet in 2007. A minute ... [more]
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A Pint-Size Problem
June 7, 2008 - Source: Wall Street Journal - by Nancy Keates
Beer lovers nurse a grudge as some bars switch to smaller glasses
Four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline may be a cause for outrage. But it pales next to the righteous fury provoked by five-dollar-a-pint beer.
Beer prices at bars ... [more]
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Iowan rolls out barrels full of rye whiskey (Excerpt)
June 6, 2008 - Source: Des Moines Register - by Mike Kilen
Scott Bush was only 7 when he tumbled out of the ajar pickup door. Warren Bush slammed on the brakes, leaped out and saw his son's arm lying on the gravel.
It had been cut off.
Scott Bush's inner fire was ignited that ... [more]
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Turkey: Beer sales increase 23 pct in first quarter
June 5, 2008 - Source: ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
Anadolu Efes, Turkey's largest brewer, said its domestic beer sales grew 23 percent in the first quarter on promotional campaigns and tighter regulation of bootleg alcohol. Turkish beer sales rose to 1.7 million hectoliters, Anadolu Efes said in ... [more]
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Alcohol 'reduces arthritis risk'
June 5, 2008 - Source: Press Association
Alcohol cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by up to 50%, according to a new report.
Studies in Scandinavia showed that the more alcohol was consumed, the lower the risk of having the disease.
Among those who drank regularly, ... [more]
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Cheaper Grain Provides Little Relief For Brewers
June 4, 2008 - Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Brewers can no longer blame rising costs on grain prices with a record grain harvest expected this year.
But don't expect cheaper beer as a result.
"Although agricultural raw materials are receiving a lot of attention, their effect on ... [more]
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World's best whiskeys
June 4, 2008 - by William M. Dowd - Source: Chicago Tribune
More than 200 whiskeys were considered for this year's edition of the World Whiskies Awards, sponsored by Whisky Magazine, the U.K. publication that sets the pace for international whiskey coverage.
Three rounds of blind ... [more]
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Wine-rating system leaves some with sour taste
June 3, 2008 - by Leslie Gevirtz
Mention the name Robert Parker to those in the wine business and most will toast him while others will spit.
Makers of Bordeaux credit him and his 100-point rating system, which Americans have embraced, with revitalizing their livelihood.
But others ... [more]
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Red wine compound seen protecting heart from aging
June 3, 2008 - by Will Dunham - Source: Reuters
A natural compound found in red wine may protect the heart against the effects of the aging process, researchers said on Tuesday.
In their study, mice were given a diet supplemented with the compound known as resveratrol starting at their ... [more]
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Record smashed, Hong Kong wine auction proves a hit
June 1, 2008 - by Joyce Hor-Chung Lau - Source: International Herald Tribune
A press scrum waited for the mystery man in the gray shirt to exit the room. They chased him down the hallway, surrounded him, and peppered him with flashbulbs and questions, until hotel staff intervened and he ... [more]
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Martha Stewart Graces Atlanta with Vintage Wines
May 30, 2008 - Source: AJ-C
"Fresh and a little tart, with a personality that shines through."
Britney Spears before the meltdown?
The latest Food Network bubbly-chef-with-cleavage?
Try Martha Stewart Vintage Chardonnay, one of the newest offerings from a licensing empire that ... [more]
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Texas Army base raises its drinking age to 21 (Excerpt)
May 29, 2008 - Source: AP - by Alicia A. Caldwell
This military base in the far West Texas desert stood as the last Army post in America where if you were old enough to fight and die for your country, you were old enough to drink a beer.
But the party is over at Fort Bliss.
Citing ... [more]
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Daily Glass of Wine Cut Risk of Fatty Liver Disease
May 29, 2008 - Source: HealthDay News
One glass of wine a day may not only be safe for the liver, but may actually reduce the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a new study that challenges conventional wisdom.
The population-based study, from researchers at ... [more]
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Bid for Anheuser May Leave Bitter Aftertaste
May 28, 2008 - Source: WSJ by David Kesmodel, Matthew Karnitschnig and John W. Miller
InBev Could Run Risk of Alienating Workers, Politicians
Investors have been giddy about the prospect of InBev NV buying Anheuser-Busch Cos., but it could be a lot harder for the Belgian company to ... [more]
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A Toast to Alcoholic-Beverage Stocks
May 29, 2008 - Source: Business Week
S&P thinks issues in the distillers and vintners group will continue to outperform the broader market. Its top-shelf pick: Brown-Forman
From Standard & Poor's Equity Research Shares of Anheuser-Busch (BUD) were up sharply May 23 after unconfirmed ... [more]
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Anheuser-Busch-InBev: Will Warren Buffett Support A Deal?
May 28, 2008 - Source: WSJ>/b>
InBev's road to St. Louis might include a detour through Omaha.
Omaha is, of course, the Nebraska headquarters of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett. With almost 5% stake, Berkshire is the second largest shareholder in the iconic American brewer. And for ... [more]
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Asia's largest wine and spirits exhibition taps into region's thirst
May 27, 2008 - by Eric Bernaudeau - Source: AFP
Vinexpo, Asia's largest wine and spirits exhibition, opened in Hong Kong Tuesday as sellers from across the world try to tap into the growing thirst for fine vintages in the region.
The third installment of the France-based show features ... [more]
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A white knight for Anheuser?
May 27, 2008 - Source: FT
It is probably premature to speculate on who might spoil InBev's beer party, moving to agree a friendly merger with Anheuser Busch in preference to the cost-cutting, zero-base budgeting team from Belgium and Brazil.
But why should that stop us?
InBev has so ... [more]
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Anheuser CEO Fights for His Legacy As Rival Weighs a Bid, Busch Heir Still Seeks Father's Approval
May 27, 2008 - Source: WSJ - by David Kesmodel
ST. LOUIS -- For years, August A. Busch IV coveted the throne at Anheuser-Busch Cos. and the chance to finally prove himself to his exacting father.
Now, just 18 months into his tenure as CEO, a potential takeover is complicating the ... [more]
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Top U.S. seller gears up for Asia's largest wine auction
May 26, 2008 - Source: Reuters
America's top wine seller will host Asia's largest ever auction of fine wines in Hong Kong this week, betting on Chinese consumers developing a finer nose for the beverage as the territory aspires to become a global industry hub.
Acker Merrall & Condit's ... [more]
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InBev targets takeover of Anheuser-Busch
May 23, 2008 - Source: FT
InBev, the brewing giant created through the merger of Interbrew and AmBev, is working on a $46bn takeover approach for Anheuser-Busch, the iconic American brewer of Budweiser, FT Alphaville has learned.
The deal is being billed as a "transformational" move by ... [more]
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World's Best Vodka? It's Anybody's Guess
May 23, 2008 - Source: BusinessWeek - by David Kiley
Vodka's taste notes are so subtle that people make their choices based on bottle and label design, country of origin-and brand story
French wine and spirits giant Pernod Ricard (PERP) recently acquired Swedens's Vin & Spirits for ... [more]
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