Italian fine wine brand ‘Luce’ has announced it has appointed 11 négociants at La Place de Bordeaux to extend its distribution in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The corn syrup war has boiled over into the courtroom this week, after US brewer MillerCoors filed a lawsuit against AB InBev over the latter’s “false and misleading advertising campaign” shown during this year’s Super Bowl.

Volvo is living up to its reputation for manufacturing some of the most reliable and safety-conscious cars on the market with the unveiling of a new on-board gadget that can detect if its driver has had too much to drink and automatically slow or pull over.

There has been a fair amount of comment about the inactivity in the fine wine market over the last few weeks, indeed even the high-flying Burgundy sub-index is off but to our way of thinking this is perfectly understandable.

Australian food and beverage company Lion has acquired a 50% stake in fellow Australian gin brand Four Pillars for an undisclosed sum. 

The US Distilled Spirits Council has released a new report detailing the increasingly negative impact that retaliatory tariffs are having on American whiskeys, “particularly to the European Union”, according to full year 2018 export data. 

At Bottles in London’s Spitalfields, guests can explore wines from Italy and beyond at the wine bar which boasts a sustainable kitchen, terrace and communal counter.

This week in the world of drinks: db goes to Prowein; Jameson goes to Svalbard; Norway’s newest restaurant goes underwater; and one Siberian brewery causes a stir with a questionable beer label…

Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti dominated Sotheby’s latest London sale which also included a collection of wines from Cartier.