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I WAS reading an article online last week about a plot of 200 year old French vines located in the south of the country...

SLTN Mixologist of the Year Andy Thompson reckons experimenting is the key to cocktail success. HE may not have realised it at the time, but...

Launch of Crown Cellars aims to promote Carlsberg as ‘one stop shop’ CARLSBERG UK has given a discrete identity to its wine and spirits division...

New figures suggest spirit is starting to replicate its export success A GROWING appreciation for malt whisky, including among younger drinkers, has been credited with...

Majestic seeks to supply more pubs after strong results WINE merchant Majestic is seeking to grow the number of on-trade businesses it supplies after posting...

THE coalition government’s latest scheme to boost bank lending to SMEs (small and medium-sized businesses) has received a cautious welcome from a small business...

INDEPENDENT shops group the Scottish Grocers Federation has hit out at the Scottish Government’s alcohol strategy, insisting that further regulation is “not the answer”....

Bo’ness pub and next door microbrewery driving each other to success A CHANCE conversation between friends in a pub sowed the seeds of a business...

One of Edinburgh’s oldest gay venues gets a new lease of life IT’S a thought for most people to up sticks and relocate 400 miles...

Trade gives opinions as newco Rangers awaits key vote. Football pubs have been giving SLTN their views on the potential impact on trade if the new Rangers is barred from Scotland’s top football league. SPL clubs will vote on July 4 on whether to admit Charles Green’s Rangers’ newco into Scotland’s top league, with Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United already saying ‘no’.