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Wineries enjoy exposure as coffee giant expands by-the-glass wine program to potentially thousands of cafés winesandvines.com/.-  Seattle, Wash.—In an effort to build its evening business, Starbucks coffee company is expanding a new program that could provide a huge opportunity for the wine business. The giant chain is introducing a new menu of small bites with wine and beer after 4 p.m. in selected stores, and the company has hinted that “several thousand” of its 12,000 cafés may eventually be affected.…

Pernod Ricard USA celebrates the announcement released today by its parent company, Paris-based Pernod Ricard, the global co-leader in spirits and wines, regarding its agreement to purchase a leading Sonoma wine brand — Kenwood — and related assets from F. Korbel & Bros. Bryan Fry, President and CEO, Pernod Ricard USA, said Kenwood’s premium Sonoma County wines will greatly benefit the company’s Wines and Champagnes division. “We are dedicated to significantly expanding our U.S. business, and the acquisition of a…

eleconomistaamerica.cl./- Con el hashtag #Nosgustaelvino el gremio vitivinícola lanzó una campaña de rechazo al alza de impuestos a los vinos, que -según afirman- perjudicará a todos, vendedores y consumidores. Vinos de Chile, está usando en las redes sociales bajo el hashtag #Nosgustaelvino que forma parte de una campaña de rechazo al alza de impuestos a los vinos. Algunos ejemplos de lo que se comenta en Twitter son: #Nosgustaelvino porque es TRABAJO: Más de 100.000 personas trabajan permanentemente en el sector.…

Decanter.com.-/ Moet Hennessy’s Champagne sales continued to rise in the first quarter of 2014, driven by markets outside of Europe. Moet Hennessy’s parent firm, luxury goods giant LVMH, said yesterday (10 April) that group Champagne sales rose by 3% in volume terms for the three months to the end of March, versus the same period of 2013. Prestige cuvees fuelled growth for the Krug and Dom Perignon producer, while consumer demand appeared to be strongest outside of Champagne’s traditional European…