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| March 12th 2008 |
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| Chamarre goes public |
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| March 10th 2008 |
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| High street bin ends |
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by Andrew Catchpole
Britain’s former favourite high street retailer, Oddbins, continues to make serious losses for its French owner, Castel. Pinched between the multiples and specialist independents, and with many of its best sites stripped to boost its profitable sister chain Nicolas, Andrew Catchpole looks at whether Oddbins has had its day.
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| February 2nd 2008 |
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| Southern comfort |
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| December 20th 2007 |
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| Wine financing at the Rabobank |
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| October 10th 2007 |
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| Casella at the crossroads |
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by Felicity Carter
The world has never seen anything like Yellow Tail, the Harry Potter of wine. It's success on an unprecedented scale, that many people have tried to imitate, but which none have achieved. Felicity Carter meets the people behind the phenomenon and asks them what they're up to next.
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| August 27th 2007 |
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| LVMH: Sparkling with still |
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| August 27th 2007 |
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| Fosters: All things to all people? |
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by Felicity Carter
Although it began in 1888 as a two-man Australian brewing company, Foster’s is now the world’s second largest wine company, owning icon brands like Penfolds, Wynns, Stag’s Leap and Beringer. As brand equity is more important for a beer company than vines or historic properties, Felicity Carter asks if Foster’s can maintain the legacy.
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| June 12th 2007 |
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| Baron Philippe de Rothschild |
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by Jane Anson
The Rothschilds – Lafite and Mouton – have been legendary names in Bordeaux since the late 19th century when, within a few years of each other, branches of the family purchased neighbouring estates in Pauillac. Both remain family-owned, joined in name but entirely separate in business. Jane Anson spoke with the two about their visions.
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| December 15th 2006 |
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| Tuscan visionaries: Marchesi Antinori and Frescobaldi |
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by Michèle Shah
Antinori and Frescobaldi are two of Italy’s leading wine brands, but both of these family-owned companies have ambivalent attitudes to the way they use their names – and the investment they are prepared to put into official designations of the region of Tuscany...
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| October 10th 2006 |
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| Pernod Ricard`s wine empire |
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