Tickets to this year’s International Cool Climate Wine Symposium are expected to sell out “well in advance of the event”, organisers have warned.

Rosé producers have until just 14 April to enter The Drinks Business Global Rosé Masters 2016.

Baron Philippe de Rothschild has partnered with golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. to design this year’’s limited edition Ryder Cup Mouton Cadet bottle.

Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has launched what it claims to be the “world’s first” beer marmalade to mark the launch of The Beer Kitchen in Dundee.

Scottish craft brewer Brewdog will launch its new spirits arm next month, almost two years after announcing its intention to take on the spirits world.

Some of the first impressions of the 2015 Bordeaux vintage have started to come in and are both positive and point to a strong showing from the Right Bank.

The I Heart wine range is being bolstered with a Riesling as the brand continues towards a global sales target of 20m bottles by 2020.

UK wholesalers have until tomorrow to register under the government’s Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS), or they will no longer be able to sell alcohol.

The likes of Bonny Doon and Schug have teamed up with the world’s first smart wine bottle, Kuvée, which promises to keep wine fresh for 30 days.

Fine wine merchants have largely predicted that the market will end in the black this year – though their predictions have been less bullish than in 2015.