Final entries are now being accepted for The Drinks Business Prosecco Masters 2016 ahead of the upcoming deadline.

LANCASTER, PA—The fifth annual Eastern Winery Exposition, the largest production wine industry conference and trade show east of the Rockies, has sold out its trade show floor for the third year in a row. Located at the Lancaster Marriott and Convention Center in Lancaster, PA, the Eastern Winery Exposition’s sold-out trade show will include 184 exhibiting companiesfeaturing a large variety of equipment, products and services for commercial vineyards and wineries.

Casella, the makers of Yellow Tail and Peter Lehmann wines, is branching into beer for the first time, launching an Australian lager in its domestic market and a Yellow Tail lager in the US.

Liberty Wines has added three South African wineries to its portfolio, the latest UK merchant to bolster its offering from the country this year.

Natural and artisan wine show RAW is set to launch in New York in November as it targets the US market.

The London Wine Fair has teamed up with wine data capture company Bottlebooks – a digital tool for the global wine industry that it believes will have a “profound effect” on the wine trade.

Red grape Grenache is “the next Pinot Noir” and is set to surge in popularity in UK restaurants and bars this year as an affordable alternative, according to one on-trade supplier.

Kent winery Chapel Down has released England’s first Albariño, made using grapes from the country’s only commercial vineyard that grows the Spanish variety.

Napa Valley is gearing up for an influx of visitors arriving for the Super Bowl this weekend.

Bolney Wine Estate is to invest around £1m in a new winery and a small wine museum at its Sussex site, as it expands production to around 400k bottles a year.