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The London Wine Fair has announced it is to launch a new pop-up tasting area for 2016 for those not exhibiting at the fair, with Wine Australia and Napa Valley Vintners already signed up to take part.

Global sales of Scotch will have grown by 5% between 2015 and 2020, driven by the premium category and rising disposable incomes, new market research claims.

Singapore-based brewer Fraser & Neave has expressed an interest in SABMiller’s Peroni and Grolsch brands.

The Boston Brewing Company has added three new beers to its range made using nitrogen rather than traditional carbonisation

Taylor’s Port is releasing its third in a succession of 50 year-old single harvest tawny Ports with the launch of a 1966 colheita.

Wines of South Africa will present a refreshed image at ProWein in March, with an updated stand design, logo and a new strapline, “Welcome to our world of discovery”.

A new experimental nanobrewery is set to open in Napa Valley this spring, adding another string to the region’s beer culture.

Here at Cosimo Maria Masini we have chosen to learn how to manage the land, not overusing it, just trying to combine quality, sustainability and efficiency. Since 2003 we have embraced the biodynamic approach to agriculture. Therefore we work in deep contact with our vines; to interpet the messages nature sends through careful observation; to develop our own sensitivity; to respect nature. To be humble in front of it all - all this is what winemaking means to us, the starting point of our path into the future.

UK shoppers spent £200 million on spirits in the first two weeks of December, up £7m on the same period last year, while spend on other groceries has declined, according to market research company IRI.

The Westvleteren 12, considered to be the world’s rarest beer will headline at the opening of the new Frites Belgian beer hall in Causeway Bay.