'Ultrasound machine turns cheap plonk into fine wine in 30 minutes'

An entrepreneur has invented a machine that turns a cheap bottle of wine into a vintage-tasting delicacy in a matter of minutes. Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle. The Ultrasonic Wine Ager, which looks like an ordinary ice bucket, takes 30 minutes to work and has already been given the thumbs up by an English winemaker - The Daily Telegraph​

Ted Tuppen, chief executive of Enterprise Inns, has said the impact of the smoking ban, poor summer weather and pressure on consumers' wallets is weeding out less able publicans from the industry. Tuppen said: "These difficult times will have found out a number of lower-quality lessees, and indeed poorer pubs." - The Guardian​

Gordon Ramsay could be prosecuted for failing to file his accounts. Companies House said that the latest accounts for Gordon Ramsay Holdings, the company operating the chef's eateries and pubs, should have been filed at the end of June last year. The Government body has warned the chef that it will not hesitate to take the company to court if it does not hand over the accounts immediately - The Daily Telegraph​

A Dorset pub has been crowned the National Cider Pub of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The Square and Compass in Worth Matravers finished runner-up in last year's contest, but has recently started making its own cider - BBC News​

Punch Taverns has offered to buy back from bondholders impaired debt with a par value of £93.5m, for 95p in the pound. The debt trades at between 80p and 90p. The move is designed to ease pressure on Punch Finance A, one of three Punch securitised debt agreements - The Guardian​