Archives for October 22, 2003

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Women alter profile of UK pubs and bars

Women are changing the face of the British pub trade, according to a report by market analysts Datamonitor. Young women between 18 and 24 are now...

Brewing heritage

Kronenbourg's premium beer, 1664, commemorates the date when a cooper named Jerome Hatt first brewed in Strasbourg. He based his small brewery in the...

The crown jewels

Roger Protz celebrates the proud tradition of the Kronenbourg brewery The cab driver nodded to the right and then to the left: "Over there are the...

Hop to it

At Wingersheim, a small town at the centre of the Alsace hop farms, I travelled on a bumpy trailer behind a tractor to view the fields with their...

Bombardier rugby is big hit

Marketeers at Charles Wells Brewery have come up with a novel way for wreaking havoc while supporting England's bid to win the Rugby World Cup....

Oktober

The Munich Oktoberfest ­ that annual salute to the delights of beer ­ is a truly unique event. So much so that Ken Lupton of Thwaites is convinced...

It's a Brucie bonus for

Unique night Top-performing Unique Pub Company licensees gathered at London's Victoria & Albert Museum for a glittering awards night hosted by...

It's the Real deal...

News reaches me that Vina Camino Real, Chilean wine producer and exporter, is on the look out for a UK distributor following the launch of its new...

Holsten ad 'takes the Pils'

A new Holsten Pils advertising campaign has been lambasted for being offensive to women.A poster advertisement for the German lager featuring a...

Helping out small brewers

John Grogan, in his otherwise excellent column on 9 October, suggests that the Small Breweries' Duty Relief will be extended to larger breweries next...

Former SFI director speaks out

Two of SFI Group's four executive directors wanted to resign in Sep-tember 2001 because they feared no one was heeding their warnings of "terminal...

Big brewers face Healey PBD snub

by Tony Halstead Treasury minister John Healey has played down the prospect of progressive beer duty (PBD) being extended to more brewers in next...

Host had no licence

A Berkshire host traded without a licence for more than a year, a court has heard. Mark Stott, of the Old Anchor, Abingdon, admitted before Wan-tage...

Allied Domecq ponders Aussie wine play

Drinks giant Allied Domecq is to consider launching its own Australian wine brand after failing to capture Peter Lehmann wines.Allied was forced to...

Johnson rules out a total ban on smoking

by Tony Halstead Public health minister Melanie Johnson has insisted that a blanket ban on smoking in pubs and other public places is "not justified"...

Property briefs

London's Hammersmith fire station is to be renovated into a new bar-restaurant. Developer Nightingale Estates is planning to extend the former...