Here’s a round-up of this week’s highlights in the global spirits & wine categories. We are also running similar round-ups for beer and soft drinks & bottled water.
Quintessential Brands has appointed a former Diageo executive to replace Stephen Loftus as its international marketing head who has left after a year with the company.
Pernod Ricard has denied it has been fined by South Korea’s tax authorities, but has conceded that it paid a tax adjustment following an audit.
Exports of Portuguese wine have seen double-digit sales growth in the US and UK in the first half of 2014, according to latest figures.
French luxury goods group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has reported a continued slide in sales from its wine and spirits division in the year-to-date.
Tesco’s director of wine, spirits and beer, Dan Jago, has been suspended, just-drinks understands, as the UK supermarket chain is under investigation following a potential GBP250m (US$400m) over-statement of its profits.
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