Vinarchy has announced the appointment of Nicole Battistessa as Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand where she will oversee commercial operations and distribution of the company’s wine brands including Jacob’s Creek, Hardys, Stoneleigh, Brancott Estate, Petaluma, St Hallett and Croser.   Battistessa brings […]

Dutch brewer Heineken has announced it will cut up to 6000 jobs over the next two years as it faces “challenging market conditions”. The job cuts amount to almost 7% of the […]

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) shares jumped 6.38% to $5.50 yesterday after it raised its first-half earnings guidance and announced it had settled its long-running dispute with a US distributor. In a statement to the […]

Kirin Holdings Company has agreed to sell Four Roses Distillery to E. & J. Gallo Winery in a deal that worth an estimated $US775 million. The bourbon brand dating back to 1888 […]

Australian Parliament resumed debate this week on a beer tax freeze, with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 passing its third reading on Wednesday. Several suggested amendments were defeated, including […]

Sydney hospitality group Solotel has sold four venues to Australian Venue Co (AVC): The Golden Sheaf in Double Bay, Barangaroo House in Barangaroo, Public House Petersham in Petersham and The Erko in Erskineville. […]

The former licensee of a Tamworth hotel has been banned from holding a liquor licence for one year after a heavily intoxicated patron was placed in an induced coma after he fell […]

Sydney pub baron Arthur Laundy has bought Nine Radio for $56 million, securing a network that includes 2GB, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, 2UE and 4BH. The sale is expected to be completed prior […]

Two former licensees of the Ivy venue in Sydney CBD have been given one-year bans for failing to record multiple cases of severe intoxication following an investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW […]