ALCOHOL AND GOOD HEALTH

I am always cautious about relating alcoholic consumption to good health although there is a mountain of literature that links moderate consumption of certain alcoholic beverages to all manner of good health. Most recent study published in the Clinical Journal …

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CORK CLOSURE WITH A DIFFERENCE

Glass producer Owens-Illinois have teamed up with Cork producer Amorin have teamed up to launch what they claim “the first real advance in packaging since the turn of the century”. I must note that the century is only 13 years …

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RE-CORKING

When I was young and an apprentice it was fairly common practice to re-cork the wines in major cellars. The team of “workers” would visit a private cellar complete with corking mahine an new corks. After inspection the selected bottles …

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PAUL WALSH

Last month Paul Walsh announced his plans to step down from his role as chief executive of Diageo and leave at the end of 2014. It has already been reported that his name has been linked to FYSE 100 companies …

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“LOST DISTILLERY” RANGE SCOTCH WHISKIES

The brain child of Scott Watson and Brian Woods, ex employees of Diageo have searched the histories of about 100 distilleries that have been “lost” over the past century. With the help of Scotch whisky expert they have been researching …

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