Uvine: payment for creditors in doubt?
There are growing doubts as to whether creditors of collapsed wine broker Uvine will ever get paid.
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Vintage Wines employees on trial for fraud
After investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) five employees of a St Albans wine company are go on trial for conspiracy to defraud.
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Investment company Bordeaux Advisory disappears
Wine investment company Bordeaux Advisory has disappeared leaving investors chasing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of wine that had been bought at ten times its real value.
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PMH Wines latest UK merchant to default on en primeur Bordeaux
Wine merchant PMH Wines Ltd has become the latest UK merchant to fail to pay Bordeaux négociants for en primeur wines.
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Cellaret: £350k of en primeur 2005 orders lost
Collapsed UK wine merchant The Cellaret failed to pay Bordeaux negociants for 2005 en primeur ordered and paid for by their customers, it has emerged.
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Evans and Tate into receivership
Evans & Tate, Australia’s sixth largest producer has called in the administrators.
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Fraudsters hit French producers
Chateau de Marmorieres in La Clape has become the latest victim of major fraud, with the theft of 18,000 bottles worth €50,000 (£34,000).
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New Evans & Tate deal could end saga
The long running Evans & Tate saga looks set to end following the announcement that a legally binding restructuring agreement has been signed.
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Evans & Tate courts two potential saviours
After the collapse of a restructuring deal with bankers ANZ, struggling Australian producer Evans & Tate is being courted by two potential rescuers.
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Uvine creditors set to get most of their money back
Proposals sent out to Uvine creditors last week offer them the chance to get 95% of their money back.
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Uvine: prosecutions to follow?
Uvine directors could face criminal prosecution on nine counts of financial misconduct following a recent administrators’ report to creditors.
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Merchants On High Alert
After two wine merchants went bust last year, buyers of en primeur in 2007 need to make sure they safeguard their assets, says Jim Budd
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En Primeur buyers may NOT have right of return
EU regulations that allow En Primeur buyers to return their wine and demand a refund are under review and may be changed.
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Cellaret customers may lose Bordeaux 2005
Customers who bought Bordeaux 2005 en primeur from collapsed wine merchant the Cellaret, still do not know whether they will get their wine.
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London wine merchant Cellaret collapses
London fine wine merchant The Cellaret will be put into liquidation next week.
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ANZ takes over Evans & Tate
ANZ Bank is to take a majority stake in struggling Australian wine producer Evans & Tate.
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Evans & Tate reject Yarraman bid
The board of Australian winery Evans & Tate today rejected the Yarraman Winery merger bid.
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Decision near in Evans & Tate-Yarraman takeover
Two months after Yarraman Winery first launched its bid to take over Evans & Tate a decision appears finally in sight.
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Yarraman rejects Evans & Tate bid
Australian wine group Evans & Tate has today turned down the takeover bid from Yarraman Winery.
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Evans & Tate-Yarraman takeover sparks intense interest
Australian wine industry-watchers are waiting with increasing interest to see if Yarraman’s multi-million dollar bid for Evans & Tate succeeds.
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Audacious multimillion pound wine fraud targetted US doctors
Two UK company directors have been disqualified for 15 years for their part in an ingenious £80m wine and spirit investment scam targeting American doctors.
