Somerset Cider Brandy: The UK’s most sustainable spirit Business The Somerset Cider Brandy Company claims to produce the most sustainable spirit in the UK, a bold statement, given the range and variety of products on the market. However, as managing director, Matilda Temperley tells City PM, apple trees, in particular cider apple trees, are one of the most environmentally friendly crops on the planet. [...]
Shares in spirits companies drop after ‘tit-for-tat’ Chinese brandy tariff Retail Shares in international drinks companies fell this morning after China slapped an anti-dumping tariff on brandy imports from the EU, escalating trade tensions. The move from China came only days after the EU imposed a tariff of 45 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles for the next five years. The European Commission called it an “abuse” of [...]
