An Englishman who found fame with a viral video instructing people how to open a bottle of wine with a shoe is hoping to make his six-litre Imperials of Provence rosé the drink of choice at parties and BBQs this summer. Stephen Cronk quit his telecommunications job to move his family to the south of France and did not have the money to go down…

Scotland will axe the public health supplement tax it imposes on supermarkets that sell alcohol and tobacco when it expires in 2015. The Scottish government announced it never intended the levy to be permanent. It was introduced in 2012 and levied on 240 large stores, and government finance secretary John Swinney said it will have raised £95 million by the time it concludes next year.

A new 66cl bottle for Catalan lager Estrella Damm is hitting shelves this month as distributor Wells & Young’s seeks to capitalise on the growth in larger formats. The 66cl bottle is the fastest growing format in the world beer category (CGA, October 2013) and Wells & Young’s is billing it as a “sharing bottle”. Brand manager Genna Burchell said: “As the Beer of Barcelona,…