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La Marzocco pairs with Porsche for a 911 espresso machine
A Linea Micra dressed in the livery of the 1972 Carrera RS 2.7 costs €5,790, with a matching Pico grinder, in a run of 911 units per colourway.
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Vagabond wine bar opens third UK site in Brighton
The tap-and-pour wine group has taken a former Browns Brasserie on Duke Street, its first move outside London and Birmingham.
Schofield's Bar London opens in Covent Garden
The Manchester cocktail bar that topped the UK's Top 50 list in 2024 takes its menu south to the former Chick 'n' Sours site near Seven Dials.
Mexico's tequila glut sends agave prices crashing
A planting boom meant to fix a 2022 shortage has matured all at once, pushing agave prices to a fraction of their peak and certified tequila output down 24% since then.
Starbucks: US sales rise 7.9%, profit slides on China exit
Comparable sales climbed 7.2% worldwide and 7.9% in North America in the quarter to 27 September, but revenue fell 4% after Starbucks closed the sale of its China retail business.
Champagne secondary market stirs for rare, older bottles
Liv-ex data show the champagne secondary market turning upward for older and rarer bottles, even as freshly released vintages keep losing value through 2026.
World Barista Champion is Chinese for the first time
Pan Wei of Parking Coffee becomes the first barista from China to win the World Barista Champion title, beating five finalists in Panama City with a routine built on Geisha coffee from Panama and Colombia.
Brazil's coffee exports to the US nearly double in September
Cecafé says US purchases of Brazilian coffee jumped 86% in September after most tariffs were lifted, retaking the top buyer spot from Germany even as total export revenue fell.
Spain's 2026 wine harvest falls as stocks climb 22%
Growers delivered one of Spain's earliest harvests on record, yet cellars already hold more wine than the new crop adds, and farm groups are split on what comes next.
Cauca coffee sells for a record $400 a pound in Colombia
A washed Castillo lot from a small farm in Rosas sold for nearly six times the auction's average price, part of a record week for Colombian specialty coffee.
Amber Taverns opens its first Newcastle city-centre pub
The wet-led chain is putting £3m into The Gander, a sport-and-karaoke conversion in Newcastle's Haymarket, timed to open before the festive season.
Shepherd Neame self-funds £15m Kent brewery rebuild
Britain's oldest brewer is shrinking its brewing capacity while modernising its Kent site, just as its contract to brew Singha Lager comes to an end.
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