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Decanter Chapel Down winery to drop beer with Curious Drinks disposal Chapel Down plans to refocus on fast-growing demand for English wine after the disposal of Curious Drinks, which has seen beer sales to restaurants and bars dwindle during the Covid-19 crisis. Chapel Down said it would refocus on English wines and spirits by disposing of its Curious Drinks business, including beer and cider brands, brewery and a restaurant. Curious Drinks was set to be placed into administra...

Tenterdens Chapel Down disposes of Curious beer and cider brand, and its brewery in Ashford, with private equity firm Risk Capital Partners poised to takeover  |  Updated: 15:06, 09 February 2021 Winemaker Chapel Down has ditched its Curious beer and cider range - less than two years after it unveiled a multi-million brewery and visitor centre devoted to it in Ashford. The Tenterden-based firm said the impact of the lockdown over the last 12 months, while seeing wine sales soar, had hit its t...

English winemaker Chapel Down has announced the disposal of its Curious Drinks business and assets, including the Curious Beer and Cider brands as well as the Curious Brewery and restaurant in Ashford, Kent.

By Alec Mattinson2021-02-09T09:03:00+00:00 Ocado has cut its annual loss by almost 80% amid booming sales during the pandemic, but the online grocer warned the coronavirus outbreak and drive for international expansion will continue to constrain profitability. Total group revenues for the 52 weeks ended 29 November jumped by 32.7% to £2.33bn from £1.76bn in the previous year. This was primarily driven by a 35.3% increase in retail revenue, its joint venture with Marks & Spencer, reflecting ...

English wine and spirits producer Chapel Down has decided to dispose of its beer and cider arm Curious Drinks in a pre-pack sale to private equity firm Risk Capital Partners.

Sales of beer were decimated by the pandemic Chapel Down is ditching its beer business Curious Drinks to focus on wine after the brewery’s sales were decimated by the pandemic. The upmarket winemaker has revealed plans to offload Curious Drinks’ business and assets to Risk Capital Partners, the PE firm founded by well-known entrepreneur Luke Johnson. Prior to the pandemic, Curious Drinks was selling 90% of its beer to the on-trade, said Chapel Down, which meant it was “significantly impac...