Buckfast Maker in Discrimination Challenge

The Herald has revealed that Chandler & Co, the company behind Buckfast Tonic Wine, will battle Scotland's largest licensing authority in court over claims its product is discriminated against.

In October judges at the Court of Session in Edinburgh will decide whether there are grounds to judicially review Glasgow Licensing Board's position on the tonic wine, amid claims by Buckfast's distributors that some retailers have been instructed to provide undertakings not to stock the drink