Happy Christmas from the drinks business

As 2016 draws to a close, we would like to wish all of our readers a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

What better (or more revolting) way to celebrate Christmas than with the Sproutini?

Thank you for your support during the year and we look forward to bringing you more breaking news and in-depth analysis, as well as a touch of the usual silliness, on thedrinksbusiness.com in 2017.

We will be taking a break from 24 December, with our daily newsletters and online coverage due to start again on 3 January.

In the meantime, you can find out what were our Top 10 ‘Top 10’s of 2016 by clicking here, while you can see the results of our fine wine predictions for 2016, which we made this time last year, by clicking here.

Also, before we shut up for Christmas, as a gift to our loyal readers, we have compiled the best of our drunken animal stories on thedrinksbusiness.com, which you can view here.

All that’s left for us to say, is have a merry Christmas and a happy new year, and see you in 2017.