Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

LIWF Day Three: live blog

Published: 24 May, 2012

It's the third and final day of LIWF and Harpers' news team will be keeping you posted about what's going on at the fair.

UK retail sales decline and euro hits 22 month low

Published: 24 May, 2012

Sterling strengthened against the euro, however data released yesterday showed a sharp drop in retail sales figures to -2.3% when only a -0.8% figure was expected.

LIWF: your what's on daily guide

Published: 24 May, 2012

What's on Thursday May 24?

Buckingham Schenk to target independents

Published: 23 May, 2012

Buckingham Schenk is planning to target independents and has also just signed a deal to be the exclusive UK agent for tulip pre-filled wine glasses.

Champagne Jacquart lines up acquisitions

Published: 23 May, 2012

Champagne Jacquart is eyeing acquisitions as it seeks to become a bigger international player.

Wine trade can learn from books, shower gels and strawberries

Published: 23 May, 2012

The wine trade could learn a lot from books, shower gels and strawberries - that's according to some of the industry's most senior figures, speaking today at Harpers' debate at LIWF.

Champagne is no en primeur Bordeaux, warns European Fine Wines

Published: 23 May, 2012

Wine broker and specialist European Fine Wines, is urging consumers not to get carried away with thinking of Champagne as an investment akin the top wines from Bordeaux.

LIWF news: CyT UK creates merchandising team

Published: 23 May, 2012

CyT UK has unveiled plans for a new merchandising team that will be tasked with giving independent off-licences more confidence when displaying and talking about wine.

Sterling bounces back after IMF suggests UK monetary injection

Published: 23 May, 2012

Sterling came under pressure yesterday but recovered in the afternoon as the International Monetary Fund said the UK needs to consider injecting more money into the economy.

LIWF Day 2: your what's on guide

Published: 23 May, 2012

What's on Wednesday May 23?

LIWF: Day Two, Live Blog

Published: 23 May, 2012

The events as they happen on day two of the London International Wine Fair at ExCel.

Harpers Awards 2012 winners

Published: 23 May, 2012

Bibendum, Majestic, Sainsbury's, The Sampler, Tanner's, Jose Pizarro and Pollen Street Social were some of the big name winners at last night's inaugural Harpers Awards.

LIWF: your what's on daily guide

Published: 23 May, 2012

What's on Wednesday May 23?

Commercial wine brands can work in independents

Published: 22 May, 2012

Commercial brands do have a place in independent merchants - but only if the quality stacks up and prices are competitive.

Wine trade must recruit more drinkers

Published: 22 May, 2012

A whopping 8.1 million consumers don't drink wine and it's up to the trade to do something about it.

BRICs to surge by 80% in red wine in next five years

Published: 22 May, 2012

BRIC markets will grow their red wine sales by 80% in the next five years - according to Euromonitor's Spiros Malandrakis.

Treasury Wine Estates launches Beringer Classics to hit premium US wine market in UK

Published: 22 May, 2012

Treasury Wine Estates is launching Beringer Classics in a bid to capture a significant share of the premium £6+ US wine category in the UK.

France tops International Wine Challenge leaderboard

Published: 22 May, 2012

The top three gold medal-winning nations in the 2012 International Wine Challenge are reigning champions France with 120, Australia with 69 and Portugal with 55.

WSTA hosts Canadian LCBO in London

Published: 22 May, 2012

Representatives from one of the world's largest spirits buyers, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, are meeting senior figures from the UK trade in London this week.

Consumers are too busy to think about wine

Published: 22 May, 2012

The wine industry's problem is that it thinks consumers care more about their product than they actually do, according to the head of research firm The Source.