Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Alliance Wine opens London office to grow on-trade sales

Published: 09 June, 2014

Alliance Wine is opening an office in London to boost its sales into the capital's on-trade and south east market.

Bulk wine prices rocked by Chilean frosts, Californian droughts and a taste for French fruity wines

Published: 28 May, 2014

Frosts in Chile, droughts in California and the Languedoc and the boom in fruit-flavoured wines in France is having a knock-on effect on bulk wine prices, according to the latest data from Murphy Wine Company.

Bulk wine prices tighten for key Chilean varieties, says Murphy Wine Company

Published: 28 May, 2014

Keep on top of the latest bulk wine prices with the latest spreadsheet to the end of May 2014, from bulk wine brokers, Murphy Wine Company.

Chilean wineries to get squeezed by taxes and sluggish economy

Published: 23 May, 2014

A slowdown in Chile's economy and a possible tax restructure being debated in Congress would raise the price of wine and squeeze already-struggling producers.

France still best performing wine in on-trade

Published: 13 May, 2014

On-trade wine sales fell by 2% during 2013, and stayed flat in the first quarter, according to figures compiled by CGA for the WSTA market report. In the long-term, France still remains best-performing country for wine in the on-trade. It has grown 10% in the 12 months to January 25, 2014 and now holds a 27% share of total wine sales.

International Brands in £750k marketing push

Published: 16 April, 2014

International Brands is investing £750,000 into marketing in 2014, with a push on South African wine Makulu and its Broadleaf range.

Bulk wine grows to 50% of New World exports

Published: 15 April, 2014

The international wine trade hit a "watershed moment" in 2013, with half of all New World wine sales coming from bulk supplies, according to Rabobank.

Félix Solís plans for "sizeable" UK growth

Published: 15 April, 2014

Félix Solís has "ambitious growth plans" for the UK and will focus on its northern Spanish appellation wines, international varieties and core brands to deliver it.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 04 April, 2014

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Beautiful South Tasting scaled back

Published: 02 April, 2014

The Beautiful South Tasting, organised by the generic bodies representing South Africa, Chile and Argentina, is to scale back its 2014 event.

Chilean wine exports to UK fall by one third in 2013

Published: 02 April, 2014

The UK is still the second largest export market for Chilean wine, but volumes have plummeted by 34% in the last year, with value down 17%.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 28 March, 2014

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NZ wineries import Sauvignon Blanc to cope with demand

Published: 26 March, 2014

Shortages of New Zealand's signature grape have led to imports of Sauvignon Blanc from Chile and South Africa to satisfy demand.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 21 March, 2014

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Marcelo Papa at Casillero del Diablo on the exciting changes in Chilean winemaking

Published: 20 March, 2014

Matt Walls catches up with Marcelo Papa to look at the plans for Calillero del Diablo and how developments taking place within winemaking across Chile are opening up new areas and varieties both for domestic and exported wines.

Mario Pablo Silva, Casa Silva's managing director, on Chile's harvest

Published: 19 March, 2014

Casa Silva's managing director, Mario Pablo Silva, gives us the lowdown on the "promosing start" to Chile's harvest

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 14 March, 2014

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Heather Dougherty looks at radical winemaking in Chile with Marcelo Retamal

Published: 11 March, 2014

Excitement, experimentation and risk-taking are not words readily associated with wines from Chile. UK consumers are more likely to come up with reliability, good value and consistency when they think about Chilean wines.