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Published: 25 September, 2012
South Africa is on track to be the world's leading wine country for its environmental, sustainable and ethical practices, according to Su Birch, chief executive of Wines of South Africa.
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Published: 24 September, 2012
Independents are the "lifeblood" of the wine trade and must be provided with bespoke, one-to-one services to ensure the sector's long-term growth.
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Published: 24 September, 2012
Iconic Californian winery Stag's Leap has switched its UK distribution from the Wine Treasury to Berkmann Wine Cellars.
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Published: 24 September, 2012
Leading wine merchant Patrick Sandeman has been killed in a freak skydiving accident in Cambridgeshire over the weekend.
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Published: 24 September, 2012
While the Goring in London may have gained appeal for housing the Duchess of Cambridge on the eve of her wedding to Prince William, many in the wine trade were lured to it last week for an altogether different reason. Hatch Mansfield, UK distributor for Vina Errazuriz, used the hotel in Victoria to lay on a remarkable vertical tasting of the icon wines of one of Chile's most notable wineries.
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Published: 21 September, 2012
Lower yields are characterising the 2012 harvest around the globe, with producers from across Europe and South America stating crops are up to 15% smaller than usual.
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Published: 21 September, 2012
Diageo GB is investing £2.2 million in Captain Morgan's Spiced rum's biggest marketing campaign to date which will feature its first TV ad.
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Published: 21 September, 2012
FE Barber, which trades as Kingsland Wine & Spirits and Legacy Wines, has acquired Stratford's Wine Agencies out of administration and has underlined that it is "business as usual".
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Published: 21 September, 2012
Stratford's Wine Agencies has entered administration, citing financial struggles caused by increasingly small margins and growing cash demands.
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Published: 21 September, 2012
Organisers of today's third annual International Grenache Day are hoping to better last year's event when more than 23,000 producers, wine merchants, restaurateurs and consumers from over 30 countries took part.
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Published: 20 September, 2012
Eleven Argentinian wineries looking for UK distribution have been shortlisted in a competition to gain listings with independent and multiple retailers in the UK on and off-trade.
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Published: 20 September, 2012
Fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index is moving its entire stock to a new, state-of-the-art storage facility, signalling its intent to continue its expansion in the fine wine market.
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Published: 20 September, 2012
Inter Oc, the Interprofessional body for Pays d'Oc IGP wines is holding its first London Pays d'Oc IGP trade and press tasting, in a bid to raise awareness of the quality of its wines.
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Published: 20 September, 2012
Following on from the success of May's inaugural WineStars competition at the London International Wine Fair, competition founder Catherine Monahan brought her unique event - this time WineStars Twist - to Lord's for the Wines of Argentina tasting.
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Published: 19 September, 2012
Judging for the Wines from Spain Awards is now complete, with 110 winning wines chosen and 19 selected as 'champions' for their outstanding examples.
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Published: 19 September, 2012
The first 26 wines to be receive the new, traceable ethical seal in South Africa will be on show at next week's Cape Wine trade exhibition in Cape Town.
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Published: 19 September, 2012
The Food Standards Agency is advising travellers to or from the Czech Republic to avoid drinking locally-produced hard spirits following a spate of alcohol-related deaths.
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Published: 18 September, 2012
Whisky liqueur company Drambuie has reported a 9% increase in operating profit for the full year, ending June 30. However, global sales volumes were flat due to the crisis in the Eurozone.
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Published: 18 September, 2012
Bibendum is set to welcome more than 40 producers for its Artisan tasting on September 24 in London.
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Published: 18 September, 2012
Pernod Ricard UK's Denis O'Flynn, Alison Levett of Enotria and Glenn Caton of Laithwaite's are three of the keynote speakers at next week's Wine & Spirit Trade Association conference.
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