Scandinavian style: Climate change pushes wine to the fringes

For much of the winemaking world, it’s an inconvenient truth that climate change is changing how easily and successfully wine can be made.

Harpers Design Awards 2018: The winners

Good design may only sell the one, first bottle if the liquid inside is discovered to be below par. But present the most sublime booze in a mediocre or off-putting package and the painstaking craft of the distiller or winemaker is likely to be left collecting dust.

Guilhon d’Aze XO Armagnac wins biennial Prix Du Président

This year’s Les Talents de l’Armagnac competition in Eauze awarded the top honour to a relative outsider, Guilhon d’Aze Bas Armagnac X0 from Domaine Denis Tastet, in a hotly contested judging round presided over by Harpers editor Andrew Catchpole.

Bruce Jack UK launch

Prominent South African winemaker Bruce Jack officially launched his new eponymous wine range yesterday at High Timber restaurant in London.

Edinburgh Gin plans multi-million-pound distillery

Edinburgh Gin has unveiled plans to invest in a new multi-million-pound distillery in Edinburgh city centre.

Distell to launch fine wine division

African wine, spirits and cider giant Distell is set to launch a new premium wine division with Nederburg as its flagship, Harpers can reveal.

Accolade sparkling head and wine icon Ed Carr on launching Tasmanian fizz onto the world stage

Fresh from his win at the Lifetime Achievement Awards at last week’s Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships in London, Ed Carr, group head sparkling winemaker at Accolade Wines talked to Harpers about putting Tasmania on the map.

Missed opportunity: What a rise with inflation means for the UK wine trade

Pub landlords and spirits importers will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning, but not the nation’s wine trade – which is looking at an extra £90 million bill in duty next year.

Low disease pressure and minimal intervention casts warm glow over UK wine industry

Penfolds launches 2018 collection alongside National Geographic film

It’s been a busy few months for the iconic Australian producer.

Guy Woodward: Nyetimber’s gift to the industry

Guy Woodward, Louis Roederer International Wine Columnist of the Year 2018

Things hotting up for English wine following record-breaking summer

Producers are calling 2018’s harvest the “harvest of the century” after unusually warm climes descended on Britain this summer and autumn.

Bodega Argento targets UK on-trade as it becomes Mendoza’s largest organic producer

Organic winemaking has gone mainstream in recent years as producers aim to keep abreast of health conscious and sustainability trends.

Pernod Ricard plugs Scotch growth back into NPD with new launch

Pernod Ricard is capitalising on encouraging growth in the Scotch category with the launch of its new Chivas XV.

Rhône coops chase cru margins to balance tough market

Rhône Valley cooperatives are on a mission to premiumise their offering, as market pressures mean they can “no longer compete with the New World at £3 a bottle”.

Nyetimber unveils 30th anniversary rebrand

Top English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber is commemorating with the big 3-0 with a new look for some of its products, including its classic cuvee.

Why the Rhône’s white evolution is gathering pace

The Rhône Valley is not – predominantly – known for its whites.

South Africa 2018 harvest “most challenging” in living memory

Serious drought in the Western Cape affected both natural supplies of water and government allocations ahead of this year’s harvest.

French wine producers hail anti-hail netting go-ahead

Wine producers have applauded the news that the INAO has officially approved the use of anti-hail netting in French vineyards describing it as a ‘positive development’.

Bolney clinches deal with mainland China

Bolney Wine Estate has become the first English wine producer to secure distribution in mainland China.