While still leading the UK wine market by volume and value, Australia is at pains to explain that it has more to offer than simple quaffing wines.
Read more...With its rate of conversion to organic viticulture up 30% over the last three years, the Languedoc-Roussillon has lofty aims to become the largest organic vineyard area in Europe within five years.
Read more...Gulio Bertrand and Henry Kotzé came to London restaurant, The Square to introduce the Morgenster range of wines to journalists.
Read more...It's a cold sunny day, and Romanian folk music blares out from hidden speakers as we pass a stall selling plastic pint glasses of unfermented local grape juice and enter the exhibition hall, a former aeroplane hanger, from the look of the airfield next door.
Read more...Making my own gin - now that's what I call fun.
Read more...William Grant's seems to be on a creative roll with marketing to the press of late. Last week Glenfiddich hosted their One Day You Will event - featured in a previous blog - and this week was the turn of their Hendrick's gin brand.
Read more...Martin Pilkington reports from the Glenfiddich One Day You Will Summit.
Read more...Last Friday, October 21, saw members of the Bonded Warehousekeepers Association sip aperitifs on the sunny terrace of the House of Commons and eat at the Winston Churchill Suite at their annual lunch sponsored by Diane Abbott MP.
Read more...Harpers news editor Gemma McKenna blogs about her trip to Russia's wine region
Read more...Anne Krebiehl tastes Symington Family Estates' Single Quinta Ports
Read more...Harper's Wine & Spirit recently ventured to a raucous lunch at Marylebone's Pied à Terre restaurant. Hosted by Felipe Tosso, gourmet, guitarist and head winemaker of five of Coastal Maipo Valley based winery, Viña Ventisquero attendees included dynamic sommeliers from a selection of Britain's leading venues.
Read more...A blisteringly hot August in central Italy has led to a fall in grape production of 10-15% in the region according to one of the leading winemakers in the Marche. Mirko Morbidoni, the man behind the Domodimonti wines that are catching the eye of wine judges in the UK, said that some of the hottest temperatures he can remember obliged him to start harvesting in early September.
Read more...Blog: James Lawrence tours Penedes and Rioja
Every year hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on consumer and market research. Whether for NPD or to determine how to further develop a brands' journey, a myriad of research projects is deemed fundamental and justifies the investment of time and money.
Read more...Anyone walking past Harrods on Brompton Road by the corner of Hans Road before October 22 can have a look at the sumptuous Martell 'trunk' on display behind the famous old London store's windows. It's shaped more like a bookcase than a suitcase and, thanks to its special contents, carries a cool RRP of £200,000. Only two have been made - the other being in the Far East - and for serious Cognac connoisseurs with money to blow, this represents a must-have toy.
Read more...Never has there been a more exciting time for brewers hailing from our very own green and pleasant land.
Watching the brand channel debate is like watching a rugby match where the ball has been left on the sidelines.
Read more...Anne Krebiehl tastes St Urbanshof Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Vertical 1996-2010
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For most British wine drinkers Spanish wine broadly equates to Rioja - maybe also Navarra and Cava - despite this large country having regions that produce much better wines. For my palate, though there are honorable exceptions, Rioja has become one of the more boring wine regions; production is dominated by large producers making bland "modern" Riojas without those special characteristics that once made Rioja different. Given that Spanish wine - and Rioja - is dominated by one grape, tempranillo, the result not surprisingly is that wines can taste remarkably consistent - and not necessarily in a good way.
