Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Reviving old Catalan varieties for the future

Published: 06 August, 2025

Chris Losh explores Familia Torres' work with old Catalan varieties which aims to help mitigate climate change.

Charting the challenges facing the British on-trade

Published: 01 August, 2025

The closure of the three M Restaurant sites in London in May is, perhaps, as good a metaphor for the UK’s beleaguered restaurant trade as any. The first venue opened in 2014 as a big steak, big wine bling-fest for flush City workers, expanding with further venues pre and post Covid. It was plush, premium and successful. Now, following a huge rent increase from its landlord, it’s no more.

On-trade: All I want for Christmas…

Published: 11 December, 2023

With the festive period upon us, Chris Losh asks how restaurants might fashion a silk purse out of a pig of a trading climate.

On-trade: To somm or not to somm?

Published: 24 July, 2023

Weighing up the worth of a good sommelier, Chris Losh explores the benefits they can deliver.

Low & no and the big shift in drinking

Published: 06 February, 2023

With moderate drinking trends hitting all sorts of milestones and headlines in 2022, Jo Gilbert asks, was that the year low & no went mainstream?

Details of world’s first no alcohol awards revealed

Published: 11 November, 2022

The World Alcohol Free Awards, billed as the first international competition dedicated to drinks at or below 0.5%, is now live and accepting entries.

Time called on Imbibe

Published: 10 November, 2020

The Harpers team is saddened to learn that Imbibe magazine and imbibe.co.uk will publish for the last time this December.

Losh launches online satirical drinks magazine

Published: 14 September, 2020

Shaking aside the current gloom and doom, drinks pundit Chris Losh has launched a new website, Fake Booze, which takes a sideways look at the trade and all its shenanigans.