Hallgarten & Novum Wines has significantly boosted its German portfolio with the addition of the Dr. Loosen and Villa Wolf wines, from the Mosel and Pfalz respectively.
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At Shoreditch’s buzzy Legado, Olga Verde (pictured), technical director of La Rioja Alta-owned Rías Baixas estate Lagar de Fornelos, guided Harpers through the winery’s latest vintages. This included the second vintage of the super-premium Lindeiros wine, which highlighted the ageability of these whites from this region.
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Leading specialist UK wine merchant Hallgarten & Novum Wines has become Harpers Wine & Spirit’s latest Sustainability Partner.
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Many have watched with interest as Hallgarten & Novum Wines has grown in reach and scale since its acquisition by Coterie Holdings and, with Hallgarten’s MD Andrew Bewes to step down this March, more details of its new direction are emerging. And that evolution includes driving growth across the off-trade to achieve greater parity with its on-trade sales, which traditionally have accounted for around 80% of Hallgarten’s business.
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Wine importer Hallgarten & Novum Wines has reinforced its Chilean portfolio with the addition of old-vine specialist Garage Wine Co.
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Gone are those days when buying Rioja meant choosing between crianza, reserva or gran reserva – designations that indicated how long the wine had been aged, usually in oak, with the price rising accordingly. Although old style, heavily oaked Riojas are still made, producers are more focused on expressing terroir and increasingly inclined to make wines that show fruit and freshness, using authorised varieties like Garnacha and Graciano alongside Tempranillo. At the same time, almost all producers are making rosado and white wines.
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Once a stalwart of Bordeaux and still the dominant grape of Cahors, these days Malbec seems more at home in Argentina, where it is unequivocally the country’s flagship variety. Planted on 47,000ha, across 12 different provinces, Malbec accounts for more than 42% of red plantings and a quarter of the country’s harvest.
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Greek wine is experiencing a revolution. Two decades of relentless graft by ex-punk and one-time Mykonos beach bum Steve Daniel, of Hallgarten & Novum, and specialist Mary Pateras, of Eclectic Wines, are finally paying off. They and a whole host of highly educated Greek trade professionals have worked very hard to firmly cement Greek wine in the UK market – the likes of Yannos Hadjiioannou and Stefanos Kokotos of Maltby & Greek, Harry Georgiou of Amathus and Effi Tsournava, aided by Matthew Horsley at The Wine Society, spring to mind.
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The importer Hallgarten & Novum Wines has continued its portfolio expansion apace with the addition of Cognac producer Frapin.
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At the second edition of Vinitaly and the City in Sibari, Calabria, Calabrese producers took centre stage, demonstrating the viticultural dynamism of a region better known for its gastronomic output.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines is inviting applications for its second educational trip to Greece, aimed at helping to advance Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) in hospitality and wine.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines has added 18 new team members in a move that means it has boosted its numbers by nearly 50% in the last 18 months.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines has entered a strategic partnership with Champagne Gosset, becoming the exclusive distributor of its portfolio to the UK hospitality and retail sectors.
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Despite the British penchant for a celebratory glass of bubbly, Champagne has not escaped difficulties wrought by an array of industry headwinds. The revered style has seen total yearly shipments fall 9.4% in 2024, compared to 2023, according to CIVC, a continuation of a downward trend seen since the Covid highs of 2021.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines has updated its sustainability guide to include analysis of bottle weight and use of recycled materials in wine bottles.
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Champagne Abelé 1757, the fifth-oldest Champagne house, has signed an exclusive import agreement with Hallgarten & Novum Wines.
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Famed London music venue the Royal Albert Hall has announced Hallgarten & Novum Wines as its latest Brand Partner, with the importer continuing to expand its commercial footprint.
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Specialist wine importer Hallgarten & Novum Wines, has announced the addition of the Turkish Kuzubağ Estate Winery’s full range to its portfolio. The estate was founded in 2007 by father and daughter team, Salih Kuzu and Aslı Kuzu, in Denizli which is situated in the Aegean wine region of the country.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines has announced a four-year sole-supply deal with The Jockey Club, the UK’s largest group in British horseracing. The deal makes Hallgarten the official wine supplier of the horseracing group.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines has announced a partnership with producer MDCV UK which will see the importer become the key distributor for Château de Berne, Ultimate Provence, Kingscote Estate and London Clay.
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