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Condé Nast Johansens 2014 UK Wine List Awards Announced

Published:  06 November, 2013

The 32nd annual Condé Nast Johansens Champagne Taittinger UK Wine List Awards 2014 were announced on 5th November 2013 at a gala dinner at the The May Fair Hotel in London.

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Windsor 2014, a new wine event for the UK trade

Published:  05 November, 2013

A new trade event, Windsor 2014, is launching in the UK trade that will be a 24 hour business forum where UK's leading wine buyers and suppliers meet with a tailor made agenda of pre-scheduled, face to face meetings, set to take place at Beaumont Estate in Windsor on March 10-11, 2014.

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Calvados announces sales expected to increase by 50% this year.

Published:  04 November, 2013

This year's National Calvados Week took place from October 14-20 and was organised in association with Père Magloire the leading Calvados exporter in France with the aim of raising awareness of the category in the UK.

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The France Summit in pictures

Published:  30 October, 2013

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DWCC 2014 heads for Montreux in Switzerland

Published:  29 October, 2013

The 2014 Digital Wine Communications Conference is to be held in Montreux, Switzerland.

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Is Barriques d'Or' auction set to break the record this year?

Published:  29 October, 2013

The 12th edition of the 'Barriques d'Or' auction is to take place on November 4, in South West France where the trade will bid on a total of 13 of the best barrels of 2012 Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh.

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Wine industry's inability to understand consumers is "preventing" many from liking wine

Published:  28 October, 2013

The wine industry is "preventing" the average consumer from fully "understanding and liking" wine as it has no idea how to communicate with them, according to Tim Hanni MW speaking at the Digital Wine Communications Conference this weekend.

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Wine Car Boot launches second indie event.

Published:  28 October, 2013

The second Wine Car Boot is to be held in London next month in a bid to encourage visitors to "taste their way out of the supermarket".

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Key for future sales is teaching next generation about the language of taste

Published:  28 October, 2013

If the wine industry is to attract new consumers to the category it should look to work with the education sector in teaching children about the language of taste and understanding what different tastes are.

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Penfolds recorking clinic to return to London

Published:  18 October, 2013

Iconic Australian wine brand Penfolds will be hosting a recorking clinic, the first in five years, on October 22 at the Berkeley hotel in London, offering collectors and owners an opportunity to have their wines examined and recorked if necessary.

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Trade flocks to inaugural Wines from Rioja tasting

Published:  16 October, 2013

The inaugural Wines from Rioja Trade Tasting, which was held last week at the OXO2, attracted more than 600 people to the largest collection of Rioja wines ever shown under one roof in the UK.

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Last chance to enter Harpers' French Wine Awards

Published:  18 September, 2013

This week is the last chance for companies and indviduals to nominate themselves or other organisations to be considered in the inaugural Harpers French Wine Awards that look to recognise the best retailers, restaurants, suppliers, distributors  and ambassadors for the French wine category in the UK over the last 12 months.

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Social Media Week to dedicate a day to communications within the drinks industry

Published:  17 September, 2013

Social Media Week, which will be held between September 23-27 in cities across the world, will include a day of events in London focused on the drinks business in the UK and how it is using communications, particularly around Champagne, to engage with consumers.

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Independent wine merchants to give their views on the latest trends

Published:  13 September, 2013

Ahead of this month's SITT Autumn, we asked leading independent wine merchants to give their views on the latest trends and what they will be on the lookout for at the event in London

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SITT Autumn 2013 Masterclasses

Published:  13 September, 2013

Exploring Albariño, Italy's Best of the Best Reds and A Cruise around the Crus

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Your guide to SITT 2013

Published:  13 September, 2013

We take a look at the highlights of the SITT tasting taking place at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London on September 17

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ProWein claims it is already sold out for 2014 show

Published:  09 September, 2013

ProWein has announced that six months before the 2014 international wine fair is due to take place that the event has already sold out.

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Welcome to the Beautiful South

Published:  09 September, 2013

The Beautiful South Tasting: individual reports on Argentina, Chile and South Africa, including interviews with the heads of their respective generic bodies and highlights at this new event at London's Olympia.

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Start planning your Beautiful South Tasting

Published:  29 August, 2013

With over 300 tables and 330 producers the first Beautiful South Tasting, to be held on September 11 and 12 in London's Olympia, demands a plan and the full show catalogue is now available online to download so attendees can devise a tactical plan of what producers to put on their 'must-see' list.

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Anheuser-Busch to host well-being and responsibility forum

Published:  28 August, 2013

Anheuser-Busch is hosting an InBev Well-Being & Responsibility Forum on September 17, with topics covering well-being and responsibility, road safety and drink-driving prevention, underage-drinking prevention, and excessive-drinking prevention with 200 participants already confirmed.

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