Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Q&A: Jeremy Rockett, González Byass

Published: 18 June, 2013

Douglas Blyde catches up with Jeremy Rockett, marketing director of González Byass, over a chilled copita at the...

Q&A: Jeannie Cho Lee MW

Published: 07 June, 2013

Asia's first Master of Wine, communicator for Wines of Germany and wine consultant to Singapore Airlines, Korean-born Cho Lee talks...

Q&A: Philip Reedman MW, Wine and retail consultant

Published: 17 May, 2013

Reedman was a member of the Tesco team responsible for introducing screwcaps to its wines...

Q&A: Nick Gillett, Coe Vintners

Published: 17 May, 2013

Coe Vintners is a drinks business with its fingers in many pies. Gemma McKenna catches up with commercial director Nick Gillett to find out...

Q&A: Mimi Avery, brand ambassador, Avery's

Published: 17 May, 2013

Newly appointed to the family business, Avery talks through the portfolio and tells Anne Krebiehl how she plans to...

Q&A: Viorel Garaz, director of the Moldova Wine Guild

Published: 19 April, 2013

Katherine Canfield talks to Viorel Garaz about Moldova's ambitions on the global wine market

Q&A: Rachel Archer, manager of I ? Wine

Published: 19 April, 2013

Douglas Blyde talks to I ? Wine's creator and brand manager about its everyday appeal for everyday people

Q&A: Jamie Walker, commercial director, EWG

Published: 05 April, 2013

Laura Heywood meets the distributor's commercial director to hear about the company's plans for the future

Catching up with the new wine team at Harrods

Published: 05 April, 2013

Anne Krebiehl catches up with the new wine team at Harrods and hears how the double act are looking to turn customers' heads in the wine aisles

Q&A: Jamie Walker, director, EWG

Published: 05 April, 2013

Jamie Walker, EWG's commercial director Laura Heywood meets the distributor's commercial director to hear about the company's plans for the future

Richard Weaver, Majestic Wine

Published: 01 March, 2013

With online now accounting for 10% of its overall sales, Glynn Davis talks to Richard Weaver, Majestic Wine's e-commerce director, about how it is looking to maximise internet sales even further

Q&A: Gaia Gaja, Head of global wine sales, Gaja

Published: 01 March, 2013

Gaia Gaja, daughter of Angelo Gaja, celebrated winemaking owner of the leading Italian brand, is in charge of global markets for the family's wines. Geoffrey Dean caught up with her at the winery in Barbaresco

Q&A with Codorniu's head winemaker Bruno Colomor Marti by Douglas Blyde

Published: 01 March, 2013

Douglas Blyde speaks to Barcelona-born, Bruno Colomer Martí, a winemaker since 1990 and head winemaker at the Codorníu cellars since 2008.

Q&A: Tatiana Fokina, chief executive, Hedonism Wines

Published: 15 February, 2013

The head of Hedonism Wines tells Elinor Zuke why the London retail operation aspires to be the finest wine shop in the world

Q&A: Andrew Bewes, managing director of Hallgarten Druitt

Published: 15 February, 2013

Richard Siddle talks to the Hallgarten chief about its recent senior management shake-up and what it means for the future of the business

Q&A: Dan Bolton, managing director, Louis Latour Agencies

Published: 01 February, 2013

Dan Bolton talks to Gemma McKenna about Louis Latour Agencies' growing portfolio, what's in store for 2013 and Burgundy's shortest harvest since the 1950s

John Hattersley Wines - Derbyshire

Published: 24 October, 2012

John Hattersley established his wine business seven years ago after spending 20 years in the restaurant business.

D&D New Street Wine Shop, London

Published: 19 October, 2012

Former Sommelier of the Year Nicolas Clerc MS is heading up D&D London's newest venture, New Street Wine Shop.

Anne Krebiehl meets German winemaker Ernst Loosen

Published: 28 August, 2012

Ernst Loosen is a German winemaker and owner of the wine producer Weingut Dr. Loosen, located just outside Bernkastel in the Mosel wine region. Anne Krebiehl sat down for a chat.

Q&A with Distell in wake of human rights report on South African wine trade

Published: 25 August, 2011

Following the Human Rights Watch report earlier this week, which alleged abuses of workers on wine farms in South Africa, Harpers Wine & Spirit asked the country's biggest drinks firm Distell what it does to make sure such practices don't happen on its farms.