Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

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...

Retailing, but not as we know it, at the New Street Wine Shop

Published: 05 April, 2013

The line between the wine shop and the wine bar is becoming increasingly blurred, as D&D London's new retail outlet illustrates. Matt Walls reports from the New Street Wine Shop

My Choice: Greg Sherwood MW, Handford Wines

Published: 05 April, 2013

Seeing as I do 95% of the cooking at home, and I have recently developed a craving for risottos of all types, I've found that a lightly chilled bottle of Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gravonia Crianza Rioja Blanco 2003 goes down like a homesick mole.

Red & White keeps it local

Published: 15 March, 2013

For West Country wine business Red & White, location is absolutely key, as Ed Robertson reports

Indie comment: extolling the virtues of independents

Published: 12 March, 2013

Convincing people of the benefits of shopping locally is a tricky business, but independent retailer Dafydd Morris, director of Cheers Wine Merchants in Swansea, shows he's up to the job.

Liberty Wines latest agent to skip LIWF

Published: 01 March, 2013

Liberty Wines has confirmed it will not be exhibiting at the London International Wine Fair for the first time in the company's history.

Independents flock to Manchester, London and Singapore SITT tastings

Published: 28 February, 2013

Large numbers of independent on and off-trade buyers attended this week's SITT tastings in Manchester, London and Singapore.

Le Bon Vin takes on distribution for VinoServ

Published: 14 February, 2013

Sheffield-based independent wine merchant Le Bon Vin has become distributor for the VinoServ wine preservation system.

Liberty Wines wins Northern Rhône producers

Published: 11 February, 2013

Northern Rhône producer Maison Nicolas Perrin has appointed Liberty Wines as its agent in the UK and Ireland.

Liberty Wines lists its first Tasmanian producer

Published: 05 February, 2013

Liberty Wines has been appointed as the exclusive agent in the UK and Ireland for Dawson & James from Southern Tasmania.

Converting consumers to premium Rioja wines

Published: 01 February, 2013

Last year saw a host of independent merchants compete for the coveted title of Wines from Rioja's Retailer of the Year, run in association with Harpers. Carol Emmas catches up with those who put in the hard graft and saw increased sales

PLB strengthens on trade and independent division

Published: 31 January, 2013

PLB has made five appointments to its specialist division focused on the UK on-trade and independent sectors.

Liberty Wines moves into £5m London site

Published: 15 January, 2013

Liberty Wines moved into its new £5-million London premises that boasts an extended warehouse and tasting rooms.

Wines from Rioja names Retailer of the Year

Published: 18 December, 2012

Wines from Rioja has announced the winners of its Retailer of the Year Competition 2012 as Cambridge Wine Merchants, with the Longship, Orkney, as runner-up.

Mike Matthews on the intriguing story behind Red Squirrel Wine Club

Published: 28 November, 2012

Red Squirrel Wine was brought to my attention via a story I read in my local paper. As a wine guy, and someone who lives in South West London, the notion of commercial wine being produced on my doorstep I found rather intriguing, more to the fact, I had no idea Richmond had any vines.

Douglas Blyde takes part in Vinoteca's wine dinner exploring the wines of Argentina

Published: 05 November, 2012

Charlie Young, co-founder with Brett Woonton of London's Vinoteca micro-chain, took 19 guests, including his father and the former translator of Mikhail Gorbachev, on a culinary tour of Argentina as part of a new series of wine dinners it is hosting.

Liberty Wines appointed UK agent for Valdespino sherries

Published: 25 October, 2012

Liberty Wines has been appointed exclusive UK agent for Valdespino, one of the oldest Sherry bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera.

Liberty Wines to sell oldest Rivesaltes collection

Published: 16 October, 2012

Liberty Wines is to sell a limited collection from Roussillon producer Maison Cazes comprising the oldest Rivesaltes vintages in existence.

Supplier who have signed up to Best Practice Guidelines for independent merchants

Published: 20 July, 2012

More suppliers are signing up to the Harpers Best Practice Guidelines designed to make trading arrangements with independent wine merchants as open and transparent as posible.