After nine months of research and PowerPoint presentations on issues surrounding wine retail - multiple vs. independent, expectations of the consumer, making not just a sale but an experience - I now find myself in the thick of it, though it was not the destination I initially envisioned when I decided to pursue a career in the wine industry.
Read more...In April 2012 Royal Mail raised a few eyebrows by increasing its postal charges by 30%. Royal Mail said it was necessary to keep the organisation afloat...
Read more...The head of Hedonism Wines tells Elinor Zuke why the London retail operation aspires to be the finest wine shop in the world
Read more...Offering nips of wine for as little as 50p, the Wine Tasting Shop in south west London is approachable to all, as Ed Robertson reports
Read more...We reveal the results of phase two of Harpers' Indies Uncovered project ? the most comprehensive survey of independent merchants to date.
Read more...Newly appointed to the family business, Avery talks through the portfolio and tells Anne Krebiehl how she plans to...
Read more...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
Read more...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.
Read more...For West Country wine business Red & White, location is absolutely key, as Ed Robertson reports
Read more...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.
Read more...Liberty Wines has confirmed it will not be exhibiting at the London International Wine Fair for the first time in the company's history.
Read more...Large numbers of independent on and off-trade buyers attended this week's SITT tastings in Manchester, London and Singapore.
Read more...Sheffield-based independent wine merchant Le Bon Vin has become distributor for the VinoServ wine preservation system.
Read more...Northern Rhône producer Maison Nicolas Perrin has appointed Liberty Wines as its agent in the UK and Ireland.
Read more...Liberty Wines has been appointed as the exclusive agent in the UK and Ireland for Dawson & James from Southern Tasmania.
Read more...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
Read more...PLB has made five appointments to its specialist division focused on the UK on-trade and independent sectors.
Read more...Liberty Wines moved into its new £5-million London premises that boasts an extended warehouse and tasting rooms.
Read more...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.
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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.
