Published: 21 February, 2019
There has been a shift at the top of the UK’s hotly contested wine rankings, with the combined sales of South American heavyweights Chile and Argentina overtaking Italy, the UK’s second most quaffed region, in terms of value.
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Published: 21 February, 2019
Liberty Wines is swelling the ranks of its Sicilian portfolio with new producer, Mandrarossa.
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Published: 01 February, 2019
The wine industry is being warned to prepare for today’s rise in duty, which will push up a bottle of still wine by 7p to £2.23 overnight.
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Published: 28 January, 2019
Piotr Pietras MS, former director of wine at London’s Hide, has taken on the newly-created role of on-trade ambassador for SITT (Specialist Importer Trade Tastings). Harpers caught up with him about his plans for the role and for tips on the on-trade wine scene too.
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Published: 28 January, 2019
The UK market continues to be the shop window for the world of wine, with the on-trade driving premium sales.
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Published: 23 January, 2019
Time is running out to sign up for the Ruinart Sommelier Challenge 2019, which will result in one young UK-based sommelier heading on an all-expenses paid trip to Champagne.
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Published: 22 January, 2019
Australia will continue to trade with the UK, its biggest export market by volume and third by value, on its current terms post-Brexit.
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Published: 21 January, 2019
Temperatures were unseasonably mild over Christmas, and from the latest results, it looks like things were unexpectedly cosy for UK retail.
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Published: 16 January, 2019
An English winemaker, a French winemaker and an Italian winemaker walk into a winebar.
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Published: 10 January, 2019
New Zealand’s wine scene has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s. Jamie Goode meets the personalities driving change in leading region Marlborough
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Published: 07 January, 2019
As we prepare for the new decade, Harpers looks back over 2019 and ahead to what the coming year will bring – hopefully full of revived optimism for both politics and the trade.
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Published: 07 January, 2019
Hatch Mansfield has signed a deal as the exclusive UK agent for the Gaja family, marking the first Italian producer to join its portfolio
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Published: 03 January, 2019
Once again we are catching up with the trade to find out how businesses looked to make the most of the all-important Christmas trading period, while also looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities 2019 will bring.
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Published: 02 January, 2019
Once again we are catching up with the trade to find out how businesses made the most of the all-important Christmas trading period, while also looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities 2019 will bring.
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Published: 02 January, 2019
Once again we are catching up with the trade over the next few weeks to find out how businesses are making the most of the all-important Christmas trading period, while also looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities 2019 will bring.
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Published: 29 December, 2018
Once again we are catching up with the trade over the next few weeks to find out how businesses are making the most of the all-important Christmas trading period, while also looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities 2019 will bring.
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Published: 18 December, 2018
The traditional world of Scotch whisky and Amazon’s voice-activated Alexa system are due to collide this Christmas.
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Published: 17 December, 2018
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Published: 13 December, 2018
Tumultuous political times are offering an interesting backdrop to our latest Looking Ahead series.
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Published: 09 December, 2018
Sales of Rhône wines continue to decline in traditional markets, while the US east coast is showing “unprecedented levels of consumer interest,” according to leading sommeliers.
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