Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Profile: Martyn Rolph, Berry Bros & Rudd

Published: 14 December, 2023

Jo Gilbert catches up with Berry Bros & Rudd’s newest head of buying, to discover what’s next for Britain’s oldest wine merchant.

Profile: The wonder of Wanderlust

Published: 17 October, 2023

Wanderlust’s Richard Ellison talks Andrew Catchpole through his journey into wine.

Profile: Walker & Wodehouse

Published: 14 September, 2023

Joshua Butler of Walker & Wodehouse, partner to Harpers 50 Best Indies, talks trade with James Bayley.

Profile: Turning the dial on Greek wine, Maltby & Greek

Published: 14 February, 2023

After growing from market stallholders in London’s Bermondsey, Maltby & Greek founders Yannos Hadjiioannou and Stefanos Kokotos are establishing themselves as London’s go-to Greek food and wine specialists. Jo Gilbert catches up with a duo entering their prime

Profile: The Wine Society

Published: 22 November, 2022

Having traded for almost 150 years, The Wine Society made short shrift of Covid’s trickier challenges, using them as a springboard to greater growth. Jo Gilbert reports

Profile: Hallgarten keeps it interesting

Published: 18 October, 2022

Hallgarten & Novum Wines’ Andrew Bewes and Steve Daniel talk Andrew Catchpole through the challenges posed by today’s extraordinary market conditions.

Profile: Harriet Kininmonth, C&C Group

Published: 20 October, 2021

Jo Gilbert talks to Harriet Kininmonth, wine trading director for C&C Group, the owner of Bibendum and Matthew Clark, about how her newly created role will help to usher in a wine-focused era for the company, while leaving the shadow of Conviviality behind

Profile: Andrew Shaw making his mark at M&S

Published: 21 September, 2021

Andrew Shaw has a distinguished pedigree in BWS, which is continuing with his latest tenure. By Lisa Riley

Jeroboams profile: Taking action through adversity

Published: 08 March, 2021

Jeroboams CEO Matt Tipping talks us through its pandemic strategy and how survival relies on clear and concise action, as Lisa Riley reports.

Profile: Miles Beale in the thick of it

Published: 29 July, 2020

The WSTA’s Miles Beale talks Andrew Catchpole through life at the trade’s lobbying body during extraordinary times

Q&A: Kim Wilson and Joy Edmondson, North South Wines

Published: 18 June, 2019

Innovative, agile and on-trend, North South Wines is shaking up the traditional importer model. Andrew Catchpole meets its founders

Ruling the high street

Published: 24 October, 2017

With its diverse own-label portfolio, Marks & Spencer is tearing ahead of its competitors.

Independent profile: The Good Wine Shop

Published: 19 September, 2017

Andrew Catchpole drops in on The Good Wine Shop where a hybrid-focused refurb is the latest innovation primed to seduce wine drinkers from the south-west London ‘burbs