Published: 20 December, 2019
About twenty years ago I tried to sell a sparkling wine from Italy that was almost unknown in the UK market. We were a significant supplier to the major retailers and worked closely with them on new product development ideas, from lesser known grape varieties, regions and countries, to new styles and packaging for better-known wines. My Italian sparkling wine was from a medium sized organic producer whose wines we had won listings for, but the buyers felt that it was not well known enough in our market and wouldn’t sell. It was, of course, Prosecco.
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Published: 11 December, 2019
Organic wine consumption worldwide is set to hit around a billion bottles a year by 2023, a new report from organic wine fair Millésime Bio suggests.
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Published: 11 December, 2019
Uncertainties in global trade have hit the fine-wine market, according to the 2019 report from Liv-ex, the online global trading platform for wine.
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Published: 11 December, 2019
US tariffs on wine and whisky are driving the market in Cognac, a leading UK supplier has revealed.
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Published: 09 December, 2019
Accolade Wines has appointed Caroline Thompson-Hill to the role of European marketing director.
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Published: 03 December, 2019
Tariffs on French wine entering the US could be subjected to 100% tariffs, authorities have warned, following an investigation into whether a new technology tax in France unfairly targets American companies.
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Published: 29 November, 2019
The Cava DO has partnered with Canadian sommelier and molecular scientist François Chartier to map the international food-pairing ability of its wines.
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Published: 15 November, 2019
Bodega Norton and Viñalba have both played key roles in Argentina’s vinous revolution, helping to establish the country as a beacon of quality and price on the world stage. Through the lens of these two Mendonza wineries in both Uco Valley and Luján de Cuyo, Jo Gilbert charts how the country got to where it is today, and how a new wave of winemakers are heading outwards to explore Argentina’s terroir.
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Published: 12 November, 2019
Fire chiefs, residents and wineries in New South Wales are currently preparing for a “catastrophic” fire day today as 60 fires continue to tear through the region’s residential areas and wine country.
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Published: 11 November, 2019
Award-winning McLaren Vale winery Haselgrove Wines is set to expand its international distribution with new hires for the Chinese and US markets.
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Published: 06 November, 2019
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged US President Donald Trump to lift tariffs on Scotch whisky.
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Published: 30 October, 2019
Australia’s wine exports grew 7% by value in the 12 months to 30 September 2019 to AU$2.89bn, Wine Australia has revealed.
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Published: 29 October, 2019
Gruppo Campari has reported strong organic sales growth of 6.9% for the nine months to 30 September.
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Published: 18 October, 2019
The number of deaths from drink-driving has fallen around the world, according to the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking.
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Published: 18 October, 2019
Sales growth at global drinks giant Pernod Ricard has slowed, with first-quarter turnover of €2.483bn revealing underlying growth of just 1.3%, in line with expectations.
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Published: 18 October, 2019
The 25% tariff on the import of Scottish single-malt whisky to the US, which came into force last night, will lose the industry 20% of its US exports in the first year, the Scotch Whisky Association has estimated.
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Published: 17 October, 2019
The UK has been identified as one of the top countries in the world for sales of alcohol online, with a surprising outcome for the first and second spot.
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Published: 17 October, 2019
Veuve Clicquot has partnered with award-winning US singer-songwriter Annie Clark, better known as St Vincent, to open a Champagne bar in London’s Covent Garden.
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Published: 17 October, 2019
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) is to meet secretary of state for trade Liz Truss later today to demand government action on the threatened US tariffs on Scotch.
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Published: 16 October, 2019
The CIVB has appointed Julie Rambaud-Texier to head its newly restructured marketing department.
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