Like many professionals working in the trade, a career in wine was never part of the original plan – I studied mechanical engineering at university, graduating in 1997. Yet after completing a WSET course in London, I applied for a position at Harvey Nichols in 2001. I soon fell in love with both the people and subject, a passion that endures today.
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UK rum sales are predicted to have broken the £1bn barrier at the end of last year for the first time.
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Ian Harris, chief executive of the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET), has been awarded MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
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Hayman’s Gin has revealed plans to create a UK sales team to support its ambitions for the home market.
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Distell has agreed to sell its Bisquit Dubouche et Ci Cognac business to Campari Group for €52.5m.
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Looking ahead to 2018, James Lawrence finds the indie sector in a buoyant mood, with flexibility key to meeting the challenges ahead
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Diageo has secured over five million pledges from people who have vowed never to drink and drive.
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Berry Bros & Rudd has appointed Enotria & Coe’s Matt Davies to the new role of MD for Field’s, Morris & Verdin and Berry Bros & Rudd Wholesale.
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Majestic Wine has predicted an “unusual” year for wine in 2018 as part of its ‘eight trends’ report.
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The impact of Brexit on sterling has been a major factor in 2017 trade. Industry insider Hamish Gillespie, finance director at North South Wines, explores how best to mitigate the downsides.
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Fever-Tree has announced its intention to open an office in North America as part of a strategy to focus on the US.
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The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) has appointed its first dedicated on-territory team for the US wine and spirits market.
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Berry Bros & Rudd has increased its shareholding stake of Anchor Distilling Company (ADC).
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Rising popularity of premium Languedoc Rousillion, Tequila and Mezcal as well as soaring sales of English sparkling have puts these tipples at the head of the race to be named some of the top trends for 2018.
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A new generation coming up behind the Millennials is presenting new challenges to the drinks trade. Andrew Catchpole reports from the Global Drinks Forum in Berlin
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The UK’s first ever Cognac Show tasting will take place next April 2018, Harpers can reveal.
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In response to what it describes as “massive changes” in the market, Carlsberg’s wine division Crown Cellars has teamed up with the Thinking Drinkers to bring its premium spirits portfolio to greater prominence alongside its wines with the launch of Spirits.
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Philip Hammond is being labelled a “scrooge” after it was revealed he will be one of the worst Chancellors to tax the wine and spirit sector if he pursues the planned increase in the Budget tomorrow (Wednesday, 22 November).
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Vindependents has confirmed it will start importing spirits to the UK for the first time from January 2018.
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A new generation of Cognac producers has raised the double-distilled spirit to a new audience in the UK, providing the on-trade and independent wine merchants with a fresh alternative to the handful of big brands that dominate the buoyant global cognac market.
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