Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Canada joins Bibendum-PLB portfolio

Published: 18 February, 2016

Two new Canadian agencies, Stratus Vineyards and Norman Hardie, have been added to the Bibendum-PLB portfolio, representing the company's first foray into the country's wines.

:

Published: 19 January, 2016

DWCC 2015 call to action: start talking to consumers

Published: 03 November, 2015

The annual Digital Wine Communications Conference held last month issued a call to action to the wine trade- stop talking to yourself and start talking to consumers.

Analysis: Greatest Champagne vintage for 70 years?

Published: 30 October, 2015

Geoffery Dean gets the inside scoop on this year's harvest from some of the iconic Champagne houses

Is Britain's indigenous Juniper crop facing crisis?

Published: 28 October, 2015

Britain's stock of native Juniper could be endangered, according to a new report.

Q&A: Philippe Dhalluin, managing director of Châteaux wines, Château Mouton Rothschild

Published: 14 September, 2015

Dhalluin has been overseeing the winemaking at Mouton Rothschild and several of its estates since 2003. He talks about the joys, as well as the pressures, of leading arguably one of the most iconic wine labels in the world.

Analysis: The squeeze on supermarket wine aisles

Published: 20 July, 2015

As multiples battle for share, tough times lie ahead for supermarkets and suppliers and the challenges facing the sector

On-trade premium wines sales soar for Matthew Clark

Published: 07 July, 2015

Matthew Clark's premium wine sales are up 10.7% across its customer base compared to last year with restaurants and gastro pubs helping to drive growth.

London Wine Fair diary highlights

Published: 13 May, 2015

Masterclasses, tastings, new features, debate, seminars... there's much to see and take part in. Here's the highlights of the show...

London Wine Fair: Show areas

Published: 12 May, 2015

This year's fair promises to be even bigger, with an 11% increase in stand space and an 18% increase in the number of exhibitors, with over 20 UK importers who didn't exhibit in 2014 returning for this year's event. Here we list the show areas.

The Great British wine fair returns

Published: 11 May, 2015

Diageo considers sale of wine business

Published: 05 May, 2015

Global drinks Diageo is said to be mulling the sale of its wine division.

Sainsbury's set to cut 800 jobs in shake-up

Published: 23 April, 2015

Sainsbury's has become the latest retailer to announce job cuts in a radical shake-up of its stores.

The Almeida reopens with new twist on a wine list - it does not have one

Published: 04 September, 2014

One of London's first restaurants without a wine list has just reopened after a mini refurbishment. The Almeida in Islington, north London, will instead rely on its waiting staff to make their own personal recommendations tailored to guests' individual budgets, style preferences and food order.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 09 May, 2014

In case you missed some of the headlines this week (and a bit of last week due to the long weekend) on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 02 May, 2014

In case you missed some of the headlines this week (and a bit of last week due to the long weekend) on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 25 April, 2014

In case you missed some of the headlines this week (and a bit of last week due to the long weekend) on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.