One of the great ironies of the wine industry is that it deals in a product that has a deep well of the primary ingredient in choice, which is, as a consequence, the main element in marketing - emotion.
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England rugby player and Harlequins captain Chris Robshaw has teamed up with school friend and entrepreneur Kevin Latouf to open innovative coffee shop and wine bar Black White Red in Winchester.
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Over 80 whisky brands, 400 whiskies and a selection of masterclasses will be on offer at this year's Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2013 trade session, in October.
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Scotland's Islay is to get its ninth distillery, although plans have yet to be made public.
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In a bid to excite the sherry market, Drakes Tabanco, a traditional tavern typical of Jerez, which serves fine and rare sherries straight from the barrel, is to open in London's Fitzrovia in October.
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Mangrove, the spirits and liqueurs agency, has launched an on-pack competition offering consumers the chance to win a trip to Salzburg with promotional bottles of Mozart Gold chocolate liqueur.
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A raft of UK agents and importers absent from last year's London International Wine Fair have signed up to exhibit at the newly branded London Wine Fair at Olympia, London, on June 2-4 2014.
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A minibus ordinarily reserved for the school run chugs restaurateurs, sommeliers and writers of various generations from Basingstoke station to Hampshire's Hattingley Valley. There, chicken sheds have made way for a winery which, beyond cobbled walls, is cutting edge, complete with Coquard press from Epernay run by solar power.
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Harpers spoke to Fraser Thomson, managing director for IPL Beverages at Asda, about what direct sourcing means for the industry
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The team behind Hawksmoor is set to open a 100-cover restaurant and bar on St John Street in Clerkenwell, London.
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The Wine & Spirit Trade Association is today starting a campaign to get the alcohol duty escalator scrapped a year early.
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Sud de France has announced the winner of its coveted Sommelier of the Year title - Adam Pawlowski of Michelin-starred restaurant Northcote.
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A line-up of top speakers from all sectors of the trade is being pulled together for Harpers' inaugural France Summit, which will be held at London's St Ermin's hotel on October 22.
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Languedoc-Roussillon specialists Abbotts & Delaunay have appointed a new agronomist and oenologist, Hilde Chevillot, to replace winemaker Vincent Charleux.
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London's fascination with American food, at every price point, appears relentless. A five week-long refurbishment by New York designer Meg Sharpe has seen Chelsea Green's urbane Markham Inn reopen as the rather shinier Red House. John DeLucie, chef/owner of Manhattan restaurants Crown and The Lion, and founding chef of The Waverly Inn (co-owned by Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter) has authored menus.
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The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has appointed a new chief executive.
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Oxford Landing Estates winery manager Ashley Ratcliff has won two major Australian agricultural awards in one week.
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Mangrove has teamed up with London Venezuelan food specialist Arepa & Co to open a Santa Teresa rum branded cocktail bar in Shoreditch.
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Treasury Wine Estates has announced the departure of chief executive David Dearie with immediate effect.
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The team behind the Experimental Cocktail Club outlets is to open a wine-focused concept in London.
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