Published: 18 March, 2026
Headlines such as ‘Rum is the big success story of the last decade’ always provoke a ‘duh’ reaction in me. I should know, I’ve enjoyed the rise of rum as a front-seat passenger for the better part of 20 years. But there is also the smug satisfaction of knowing we are in a fabulous era for tasting experiences that range from cost-effective to uber-niche sugarcane spirits from corners of the world that few knew had a rum tradition. A population with exciting diversity has a rum selection to match.
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Published: 05 March, 2026
Whisky broker VCL Vintners has expanded its partnership with charity The Drinks Trust, creating a five-figure fund for students to obtain distilling education at the Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers (CIBD).
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Published: 02 March, 2026
Humble Grape – an independent with a number of wine bars, shops and restaurants – has launched its “Women in Wine: Smashing Grapes and the Patriarchy” campaign for International Women’s Month.
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Published: 18 February, 2026
Curious Vines – a UK-based community and support network for women and non-binary people in the wine industry – has partnered with the Académie du Vin Foundation to expand its Education and Development work beyond London.
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Published: 23 January, 2026
Wine Paris, which returns from 9-11 February 2026 has reaffirmed its commitment to being a platform for international expertise, development and connection.
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Published: 05 January, 2026
Wine Paris organiser Vinexposium has revealed its list of nominees for the third edition of the V d’Or.
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Published: 22 December, 2025
Independent drinks distributor LWC has revealed that during 2025 it funded 526 trade customer WSET wine courses.
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Published: 24 November, 2025
Curious Vines has opened the applications for its annual education awards, continuing its mission to empower women+ people in the wine industry.
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Published: 18 August, 2025
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust has revealed for the first time the complete list of wines used in its Diploma tasting exams. The organisation’s Level 4 Diploma in Wines involves six units, three of which – Wines of the World, Sparkling Wines and Fortified Wines – feature in the tasting exams.
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Published: 08 August, 2025
The Drinks Trust has announced that its WSET bursary is to be offered for a third year running.
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Ian Harris MBE, CEO of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust from 2002 to 2022, remembers one of the organisation’s great educators.
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The whisky cask marketplace Cask Trade in collaboration with The Drinks Trust has announced the launch of a series of whisky masterclasses. The free programme will form part of The Drinks Trust’s flagship educational initiative ‘Develop’.
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The annual Vinexposium Business Awards, which reward the most “inspiring” sustainability initiatives in the wine and spirits industry, are now open to entries for 2026.
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EU funding of €15m is to help South Africa Wine drive inclusive growth, unlock business opportunities and support the development of black-owned brands, farms, education and enterprises.
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Opportunities in the wine trade are scarce these days, particularly for those at the start of their careers, but recent graduates and post grads with an interest in the wine industry/agribusiness can now apply for one of 20 places on the 2025 Wine Business Program.
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I’m going to come right out and admit it. I’ve worked in the wine world for 22 years now, and I still don’t really understand malolactic fermentation. I know what it is, in principle. I even know roughly what it does. But how it works or how you stop it? Not a scooby…
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Published: 11 April, 2025
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), the global leader in drinks education, has announced the launch of two new Diploma centres in Toronto, Canada.
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Published: 17 March, 2025
Curious Vines, the support group for women and non-binary people in the wine trade, has announced an education award in partnership with the Rauzan-Ségla estate. The Rauzan-Ségla Curious Vines Bordeaux Education Award will provide a two-day discovery trip to Bourdeaux for five women or non-binary people, to elevate their knowledge of the wine region.
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Published: 06 March, 2025
AI fear is a very real phenomenon and an ongoing concern for many as we head deeper into 2025. From governments folding AI into their models for economic growth, to the launch of Chat GPT in 2022 putting generative AI into the hands of people everywhere, the question of what exactly humans will bring to the table in the next 10, 20 or even 100 years, seems an increasingly urgent question.
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Published: 26 February, 2025
Plumpton College, home of the UK’s National Wine Training Programme, has announced the launch of the National Competency Framework (NCF). The new initiative is designed to define essential skills and competencies for employment across key sectors of the UK wine trade.
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