Peer recommendations and traffic building search tools are vital for online wine sales

Bernadette Costello reports on the growing importance of online recommendations and why it is vital you find ways to convince search engines to drive more traffic to your website

ProWein: What the trade thought of the 2014 show

Last month it seemed like the entire UK wine trade had decamped to Düsseldorf for ProWein. The Harpers team was there to find out what key trends emerged and why the show is now so important.

Richard Siddle: ?We've milliseconds to make a difference

Richard Siddle reflects on encouraging signs he saw for the UK wine trade at ProWein.

Gareth Morgan discusses the drawbacks of older vintages being absent in wine classes

Gareth Morgan, a wine educator, is concerned over the obvious absence of older vintages in wine classes for the public.

ProWein Recap: What the trade thought

Harpers compiled a number of different quotes of what people at ProWein thought of the 2014 show.

Stevens Garnier to add major brand every six months

Stevens Garnier is on the look-out for major old world brands, and plans to boost its portfolio by adding one every six months.

Dedicated craft beer section at London Wine Fair

For the first time in its 34 year history, the London Wine Fair will have a dedicated beer section called the Brewhouse, which will focus on small batch, specialist and craft beers.

Diageo shakes up global management team

Diageo's chief executive Ivan Menezes has made changes to the company's global management team with a major focus on emerging markets.

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

In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.

Pernod Ricard reports disappointing Chinese New Year sales

Pernod Ricard reports that there has been no improvements in sales following the Lunar New Year celebrations in China, which is traditionally the busiest sales period of the year for drinks companies, warning that China could remain sluggish until 2015 at the earliest.

Wines of Argentina's Cambalache event sells 600 tickets in three and half hours

Wines of Argentina's Cambalache Nights event, which went on sale through "London's underground events" website The Nudge yesterday, sold 600 tickets in just three and half hours.

?Ardbeg to release limited edition 'Auriverdes' as its tribute to the Brazilian World Cup

Auriverdes is a 2014 limited edition Scotch whisky produced by Islay's Ardbeg Distillery that plays tribute to the World Cup taking place in Brazil this summer. It is being released to coincide with Ardbeg Day on May 31.

Tennessee whiskey repeal bill shot down - for now

The proposed bill challenging the definition of Tennessee whiskey was temporarily laid to rest earlier this week as state lawmakers voted to shelve consideration of the bill until the summer.  

?Shareholders approve Suntory acquisition of Jim Beam for US$16 billion

Beam shareholders have approved the acquisition by Suntory Holdings of Japan at the share-selling price of US$83.50 per share, putting the sale value at US$16bn.

?Wines of Argentina's Cambalache returns: tickets on sale tomorrow

Wines of Argentina's award-winning Cambalache Nights event is returning to London on April 30th and May 1st, with tickets going on sale tomorrow for £40 per person.

?Stevens Garnier appointed UK distributor of Mouton Cadet

Steven Garnier signed a deal today, which has been in the works for months, to be the UK's exclusive off-trade distributor of Baron Philippe de Rothschild, S.A. Mouton Cadet range.

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?Michael Degen of Messe Düsseldorf on what makes ProWein so relevant for global wine trade

Anand Virmani talks to Michael Degen, the executive director Messe Düsseldorf, and the man responsible for ProWein about what makes it successful after 20 years.

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

In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.

?William Grant appoints Rob Allanson as global ambassador

Rob Allanson joins William Grant & Sons Ltd. as the new global ambassador for Grant's Blended Scotch Whisky.