Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Tim Atkin MW: To spray or not to spray?

Published: 08 May, 2015

Tim Atkin MW takes a closer look at the current court case against Nuits-Saint-Georges' Thibault Liger-Belair.

Wine from Rioja to run its 'Shop Rioja' campaign in October

Published: 08 May, 2015

Wines from Rioja will be running its 'Shop Rioja' campaign again this year for the month of October.

Harpers raises the debate on bulk shipping at London Wine Fair

Published: 08 May, 2015

Harpers will raise the debate on bulk shipping at a seminar at this year's London Wine Fair.

Chief of the Week: Raul Diaz of WineTraining Limited

Published: 08 May, 2015

When we think of passion, patience and a man on a mission of spreading the love and appreciation for wine, Raul Diaz definitely comes to mind.

Yalumba's first non-family member MD, Nick Waterman talks about his long-term view for the business

Published: 08 May, 2015

Nick Waterman has become the first non-family member to hold the position of managing director at Yalumba in 165 years. He talks about how it feels to fill such big shoes.

Smith Report: Election 2015: trade impact

Published: 08 May, 2015

The 2015 General Election has been a close call right to the end. But are the potential impacts the results could have on the drinks trade?

Guy Woodward: Looks at the crème de la crème of today's industry awards

Published: 07 May, 2015

Being one step removed from the wine industry these days - and a little slow on the uptake generally - it took me a while to work out why my diary was suddenly so full last month.

South Africa 2015 harvest report: It was early, but expect high quality

Published: 07 May, 2015

South Africa's official harvest report said that the 2015 harvest will be recorded "as one of the driest and earliest in years, with a somewhat smaller wine grape harvest promising exceptional wines."

Brown-Forman launches "LBD" vodka-based spirit in the UK

Published: 07 May, 2015

Brown-Forman launched LBD, a vodka-base spirit with a range of flavours following the success of the brand in the US.

Morrisons continues to face challenges as sales slump 1.1% in Q1

Published: 07 May, 2015

Morrisons reported like-for-like sales down 2.9% in the first quarter of the financial year today with total sales (excluding fuel) down 1.1%.

Henkell & Co-Gruppe sees volume and revenue rise for 2014

Published: 06 May, 2015

Henkell & Co-Gruppe financial results show that revenue increased 1.6% to €700.7m and sales volume increased by 3.1% for fiscal year 2014.

Kantar: £532m lost from supermarket revenue pool in just three months

Published: 06 May, 2015

Kantar Worldpanel released it most recent UK retail figures today showing that "a massive £532m has been taken out of the supermarket revenue pool in just three months" according to Fraser McKevitt, the head of retail and consumer insights at Kantar.

Wine Australia to host Benevolent fundraiser in Yvonne May's honour

Published: 06 May, 2015

Wine Australia is hosting an Aussie BBQ in honour of Yvonne May to help raise funds for the Benevolent charity.

Euromonitor predicts global drinks industry volume will grow nearly 10% by 2019

Published: 05 May, 2015

New data on the alcoholic drinks industry from Euromonitor International found that despite total volume growth for 2014 remaining relatively unchanged (0.8%) for the second year in a row, the industry is expected to grow by more than 20b litres in the next four years.

LWF's state of the nation report focuses on the recovery in the UK on-trade

Published: 05 May, 2015

London Wine Fair's second state of the nation report indicates that the UK on-trade is finally recovering from the Global Financial Crisis, but that the changes in consumer behaviour are potentially the new norm.

Former Jascots' training manager launches new wine school in London

Published: 05 May, 2015

Raul Diaz the former training manager and head sommelier for Jascots Wine Merchants has launched his own wine education school called WineTraining Limited.

Richard Mark James: Goes on rosé journey through the Languedoc

Published: 05 May, 2015

You wouldn't be surprised to hear that most (over three-quarters) of what the Languedoc produces and sells is red wine.

Chief of the Week: English Wine

Published: 01 May, 2015

It may be a bit of a departure from our more traditional celebration of people in the wine and spirits industry that we choose to recognise English wines as this week's Chief of the Week. But with the enormous success of English Wine over the past year it is a great opportunity to raise a glass of British sparkling fizz to the growing number of producers and their success stories.

Cloudy Bay returns to RHS Chelsea Flower Show kicking-off its summer campaign

Published: 01 May, 2015

The iconic New Zealand wine brand Cloudy Bay returns to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the third year with a show garden designed by brothers David and Harry Rich.