Premium spirits are up 18.6% in the UK and are the primary driver of growth in the sprits category according to William Grant & Sons 2016 Market Report.
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In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, financial news for the drinks trade, Q&As, and opinion stories.
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If there are two things that Brexit has taught us about the mindset of the consumer right now, it's that the prevailing mood is anti-establishment, and that, partly as a consequence, when it comes to communicating a message the detail is not as integral as the tone.
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New research released from CGA Strategy's International Cocktail Report, Great Britain's cocktail consumption has evolved, but there are still opportunities that may be available if trends in the US are anything to go by.
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The Co-op has announced it is selling 298 of its smaller food stores to the McColl's Retail Group for £117 million.
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Juan Agustín Figueroa, the president of Viña Santa Rita board of directors passed away on 7 July, 2016 at the age of 82.
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The value of Australian wine exports grew by 11% to AUD$2.11 billion, while volume grew by 0.5% 728 million litres for the twelve months ending in June 2016.
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As one of Italy's best known DOCGs Montalcino is slowly remodulating to changing consumer habits and patterns of demand.
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University of Adelaide in Australia launched its online class World of Wine: From Grape to Glass, which is free to enroll and has already had 10,000 students enlisted.
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Gallo family Vineyards has added a Peach & Nectarine flavoured wine to it Spirtz range, which is it fruit-flavoured wine range following the success of other wines in the category.
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The world's wine press in recent weeks has been all over Blue Wine. And when I say blue, I mean BLUE. It's been in nearly every newspaper and online foodie publication. Funny thing is that most of us writing these articles have never actually tasted it. So why is it causing so much of a stir?
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Côtes du Rhône will be launching a pop-up in collaboration with the London College of Communication (LCC) and chef Adam Rawson for an interactive art exhibition called The Rhône Touch.
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At yesterday's Think Indie Drink Indie event hosted in London Vagabond Wines took the top top spot in the UK's 50 Best Indies Award list.
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At today's Think Indie Drink Indie event held at M Restaurant Threadneedle in London, independent merchants heard panellists from across the trade discuss four key topics on how owners could help diversify and grow their businesses.
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Treasury Wine Estates has launched a "food-centered" range of wines under its Rosemount brand in an effort to link wine to everyday meal occasions.
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Waitrose announced it would be rolling out seven day payment terms for small suppliers in an industry leading move.
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When Colley joined Majestic in September 2015, he brought with him a wealth of experience and promptly hit the ground running. Now he has settled in, he talks about what he hopes to achieve over the next three years.
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California wines sales both domestically in the US and international hit a record of 276 million cases in 2015, with an estimated retail value of US$31.9 billion, according to the Wine Institute located in California.
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The revolution in Languedoc-Roussillon winemaking is one of the most dramatic in France's wine industry in recent times.
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According to new Nieslen data, the sentiment that "Brexit will negatively impact the British economy" is now being held by almost two-thirds of shoppers, with younger consumers looking to tighten their financial belts.
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