Majestic Wine is implementing a new pricing strategy beginning tomorrow, which includes eliminating the six-bottle minimum that the store has had in place since 2009.
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Trust Chalerm Yoovidhya, the son of one of the co-creators of Red Bull, to bring extreme winemaking to the planet. Yoovidhya made it his mission to create a market for wine in Thailand and, in the process of developing a domestic market for his Siam Winery's Monsoon Valley Wines, he helped to bring Thai wines to the world.
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Bruce Tindale, owner of Surrey vineyard High Clandon and chairman of the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium, which will be held in Brighton on May 26-28, 2016, talks to Erin Smith about next year's conference
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At the annual WSTA conference last month we heard leading members of the marketing world discuss the importance of brand loyalty in the digital age.
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Paul Symington said that to ensure the future of the category, "Port needs to change with the times". He is optimistic that the recent success of aged tawny Ports is a step in the right direction for the category as whole.
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With the employment rate in the UK higher than it has been in decades, hiring and retaining good employees has never been tougher.
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Head of Conviviality Diana Hunter talks about the company's reverse takeover of Matthew Clark and what it could mean for the trade.
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The Christmas trading period has historically been Port's chance to shine in the UK and this year looks set to be no exception.
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Matthew Clark's chief executive officer Steve Thomson told harpers.co.uk in an exclusive interview that he is "thrilled" over the acquisition of Matthew Clark by Conviviality Retail which has created "a group with the widest reach in terms of route to market in the drinks industry".
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Following the success of the launching his own programme WineTraining Ltd earlier this year Raul Diaz has partnered with John Davey to offer a comprehensive service and wine training programme for the on-trade called Hospitality Workshops.
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As the Rugby World Cup fast approaches, Harpers.co.uk looks at the lucrative sponsorship deals and the drinks brands lucky enough to have landed them.
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Dhalluin has been overseeing the winemaking at Mouton Rothschild and several of its estates since 2003. He talks about the joys, as well as the pressures, of leading arguably one of the most iconic wine labels in the world.
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There's no doubt the craft beer movement that started in the US has migrated across the pond to UK shores and is here to stay. And with the craft beer boom showing no signs of slowing, the on-trade is poised to capitalise on this unquenchable thirst.
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As the Chinese economy slows down people are bracing for a global slump, but what are the potential impacts if any to the global wine and spirits trade?
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Laure Patry, the group executive sommelier, and Frankie Van Loo, head chef at Social Wine & Tapas talk about what it is like to work at Jason Atherton's ever - expanding global empire The Social Company.
Read more...The judges have spoken and the results are in. See the good-looking crop of winners in this year's Harpers Global Design Awards.
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At this year's Bellavita Expo last month, Raul Diaz hosted a masterclass focusing on how the on-trade could make the most of Italian wines by the glass.
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In a country where the annual per-capita consumption is little more than a tablespoon of wine, setting up an Indian winery came with its fair share of challenges. Rajeev Samant the founder of Sula Vineyards talks about his success.
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For Molson Coors' Gary Keller, customer service and quality are key to driving growth in the beer giant's wine offer. He shares how the company goes above and beyond for its customers.
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It's official: gin has gone global. No longer confined to English back bars, now the rest of the world wants a slice of the action.
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