Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Nominations open for Be Inclusive Hospitality Spotlight Awards

Published: 10 June, 2025

Be Inclusive Hospitality has announced that nominations for its BIH Spotlight Awards are now open.

A seat at the Table: How wine can drive meaningful change

Published: 28 May, 2025

Harpers and North South Wines invited a panel to consider the differing ways drinks trade companies can have a lasting impact on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and sustainable development.

Harpers Webinar sign up: meet those with ‘A Seat at the Table’

Published: 14 April, 2025

With just over a week to go until Harpers ‘A Seat at the Table – Elevating Voices in the Drinks Industry’ webinar (Wednesday 23 April 11.00am – 12.00pm), there’s still time to sign up and benefit from the collective experience of our industry experts below.

WSET and Equal Measures partner in diversity initiative

Published: 13 March, 2025

The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), the global leader in drinks education, has announced a partnership with the Equal Measures (EM) non-profit aiming to increase diversity in the spirits trade.

WineGB launches hub to boost diversity in industry

Published: 06 November, 2024

WineGB has introduced its ‘People Support Hub’ to mark the close of its 30 Days of Sustainable Action campaign, promoting equity, diversity and inclusion within the wine sector.

Multiples: Co-op’s balancing act pays off

Published: 10 October, 2024

James Bayley finds the Co-op’s new wine range delivers across the board with traditional favourites and new finds.

Jerry Lockspeiser: What are we in business for?

Published: 03 October, 2024

Two contrasting news stories caught my attention last month. The first featured the largest ever gathering of the B Corp movement. Held in Oxford the B Corp Festival brought together people from a growing community of over 2000 UK companies who have embraced its key objective – that business should be a force for good. B stands for Benefit. The slogan is People, Planet, Profit. The ethos is that all stakeholders – internal and external – should benefit from what a business does and how it does it.

Curious Vines launches non-wine skills workshop for female and non-binary talent

Published: 20 August, 2024

Curious Vines founder Queena Wong is helming a new Negotiation Skills Workshop aimed at ‘uplifting careers in wine’ for women and non-binary people.

Hallgarten launches second Inclusivity in Wine Programme

Published: 09 May, 2024

Hallgarten & Novum Wines has launched its second Inclusivity in Wine Programme, designed to encourage and provide a pathway for people of diverse backgrounds in hospitality to enter the wine trade.

Breaking boundaries: The CollectEve unveils its vision

Published: 26 April, 2024

A group of 12 female-led wine importers has united under the banner of The CollectEve, an innovative alliance committed to empowering women within the wine industry.

Collaborative female dozen launch The CollectEve

Published: 15 April, 2024

A group of 12 female-led wine importers have come together to form a collaborative group dedicated to ‘excellence and inclusivity and innovation’ in the wine industry.

Nick Gillett: The sexist spirits sector – why we need to do better

Published: 18 September, 2023

Those of you who saw the recent Our Whisky Foundation survey results highlighting inequality in the whisky industry, will understand me when I say: I was not only shocked, but also ashamed. I suddenly felt very naïve, having previously believed that the spirits industry had made progress in terms of equality and equity, but the findings delivered by the research suggest otherwise.

Portuguese diversity on show as exports rise

Published: 12 September, 2023

The breadth of Portugal’s diversity was on full show in London yesterday, where lower yields, good value and newly emerging grape varieties formed an interesting picture of one of the world’s fastest growing-in-popularity regions.

Diversity panel highlights economic fail

Published: 13 June, 2023

With wine failing to attract a younger, diverse audience, there are compelling reasons for change. One of them is financial, as Andrew Catchpole reports.

Hallgarten aims for industry springboard with ‘Inclusivity’ WSET course

Published: 01 June, 2023

Specialist wine importer, Hallgarten & Novum Wines, has announced it is running an ‘Inclusivity in Wine’ course in conjunction with the WSET, which will offer places free of charge exclusively for members of the hospitality industry from diverse backgrounds.

Majestic seeks new Diversity in Wine scholarship applicants

Published: 06 March, 2023

Leading retailer Majestic is inviting 12 new candidates to join its industry-leading Diversity in Wine scholarship programme.

WSTA moves to diversify board

Published: 01 March, 2023

The Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is seeking new board members who will help add diversity to its team, having revised its recruitment strategy.

Producer Q&A: Praisy Dlamini, Adama Wines

Published: 27 October, 2022

Following on from the Her Wine Collection range from all-female South African company Adama Wines, Praisy Dlamini, winemaker and general manager, Adama Wines, talks to Andrew Catchpole about her new Amandla brand, inspiring the next generation and the importance of mentors.

The Drinks Trust partners with Equal Measures to promote diversity

Published: 23 August, 2022

The Drinks Trust has partnered with the Equal Measures initiative to support marginalised and underrepresented people within the cocktail and spirits industry.

Hennessy Partners with Golden Vines for diversity scholarship

Published: 11 April, 2022

Hennessy, the leading Cognac Maison and the premium spirits brand leader (#1 in value worldwide in 2021), is proud to support the newly introduced Hennessy Golden Vines Diversity Scholarship in Spirits in partnership with the Gérard Basset Foundation and Liquid Icons.