Gusbourne Estate signs up as a key sponsor of Digital Wine Conference

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Rioja Tapas Fantasticas returns to London's South Bank for seventh year

Rioja Tapas Fantasticas, the award-winning Spanish food and wine festival, is to return to London's South Bank for the seventh year running between June 14 and 15.

Tesco's Laura Jewell hits out at suppliers that fail to understand how multiples operate

Laura Jewell MW, head of Tesco's wine development team, has hit out at suppliers that fail to understand the needs of major retailers.

Richard Siddle: do you know what really turns your business partner on?

It is said the most important factor in a successful relationship is the ability to listen to the needs and wishes of your partner.

Berry Bros switches distribution of King's Ginger and Pink Pigeon rum to Mangrove

Berry Bros & Rudd has decided to switch the UK distribution of The King's Ginger liqueur and Pink Pigeon Mauritian rum from Cask Liquid Marketing to Mangrove, the specialist spirits company. The brands move over on June 1.

MPs get through £750k of wines, beers and spirits a year in House of Commons

MPs manage to get through £750,000 worth of alcohol a year whilst working at the House of Commons, according to media reports this week.

Comic Relief to stop investing in alcohol companies following independent review

Comic Relief has taken the decision to stop investing fundraising money in alcoholic drinks companies in a move that could lose the charity £1 million a year.

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Jerry Lockspeiser is enthralled by the wine business insights of Mike Veseth

Mike Veseth is an unusual academic. Professor emeritus of international political economy at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and an economist who studies global wine markets, he writes about wine business issues with a down to earth populist ease that Nigel Farage would be proud of. His enthusiastic, chatty style resembles a conversation over a glass of Merlot in a wine bar. He makes his subject highly accessible and clearly loves this world.

Heather Dougherty to be chairman of the Association of Wine Educators

Heather Dougherty has been appointed as the new chairman of the Association of Wine Educators.

Chris Porter's "Around the Grounds" challenge raises £30,000 for The Benevolent

Chris Porter, chairman of the Benevolent, hopes to have raised £30,000 for the drinks charity by successfully completing his "Around the Grounds" challenge to visit every one of the 91 football league grounds in the country across a two week period.

Air New Zealand to help New Zealand Winegrowers promote wine tourism

New Zealand Winegrowers has linked up with Air New Zealand in the hope of raising its profile as a key destination for wine tourism

Katie Cooper on why the Berry Bros' Wine Club stands out from the pack

Douglas Blyde catches up with Katie Cooper, manager of Berry Bros & Rudd's Wine Club, on the kind of wines and service she offers its growing band of members.

Mark Fiddes on why when it comes to drinks adveritising it is time to think outside the gogglebox

First, social marketing was king. Then mobile was king. Then native advertising was king. So many monarchs, gadzooks, it's getting to look a lot like Shakespeare.

Convenience stores set to grow by 30% in next five years to hit £50 billion in sales

The rise in local top up shopping is set to continue over the coming years with the overall UK convenience market set to be worth £49 billion by 2019, growing by over 30% over the next five years according to the IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution).

Katherine Canfield on how California is leading the way in wine tasting experiences

Whist other wine regions still struggle with establishing a successful wine tourism industry, California, which has long gone above and beyond welcoming visitors and offering tastings to create an all-encompassing experience for winery visitors, is now employing this approach in other areas of the industry, such as trade and consumer tasting events.

Open golf sponsorship has helped Glenmorangie drive the brand in key international markets

Glenmorangie is capitalising on its sponsorship of The Golf Open Championship to build the brand in the US and Asia and other key international markets.

Top English winemakers at joint independent tasting to help launch English Wine Week

Five leading English winemakers are coming together tomorrow in Plymouth to unveil their new 2013 vintages at leading local independent wine merchant , Le Vignoble. The event is being held to also help promote English Wine Week that starts on Saturday, May 24.

Mike Matthews welcomes the arrival of Mo?t & Chandon's Argentinian fizz

Mo?t & Chandon's first venture outside of France goes all the way back to 1959 where the then president of Mo?t, Count Robert Jean de Vogüe, along with oenologist, Renaud Poirier, identified  Argentina's Mendoza district of Agrelo as the ideal spot to create Moët & Chandon's first winery outside of France.