Albariño and Arneis may not be synonymous with New Zealand; it's a far cry from the usual fare we are used to. Add in Grüner Veltliner, Gewürztraminer, Riesling and Sauvignon Gris, the Blanc's mutant brother, and we get to build a picture of New Zealand's more adventurous side.
Read more...Pernod Ricard has reported a "good overall performance" for the first quarter of 2012, despite the "less than favourable" economy and "softness" in western Europe.
Read more...Distributor Cellar Trends has taken a further step in its aim to become "champion of the UK cocktail sector", by taking on Spain's most widely exported liqueur Licor 43.
Read more...John Hattersley established his wine business seven years ago after spending 20 years in the restaurant business.
Read more...Tesco is radically shaking up its wine range by introducing 300 new wines, and upping the ante on exclusive label brands.
Read more...The UK is turning itself into a global centre of excellence for wine distribution and understanding as it loses its place as the world's most critical wine market.
Read more...Port is beginning to shed its stuffy image and is appealing to a younger, more female-led market, according to Fells marketing controller Mark Symonds.
Read more...Global shortages are sending entry-level wine prices skywards, leaving UK buyers with little negotiating power and having to make speedy decisions under pressure.
Read more...Harpers is offering one lucky reader a case of 12 wines, personally selected by the Harpers and IWC teams from a line-up of more than 150 at the Absolutely Cracking French Wines tasting, organised by Sopexa.
Off-Piste Wines has been appointed the new UK off-trade agent for Spanish wine producer Bodegas Muriel.
Read more...Spanish firm United Wineries has restructured its senior team as it turns its focus away from the UK and other mature markets and on to the faster-growing economies of Russia, China and the USA.
Read more...English Wine Producers has reassured the industry that it is "business as usual" regarding the 2012 vintage, despite the news Nyetimber has made the decision not to pick this year.
Read more...South Africa's Jordan Wine Estate has launched an initiative to help young women, both in the UK and at home, get into the wine industry.
South Africa is "very well positioned" to take market share from countries like Australia as it now claims to be able to supply quality wine at all price levels.
Read more...Two new additions to DeBortoli's Willowglen range are the Willowglen Pinot Grigio 2011 and Willowglen Gewürztraminer Riesling 2011 (rrp £7.29).
Read more...Of course these pages are not all about new wines and spirits, you have to drink them from some receptacle or other.
Read more...Shown for the first time at the Wines of Argentina Annual Trade Tasting is La Riojana's newly created Raza Signature Series.
Read more...After a four rather than customary two-year gap on account of the football World Cup in South Africa in 2010, the Cape Wine trade fair returned to Cape Town this week. A huge number of interesting and high quality South African wines were available for tasting, in the presence of a phalanx of winemakers at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Harpers sampled scores of the wines, and here are some of the highlights, all of which should be available in the UK.
Read more...France's third biggest wine group, AdVini, has appointed Phil Priest as its new UK trading director.
Read more...The daughter and grandaughter of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, are introducing a new Fairltrade wine range to the UK from South Africa.
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