Published: 09 January, 2020
Importer Hallgarten hosted a multi-media event in London yesterday to explore the subject of 'minerality' in wine. The wide-ranging discussion took place between Hallgarten's head of buying Steve Daniel and journalist Dr Jamie Goode.
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Published: 09 January, 2020
After 21 years at Michelin-starred wine oasis The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, proprietors Roger and Sue Jones have announced they will take final orders on 28 March 2020.
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Published: 09 January, 2020
A major new scheme aimed specifically at boosting recycling rates and combating littering for bottled drinks is due to arrive in Scotland in 2021 and the rest of the UK soon after. So what do we know so far?
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Published: 09 January, 2020
The last hike in wine duty delivered an own goal, denting government revenues. Andrew Catchpole asks if a limit has been reached
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Published: 08 January, 2020
Greek winery T-Oinos is celebrating new listings at a range of top restaurants in London.
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Published: 08 January, 2020
Leading global wine event organisations Vinexpo and Comexposium are to join forces in a new body.
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Published: 07 January, 2020
Bibendum has reported a rise in WSET pass rates following a “refreshed investment and approach” to the training.
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Published: 07 January, 2020
Ramón Bilbao has announced it has exceeded targets on its sustainability drive in both its winery and vineyards.
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Published: 07 January, 2020
Wine Australia has said that, while the “toll on individuals cannot be underestimated and should not be downplayed”, a review of fire maps suggests a maximum of around 1,500ha of vineyards fall within the regions affected by the current bushfires to date.
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Published: 07 January, 2020
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Published: 06 January, 2020
Iconic family-owned Australian wine producer Henschke has appointed Liberty Wines as its UK agent.
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Published: 06 January, 2020
A rising clamour over packaging and sustainability is leading many parts of the industry to go back to the drawing board on glass and look at alternative materials. Does plastic deserve its bad reputation?
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Published: 06 January, 2020
Legendary Beaujolais wine merchant Georges Duboeuf has died.
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Published: 06 January, 2020
Wine entrepreneur Peter Click has joined Washington State winery Ste Michelle Wine Estates as vice president of international sales.
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Published: 03 January, 2020
Berkmann Wine Cellars has ushered in the new year with the addition of five new agencies to its portfolio.
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Published: 02 January, 2020
Independent merchants play an increasingly important role in local and regional wholesale, as our exclusive survey results reveal (link below).
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Published: 20 December, 2019
About twenty years ago I tried to sell a sparkling wine from Italy that was almost unknown in the UK market. We were a significant supplier to the major retailers and worked closely with them on new product development ideas, from lesser known grape varieties, regions and countries, to new styles and packaging for better-known wines. My Italian sparkling wine was from a medium sized organic producer whose wines we had won listings for, but the buyers felt that it was not well known enough in our market and wouldn’t sell. It was, of course, Prosecco.
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Published: 19 December, 2019
Hillebrand has acquired US warehouse and transportation business Royal Logistics and Royal Service Transport (Royal) for an undisclosed sum.
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Published: 19 December, 2019
As we prepare for the new decade, Harpers will be taking the month of December to look back over 2019 and ahead to what the coming year will bring – hopefully full of revived optimism for both politics and the trade.
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Published: 16 December, 2019
As we enter a new decade, Harpers look back over 2019 and ahead to what the coming year will bring – hopefully full of revived optimism for both politics and the trade.
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