Published: 20 April, 2020
The Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV) has put together a Covid-19 ‘wine package’ in order to mitigate the devastating effects of the pandemic – present and future – on the wine sector.
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Published: 20 April, 2020
The Wine & Spirits Trade Association (WSTA) on Friday welcomed government’s extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) to the end of June 2020, but pressed again for an acceleration of relief measures for businesses hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.
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Published: 20 April, 2020
Campari Group has announced it is in talks with privately owned French company Sarl Ficoma to buy a majority stake in Champagne Lallier.
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Published: 20 April, 2020
With little to celebrate, it’s unlikely consumers will be reaching for the Champagne any time soon, but the category has weathered storms before, says Chris Losh.
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Published: 17 April, 2020
The South African government has banned exports of wine and spirits during lockdown.
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Published: 17 April, 2020
The #theBIGenglishwinegoodfriday initiative has been hailed an "unmitigated success" by English and Welsh wineries, reaching 13 million consumers.
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Published: 17 April, 2020
Ted Sandbach, MD, at Oxford Wine Company, gives Lisa Riley a glimpse of the realities of life as a multifaceted indie merchant adjusting to lockdown.
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Published: 17 April, 2020
Justerini & Brooks has launched a weekly spotlight series focused on an "affordable, everyday drinking wine".
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Published: 17 April, 2020
In the first of a series focusing on how the generic bodies are dealing with the current crisis, we talk to Chris Stroud, marketing manager Europe, New Zealand Winegrowers.
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Published: 17 April, 2020
As lockdown happened, Lisa Riley looked at how the on-trade adapted to create opportunities in an alien situation.
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Published: 16 April, 2020
In its latest series of market insights, Wine Intelligence has highlighted five focus areas for wine marketeers to consider as companies battle through the extreme challenges thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic and the developing recession.
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Published: 16 April, 2020
The Whisky.Auction has raised a grand total of £104,184 via its charity auction in support of The Drinks Trust’s Covid-19 Emergency Fund.
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Published: 16 April, 2020
In a move to reclaim its mojo, Majestic has unveiled a return to its “historic strengths” of exciting and unusual wines in its spring range review.
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Published: 16 April, 2020
Tim Atkin MW, Harpers columnist and leading UK wine writer, has launched his inaugural Uruguay Special Report, following a visit to the country in January this year.
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Published: 16 April, 2020
Swapping lunch in London for a live link to Lebanon, Andrew Catchpole catches up with a rising Middle Eastern star.
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Published: 15 April, 2020
Waitrose has claimed a UK supermarket first with the launch of a fully recyclable ‘wine in a tube’ range.
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Published: 15 April, 2020
Catalonia-based American wine writer Miquel Hudin is offering hospitality staff one-year free membership to his website, which is built around original, first-hand content about wines from Spain and elsewhere.
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Published: 15 April, 2020
Armit Wines has launched a series of virtual video tastings, via Instagram, themed around escapism and R&R.
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Published: 14 April, 2020
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is fast-tracking investment plans to bring forward online delivery of all its qualifications.
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Published: 14 April, 2020
Jackson Estate has said that from a viticulture perspective, the 2020 vintage in Marlborough has the potential to be "one of the best ever”.
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