Published: 03 March, 2021
Leading lights from the world of fine wine have announced plans to find the future BAME and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) hospitality leaders, by launching two new MS and MW scholarships which will be funded via a new glittering awards ceremony at London hotspot Annabel’s.
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Published: 03 March, 2021
Duty on wines, spirits and beers is to be frozen, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in today’s Budget.
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Published: 03 March, 2021
As famous for its wines as it is for entrepreneurial spirit and world-beating technology, it’s no surprise that innovation continues to come thick and fast from across the pond. From everyman investment platforms to robotic wine management systems and AI wine matching services, Jo Gilbert rounds up what’s new out of the US.
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Published: 02 March, 2021
Justerini & Brooks has added Rutherford Frog’s Leap winery to its California portfolio.
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Published: 02 March, 2021
Liberty Wines has created three new roles to strengthen its senior management team, after a successful year despite the global pandemic.
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Published: 01 March, 2021
Kingsland Drinks is gearing up to boost its bag-in-box wine capabilities this year with a six-figure investment in additional production line machinery.
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Published: 25 February, 2021
Having removed much of the taint of TCA to cork’s reputation, the classic stopper continues to establish itself as a benchmark of quality, as James Lawrence reports.
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Published: 25 February, 2021
Jacob Leadley, CEO and winemaker of Black Chalk, and Wine GB have announced plans for this year’s Easter weekend initiative to support the English wine industry.
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Published: 24 February, 2021
The South African government has announced it will increase the excise duties on alcohol by 8%.
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Published: 24 February, 2021
Against all the odds, New Zealand wines have continued to thrive and gain recognition in markets around the world. Andrew Catchpole reports on a remarkable achievement
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Published: 24 February, 2021
Accolade Wines has appointed Teresa Heuzenroeder as its new senior winemaker and manager for its Tintara facility.
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Published: 24 February, 2021
The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) is gearing up to hold a virtual trade tasting in cooperation with the Austrian Embassy London and the Austrian Trade Commission in London.
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Published: 24 February, 2021
Wine has been pinpointed as the most popular e-commerce purchase during the Covid pandemic.
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Published: 24 February, 2021
Wine GB is gearing up to stage its wine tourism conference next week, the first event from the trade body to focus solely on this part of the UK wine industry.
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Published: 23 February, 2021
Lay & Wheeler has revealed it is gearing up to build a new head office and warehouse.
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Published: 22 February, 2021
Accolade Wines has announced its support for Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) as a founding partner.
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Published: 22 February, 2021
Bosman Family Vineyards has partnered with South African celebrity Thapelo Mokoena of Bakoena Brands to launch what it claims to be the first South African wine made from the Sicilian Nero d’Avola variety.
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Published: 22 February, 2021
Michelle Brampton has resigned from her role as MD of Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Published: 18 February, 2021
Pinot Noir has long had a place in UK winemaking, as part of the classic Champagne varieties and, to a lesser extent, still variants often from select vineyards or small parcels. Now, with an increasingly changing climate helping to ripen and tease out those darker fruits, it could be poised to strike out on its own, as Jacopo Mazzeo surmises.
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Published: 17 February, 2021
A new academic study has provided “conclusive proof” of terroir’s influence on whisky, potentially paving the way for an Appellation Controlée system for whisky in the same way as wine.
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