Insights: Focus on fizz
Drawing on sparkling wine research carried out with Wines Direct, Harpers assesses the state of play
Read more...Drawing on sparkling wine research carried out with Wines Direct, Harpers assesses the state of play
Read more...Columnists are meant to have opinions. They’re meant to have answers. But there is one aspect of wine that I am at a loss to fathom. And that is the location of wine’s cool. Where is it? Who’s got it? Because no matter how you try to spin it, wine is simply not hip. It is not sick. And it is most certainly not, my homies, woke.
Read more...A change to legislation in the 2018 Budget policy document could have a significant impact on products made from concentrate in the UK, including British made wine, low abv wines, RTDs, sherry-style drinks and flavoured ciders – anything which is diluted after fermentation.
Read more...Fresh from his win at the Lifetime Achievement Awards at last week’s Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships in London, Ed Carr, group head sparkling winemaker at Accolade Wines talked to Harpers about putting Tasmania on the map.
Read more...Hanging Ditch founder Ben Stephenson has revealed the plans for his latest venture - a wine retail, entertainment and social space that works from morning to night.
Read more...As the French region looks to revitalise its reputation, Lisa Riley meets the growers introducing greener methods and pursuing organic certification
Read more...The UK has been pinpointed as the fourth most costly country in the EU when it comes to buying alcohol and tobacco.
Read more...The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) has revealed the nominees for its outstanding Alumni Award.
Read more...Viña Pomal has unveiled a new wine positioned as a classic Rioja with a modern style.
Read more...The Californian Wine Institute (CWI) has announced the 2018 harvest had ‘played out like a dream’ for winegrowers in regions across the state.
Read more...Pub landlords and spirits importers will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning, but not the nation’s wine trade – which is looking at an extra £90 million bill in duty next year.
Read more...Flint Wines has grown its Burgundy portfolio with four producers.
Read more...Investing in Britain’s future was one of the anthems that ran through Philip Hammond’s autumn Budget speech this afternoon.
Read more...As summer slides inexorably into autumn, we Brits start ringing the seasonal changes. Light cotton shirts give way to warm sweaters, then the coats come out of seasonal hibernation. Afterwards there’s the annual dither about whether or not to switch the central heating on yet. Before you know it they’ll be playing Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas on a continuous loop in every shopping mall and supermarket between Land’s End and John O’Groats and offering deals on anything from Play Station consoles to family-sized boxes of Quality Street.
Read more...InterBeaujolais has revealed it is working on a new project aimed at attracting young and new winegrowers to the region.
Read more...With Christmas set to deliver yet again for drinks retailers far and wide, Jaq Bayles takes a look at current trends to help merchants prepare for the golden quarter
Read more...Straddling both on and off-trade and with a famous family restaurant group behind him, Charlie Stein chats to Andrew Catchpole about life in the wine trade
Read more...Wine Intelligence has launched its first report focused on gender and wine consumption across six key wine markets.
Read more...Bancroft Wines has signed a deal as the exclusive UK distributor of Barossa Valley’s Seppeltsfield estate.
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