Everyone seems to have advice about how to get through lockdown. Even if we’re all still sitting here in December, our diaries emptier than your local Wetherspoons, I can’t imagine the well-meaning guidance changing much. Eat healthily, exercise, take up a new hobby, read a book, tidy your cupboards, call your friends and family, order food online.
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Back in proactive lobbying mode, the WSTA outlined its key priorities and government asks on Wednesday as the UK hurtles towards the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020.
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Wine sales in the US have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels after an early spike in online sales, according to a new US Covid-19 Impact Report from Wine Intelligence.
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Hugh Sturges, MD at Jeroboams, gives Lisa Riley a glimpse of the realities of coping with lockdown
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South Africa’s 2020 harvest is up 8.2% on the previous year, according to the Vinpro harvest report released today.
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Diana Rollan, group head of beverage at D&D London, gives Lisa Riley a glimpse of what may lay ahead for restaurants when the on-trade starts to reopen.
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Liv-ex has introduced “significant” upgrades to its universal LWIN (Liv-ex wine identification number) identifier for wines and spirits.
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Majestic Wine has revealed details of a number of changes to key personnel, as the business prepares for its new chapter.
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Wine Australia has improved its Australian Wine Discovered (AWD) educational programme with all modules and materials refreshed and three new modules added.
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Published: 30 April, 2020
Wine GB has unveiled a new initiative aimed at boosting sales of English and Welsh wines to help producers and growers hit by the lack of cellar door sales and the on-trade closure.
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Published: 30 April, 2020
The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) and AXA Millésimes have announced the five international winners of the AXA Millésimes scholarship.
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Published: 30 April, 2020
The Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino (GOCV) has appointed Sarah Jane Evans MW as its new chair.
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Published: 29 April, 2020
The South African government has announced that the ban on exports of wine imposed during lockdown will be lifted from the end of this week as the country eases its measures.
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Published: 29 April, 2020
In the last of our current series on the generic bodies and their activities in relation to the pandemic and lockdown, Andrew Catchpole talks to Nicky Forrest, MD of Phipps, representing Wines of Germany.
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Published: 29 April, 2020
Brazilian wine drinkers are prioritising saving over spending during the pandemic, but still value wine.
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Published: 29 April, 2020
Santa Rita Estates (SRE) has pronounced the 2020 harvest as the “most memorable” but also as “particularly challenging within the context in which it developed”.
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Published: 29 April, 2020
Online sales of beers, wines and spirits (BWS) surged 78% in the last four weeks making it the fastest growing grocery category in terms of sales.
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Published: 28 April, 2020
Michael Saunders, Bibendum CEO and chairman of The Drinks Trust and WSTA, dives deep into the challenges thrown up by the current crisis. Andrew Catchpole reports
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Published: 28 April, 2020
Private members club 67 Pall Mall has extended its virtual events calendar offering with the launch of a monthly £10 membership deal.
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Published: 27 April, 2020
Goedhuis & Co has promoted its associate director of technology, Peter Dunmow, to the position of technology director at the same time as appointing him to the board.
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