Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

First there was Summertown, then Jericho for Oxford Wine Café

Published: 24 September, 2015

Oxford Wine Co is preparing to open its second café in the city.

Packaging update for Viñalba Argentine wines

Published: 23 September, 2015

Buckingham Schenk has unveiled new label designs for wines in its Viñalba Argentine range.

Budge Brands to invest £1m in Birmingham distribution centre

Published: 23 September, 2015

Midlands drinks firm Budge Brands is to open a 73,000 sq ft distribution centre near the centre of Birmingham after receiving £1 million in funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.

Almost half of shoppers using discounters as pressure builds on the big four says Nielsen

Published: 22 September, 2015

Nearly half of all British households are visiting Aldi or Lidl every month, heaping pressure on the big four supermarkets ahead of the busy Christmas trading period, according to latest data from Nielsen.

Médoc producers approve timetable for move to Crus Bourgeois classification system

Published: 22 September, 2015

Members of the Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the creation of a classification system for their wines.

GB's Beronia releases first wine from Spanish Rueda region

Published: 22 September, 2015

Rioja producer Bodegas Beronia has released its first white wine from outside the region.

Gallo gives Dark Horse a helping hand with supermarket sampling campaign

Published: 22 September, 2015

Gallo is taking its Dark Horse premium Californian wines on a tour of the UK in a bid to persuade Tesco and Sainsbury's shoppers to buy the wines.

Exton Park delivers first vintage English sparkling wines

Published: 22 September, 2015

Hampshire vineyard Exton Park has released its first vintage wines.

New Zealand's wine market offers potential for overseas producers says Wine Intelligence

Published: 21 September, 2015

Per capita consumption figures on a par with northern Europe make New Zealand a market ripe with potential for wine exporters, a new report claims.

Veeno wine café concept sets sights on 80 venues with rapid expansion programme

Published: 21 September, 2015

Italian wine café chain Veeno is aiming to open 80 sites across the UK by 2019.

Badét Clement buys Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards in Languedoc

Published: 21 September, 2015

French wine producer Badet Clément has acquired its own vineyards in the Languedoc region with the purchase of Domaine de la Métairie d'Alon.

Latour '61 by the glass at new London private members' club for wine buffs

Published: 18 September, 2015

A new private members' club for wine connoisseurs will have a list of 5,000 wines and 500 of them served by the glass.

Jerry Lockspeiser: The question every wine veteran gets asked- what is the BEST wine?

Published: 18 September, 2015

It happened again last week. I was on a flight from Mallorca to London City airport. It was one of those small planes with just two seats either side of the gangway. She was in an aisle seat and I was bolted in next to the window. I was trapped and I wanted to lie.