Published: 24 March, 2014
Steven Garnier signed a deal today, which has been in the works for months, to be the UK's exclusive off-trade distributor of Baron Philippe de Rothschild, S.A. Mouton Cadet range.
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Published: 24 March, 2014
Treasury Wine Estates wants to double the size of it travel retail business within five years as it steps its distribution with exclusive and premium wines to airports, cruise ships, ferries and other key travel wine sectors.
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Published: 24 March, 2014
As part of a major shake-up at director level within Ehrmanns, two senior executives are leaving the business and their replacements have already been found.
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Published: 24 March, 2014
Senior figures in the wine trade say steps to cut exorbitant charges for glass recycling could save some companies from going out of business.
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Published: 24 March, 2014
The official launch of the 2016 International Cool Climate Wine Symposium is set to place today at ProWein in Dusseldorf where details of the event, to be hosted in the UK for the first time, will be revealed.
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Published: 24 March, 2014
Accolade Wines' UK general manager says cultural changes at the company and a smaller team have made it more responsive to customers.
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Published: 24 March, 2014
Dusseldorf's international wine trade fair ProWein has got off to a strong start, with visitor numbers for day one slightly up on last year.
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Published: 23 March, 2014
Anand Virmani talks to Michael Degen, the executive director Messe Düsseldorf, and the man responsible for ProWein about what makes it successful after 20 years.
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Published: 21 March, 2014
In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.
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Published: 21 March, 2014
Australian wine brand, Hardys, is to be the official wine of the English cricket team having signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the England Cricket Board.
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Published: 21 March, 2014
The wine and spirits industry has welcomed news that the government intends to lower the costs involved in recycling packaging waste, following a huge increase in glass recycling costs, which could save the sector up to £38 million.
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Published: 21 March, 2014
The UK wine industry is unlikely to receive the same kind of duty cuts awarded to the beer, cider and Scotch whisky industries in this week's Budget as most of the wine drunk in this country is imported.
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Published: 21 March, 2014
French wine producer, Les Grand Chais de France, is the biggest wine name to show its commitment to the independent merchant sector by signing up to the Harpers Best Practice Guidelines that oversee how producers and suppliers are working in the independent sector.
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Published: 20 March, 2014
Spar is to run its annual Wine Festival between March 20 and May 7 which will look to showcase its range of award-winning wines that start from just £4.
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Published: 20 March, 2014
Wine shipments in and out of the west coast of the US could be seriously hampered by possible strike action at 29 major ports.
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Published: 20 March, 2014
A survey of 6,000 consumers has shown that the majority prefer screwcaps over other closures because they're more convenient.
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Published: 19 March, 2014
The alcohol duty escalator has been scrapped, while duty on spirits has been frozen and beer duty has been cut by 1p per pint.
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Published: 19 March, 2014
María José López de Heredia and José Velo Rego are the latest figures to be inaugurated in to the Gran Orden de Caballeros for their services to the Spanish wine industry.
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Published: 19 March, 2014
Scrapping the duty escalator and freezing spirits duty will boost the wine and spirits trade to the tune of £175 million, says the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).
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Published: 19 March, 2014
Robin Copestick, co-founder of UK wine agency Copestick Murray, has sounded a warning shot about the Chancellor's decision to scrap the duty escalator in today's Budget and fears suppliers will be forced to take on the costs of inflationary duty increases rather than the higher costs under the escalator that were easier to pass on to consumers.
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