Competition between English and New Zealand sparkling wine came to a head last week as the two countries tied in a blind-tasting organised to coincide with the Cricket World Cup.
Read more...Wine businesses need to rethink use of online video to engage with consumers, a leading wine academic has said.
Read more...An all-female line up of international judges have voted for the winners in the 2015 Argentina wine awards.
Read more...Treasury Wine Estates' Lindeman's brand will start appearing on shelves with its new packaging from March onwards, with the refresh completed by May.
Read more...Moët & Chandon is launching a pop-up Champagne school on London's Southbank in order to show consumers how the premium French fizz differs from other sparkling wines.
Read more...Rhône wine brand Les Dauphins will launch in over 40 US states this spring, marking the opening of its 25th export market.
Read more...E&J Gallo is ramping up its marketing activity for its Apothic Red wine brand by aiming to psychoanalyse consumers on social media after seeing UK sales double in 2014.
Read more...Majestic Wine's chief executive Steve Lewis is leaving the retailer with immediate effect, on the back of poor festive sales.
Read more...Justin Keay gets to grips with the growing diversity of Austrian wines at the country's recent London wine tasting.
Read more...Australian Vintage is pulling back from bulk wine sales in the UK to focus on its core branded range as prices sink.
Read more...Concha y Toro's Cono Sur brand has signed up as official wine of the cycling race the Tour de France for the next three years.
Read more...London Wine Fair's organisers are launching a restricted-access area at this year's fair, specifically for producers of premium wines priced £30 or over.
Read more...Bibendum PLB has signed a deal as the exclusive UK distributor of Marlborough's Ara Wines - formerly supplied via Negociants UK.
Read more...A host of top MSc students in the wine sector are travelling to London to evaluate the wine trade this week as part of their studies.
Read more...Argentina's wine exporters are having a "painful moment" as fast-rising inflation rates make it unprofitable to ship goods, says Rabobank.
Read more...The UK-wide Local Wine School network has seen turnover grow 42% to £1.26 million in 2014, as seven new franchises opened.
Read more...The 2015 AfrAsia Bank Cape Wine Auction raised R10.565 million for education in the Cape Winelands, up 50% on last year.
Read more...Spanish wine giant Bodegas Torres, which also produces wines in Chile and California, has seen its sales grow 5% to €240 million in 2014.
Read more...Wine sales rocketed in 2014 at flash sales site Vente-Privée, which is celebrating a 20% increase in wine turnover to €44 million, as it ramps up its UK focus with the appointment of a new managing director.
Read more...Anyone in the wine trade who has been on the receiving end of a review by wine critic and journalist Tim Atkin MW - good or bad - will get the chance to give him a critique back when he bravely takes the stage as one of the guest singers for the ever growing Skin Côntact band when it plays its one off gig on March 9 to raise money for Comic Relief.
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