Published: 04 October, 2013
Morrisons claims it has a minimum extra £100 million in sales to be gained from the wine category alone if it maximises its full potential, according to Steve Mosey, trading director for beers, wines and spirits.
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Published: 04 October, 2013
Tesco has signed a three-year business plan with Accolade Wines, according to the producers of the number-one UK wine brand, Hardys.
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Published: 04 October, 2013
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Published: 03 October, 2013
Morrisons Cellar, the retailer's first online grocery offer, has surpassed the retailers' expectations in its first year of operation.
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Published: 03 October, 2013
London Cru, the first central London winery, has had to turn away seven tonnes of grapes due to arrive from Bordeaux and the Loire Valley as the quality was not deemed to be up to scratch.
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Published: 02 October, 2013
Vinho Verde has reasons to celebrate, with exports hitting an all-time high and the past week marking its 105th birthday as a demarcated region in Portugal.
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Published: 01 October, 2013
The 2013 Port harvest has been hit by heavy rain in the Douro valley, with 34mm falling on Pinhao last Friday and Saturday, and more expected today (Tuesday) and tomorrow.
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Published: 30 September, 2013
John Osborne, sales director at wine agency PLB, is to take over as the company's new managing director in January when Peter Darbyshire steps down.
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Published: 30 September, 2013
The Champagne Bureau has announced the winner of the Champagne Ambassador's Awards 2013 UK final, which recognises excellence in wine education and will see the winning candidate represent the UK in the European final later this month.
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Published: 27 September, 2013
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Published: 27 September, 2013
Swig, the online wine retailer and distributor, has told Harpers.co.uk it is up 18% in sales since April, with growth coming from all sectors of the trade, be it direct to the on-trade and retail or through its own trading website, which alone has seen a 100% increase in sales year on year.
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Published: 27 September, 2013
Some of the wine trade's favourite French wines were on show this week at the Absolutely Cracking Wines from France tasting and Harpers is giving you the chance to win a case of specially selected wines from the event.
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Published: 26 September, 2013
Scottish-based wine distributor Alliance Wine was the latest wine company to host a different style of tasting this week with a Latin-themed event in Glasgow complete with music, food and tango dancers.
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Published: 26 September, 2013
A raft of UK agents and importers absent from last year's London International Wine Fair have signed up to exhibit at the newly branded London Wine Fair at Olympia, London, on June 2-4 2014.
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Published: 24 September, 2013
Hugh Johnson & Jancis Robinson, authors of the iconic publication The World Atlas of Wine, are releasing the seventh edition both digitally and in hardback on October 7, 2013.
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Published: 24 September, 2013
Rude Wines has launched a "revealing" new TV campaign on YouTube in order to get the word out about its new business, which launched in May.
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Published: 24 September, 2013
The British Liver Trust has partnered with Eisberg alcohol free-wine, Morrisons and Fibroscan to host pop-up liver clinics, which will offer the public free liver scans and the chance to sample Eisberg wines, as part of the Love Your Liver campaign.
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Published: 23 September, 2013
Oxford Landing Estates winery manager Ashley Ratcliff has won two major Australian agricultural awards in one week.
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Published: 20 September, 2013
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Published: 19 September, 2013
Serving Prosecco on tap rather than by the bottle could help reduce serving time by up to 80% and enhance profits this Christmas, according to on-trade Prosecco supplier Frizzenti.
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