The UK wine industry is running out of glass, creating unprecedented price hikes for bottlers - and the situation is unlikely to be resolved before 2020.
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Stannary St Wine Co has expanded its team with the addition of Kim Suddens as fine wine account manager.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines has hired Colin Cameron in the newly created role of head of marketing.
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The crowdfunding initiative to back the publication of the memoirs of Gerard Basset MS, MW, OBE seeks to set up a scholarship in his name as it reaches £14,000 target within days of launching.
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As the WSET hits 50, Andrew Catchpole talks to chief executive Ian Harris MBE about driving forward a great British export
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Australia will continue to trade with the UK, its biggest export market by volume and third by value, on its current terms post-Brexit.
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The South African wine industry has recorded 4% growth in value exports to R9.06 billion in 2018, but volumes fell 6% due to the small size of recent vintages.
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Exports of Australian wine increased 10% last year to $2.82 billion, according to Wine Australia.
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The Wine and Spirit Education Trust’s annual Awards and Graduation Ceremony celebrated a record number of Diploma graduates at a packed Guildhall in London last night (21 January).
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Fun fact: the Oxford Word of the Year 2018 was “toxic”. Why toxic, you ask? Every year, the eminent Oxford University institution chooses a word or expression that is judged to “reflect the ethos, mood or preoccupations of the passing year” and have “lasting potential as a term of cultural significance”.
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Prestigious wine body Académie Internationale du Vin has announced Elie Maamari - long-serving winemaker and export manager for leading Lebanese winery Château Ksara, has joined the fold.
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North South Wines has expanded its Italian menu with the addition of Stefano Girelli’s Sicilian estate, Azienda Agricola Cortese.
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Armit Wines has added Terroir Sense Fronteres from Montsant to its portfolio.
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With the sparkling wine category continuing to grow, Harpers and Franciacorta have teamed up to offer a fantastic buyers’ trip to the beautiful Franciacorta region.
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Champagne Castelnau has strengthened its marketing team with the appointment Olivier Legrand.
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Amathus Drinks has signed a deal as the UK distributor of organically certified South African wine producer Org de Rac.
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Andrew Catchpole catches up with the Goode doctor to discover what makes his critical faculties tick
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For the last few years one of my nieces has been developing her clothes retail business. She now has four outlets, three in London and one in Barcelona. She sells vintage clothes, along with a smattering of modern stuff and some accessories.
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The number of leaders with confidence in the future of their own company within the eating and drinking-out market took a knock in the three months to November 2018, according to the latest CGA Business Confidence Survey.
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It’s well reported that Australian wine sales into mainland China have been booming, driven by a compelling mix of favourable trade deals, attractiveness of style to Chinese consumers and a firm commitment by the Australian industry to push into that market. Moreover, as with many other territories around the world, the US included, such buyers are prepared to pay a good price for the pleasure of listing the wines.
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