Published: 25 April, 2023
Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to test selling wine bottles without the familiar plastic and foil sleeves, in a move which forms part of supermarket’s aim to ‘reduce unnecessary packaging’.
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Published: 18 April, 2023
For decades the Co-op has led the way in ethical trading and renewable energy in the grocery sector. In 2023, how is this reflected in its BWS offering? James Bayley reports.
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Published: 04 April, 2023
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Published: 21 March, 2023
Washington State Wines put in one of its strongest showings yet at its March UK tasting, with ‘vivacity’ and ‘diversity’ being two of the clear stylistic takeaways from this London outing.
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Published: 21 March, 2023
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Published: 17 March, 2023
Jascots Wine Merchants has added producer Sartarelli to its 750-strong portfolio, strengthening its Italian reach with this Marche-based estate.
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Published: 16 March, 2023
Rioja group CVNE has acquired Bodegas La Val in Rías Baixas, taking the number of wineries in its portfolio to eight.
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Published: 16 March, 2023
Amphora Cambridge owner Cong Cong Bo takes a low intervention swipe at the faddish addiction to the word ‘natural’ in wine.
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Published: 15 March, 2023
The trade is facing what has been dubbed a ‘double-pronged tax hike’ following the UK’s Spring Budget earlier this week (15 March), with the freeze on alcohol duty increases to end on 1 August 2023.
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Published: 15 March, 2023
Tenuta San Guido is looking to reposition its Guildaberto label as a significant Tuscan icon in its own right, according to the estate’s Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta.
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Published: 15 March, 2023
195C Balham High Rd, London SW12 9BE
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Published: 14 March, 2023
Leading Spanish producer association, Grandes Pagos de España (GPE), has launched a global education program which puts the country’s ‘grand crus’ front and centre.
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Published: 14 March, 2023
Industry heads are warning that wine drinkers could face rocketing prices if the chancellor goes ahead with a double-pronged tax hike, likely to be announced at tomorrow’s Spring Budget.
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Published: 13 March, 2023
Cambridge Wine Merchants is celebrating reaching three decades in the trade in 2023, with a roster of events lined up to mark the major milestone.
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Published: 13 March, 2023
16 All Saints Road, London W11 1HH
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Published: 09 March, 2023
Our trade is not prone to hysteria, but there has been a pronounced bout of bedwetting recently. The cause? Studies showing how the younger generation is turning away from wine, with commentators quick to respond via apocryphal prophecies of doom if the industry doesn’t better engage with millennials.
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Published: 06 March, 2023
Leading retailer Majestic is inviting 12 new candidates to join its industry-leading Diversity in Wine scholarship programme.
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Published: 06 March, 2023
A double dose of decision-making is this month’s focus as Andrew Catchpole join’s Rathfinny for 2019 Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noir dosage trials
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Published: 24 February, 2023
Some Harpers’ readers may not be avid sports fans, while others may live in countries where football is called soccer or where the game of cricket is as mystifying as nuclear physics. So before discussing why England football manager Gareth Southgate and cricket captain Ben Stokes have something to teach us about business, a little scene setting may be in order.
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Published: 22 February, 2023
Mateusz Kowlczyk of Kai Mayfair has been announced as the winner of the 2023 UK Ruinart Sommelier Challenge, taking home the title in the seventh year of the competition.
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