LIWF Day Three: live blog
Published: 24 May, 2012
It's the third and final day of LIWF and Harpers' news team will be keeping you posted about what's going on at the fair.
Read more...UK retail sales decline and euro hits 22 month low
Published: 24 May, 2012
Sterling strengthened against the euro, however data released yesterday showed a sharp drop in retail sales figures to -2.3% when only a -0.8% figure was expected.
Read more...Buckingham Schenk to target independents
Published: 23 May, 2012
Buckingham Schenk is planning to target independents and has also just signed a deal to be the exclusive UK agent for tulip pre-filled wine glasses.
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Champagne Jacquart lines up acquisitions
Published: 23 May, 2012
Champagne Jacquart is eyeing acquisitions as it seeks to become a bigger international player.
Read more...Wine trade can learn from books, shower gels and strawberries
Published: 23 May, 2012
The wine trade could learn a lot from books, shower gels and strawberries - that's according to some of the industry's most senior figures, speaking today at Harpers' debate at LIWF.
Read more...Champagne is no en primeur Bordeaux, warns European Fine Wines
Published: 23 May, 2012
Wine broker and specialist European Fine Wines, is urging consumers not to get carried away with thinking of Champagne as an investment akin the top wines from Bordeaux.
Read more...LIWF news: CyT UK creates merchandising team
Published: 23 May, 2012
CyT UK has unveiled plans for a new merchandising team that will be tasked with giving independent off-licences more confidence when displaying and talking about wine.
Read more...Sterling bounces back after IMF suggests UK monetary injection
Published: 23 May, 2012
Sterling came under pressure yesterday but recovered in the afternoon as the International Monetary Fund said the UK needs to consider injecting more money into the economy.
Read more...LIWF: Day Two, Live Blog
Published: 23 May, 2012
The events as they happen on day two of the London International Wine Fair at ExCel.
Harpers Awards 2012 winners
Published: 23 May, 2012
Bibendum, Majestic, Sainsbury's, The Sampler, Tanner's, Jose Pizarro and Pollen Street Social were some of the big name winners at last night's inaugural Harpers Awards.
Read more...Commercial wine brands can work in independents
Published: 22 May, 2012
Commercial brands do have a place in independent merchants - but only if the quality stacks up and prices are competitive.
Read more...Wine trade must recruit more drinkers
Published: 22 May, 2012
A whopping 8.1 million consumers don't drink wine and it's up to the trade to do something about it.
Read more...BRICs to surge by 80% in red wine in next five years
Published: 22 May, 2012
BRIC markets will grow their red wine sales by 80% in the next five years - according to Euromonitor's Spiros Malandrakis.
Read more...Treasury Wine Estates launches Beringer Classics to hit premium US wine market in UK
Published: 22 May, 2012
Treasury Wine Estates is launching Beringer Classics in a bid to capture a significant share of the premium £6+ US wine category in the UK.
Read more...France tops International Wine Challenge leaderboard
Published: 22 May, 2012
The top three gold medal-winning nations in the 2012 International Wine Challenge are reigning champions France with 120, Australia with 69 and Portugal with 55.
Read more...WSTA hosts Canadian LCBO in London
Published: 22 May, 2012
Representatives from one of the world's largest spirits buyers, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, are meeting senior figures from the UK trade in London this week.
Read more...Consumers are too busy to think about wine
Published: 22 May, 2012
The wine industry's problem is that it thinks consumers care more about their product than they actually do, according to the head of research firm The Source.
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