Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Borough Wines launches new store with Château Castera tasting

Published: 19 October, 2015

Borough Wines is launching its new Shoreditch store and wine bar with an exclusive event for the press and trade.

D&D expands into winemaking with its own range of wines

Published: 16 October, 2015

The D&D London restaurant group is launching its own range of wines to offer its customers.

Côtes du Rhône Wines announces Game of TRhône quiz night

Published: 14 October, 2015

Winter is coming. And with it, news of the annual Côtes du Rhône Wines quiz night.

Italy overtakes France again as world's leading wine producer

Published: 12 October, 2015

Italy has regained its position as the world's largest wine producer this year, according to figures submitted to the European Union.

Alsace throws spotlight on terroir and food pairings with autumn promotional push

Published: 06 October, 2015

Alsace wines are getting an autumn promotional boost in the UK with an online sponsorship and trade tasting.

Mouton Cadet extends Ryder Cup partnership to Hazeltine in 2016

Published: 01 October, 2015

Mouton Cadet has been named as the official wine of golf's 2016 Ryder Cup.

Médoc producers approve timetable for move to Crus Bourgeois classification system

Published: 22 September, 2015

Members of the Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the creation of a classification system for their wines.

Badét Clement buys Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards in Languedoc

Published: 21 September, 2015

French wine producer Badet Clément has acquired its own vineyards in the Languedoc region with the purchase of Domaine de la Métairie d'Alon.

Analysis: A rise in white and red wines from Bordeaux demostrate its diversity

Published: 16 September, 2015

Looking beyond red and the hype of en primeur there seems to be a resurgence in white and rosé wines from Bordeaux.

Prestige Champagne cuvée from Taittinger gets UK release

Published: 15 September, 2015

Taittinger is releasing its 2006 vintage Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut this month.

Sparkling wine continues to fizz with on-trade sales up by more than half in a year

Published: 15 September, 2015

Sparkling wine is the star performer in the drinks trade with the value of on-trade sales up by more than half in the year to July 7, according to Nielsen figures in the third quarter market report from the Wine & Spirit Trade Association.

Q&A: Philippe Dhalluin, managing director of Châteaux wines, Château Mouton Rothschild

Published: 14 September, 2015

Dhalluin has been overseeing the winemaking at Mouton Rothschild and several of its estates since 2003. He talks about the joys, as well as the pressures, of leading arguably one of the most iconic wine labels in the world.