Chapel Down secures £4.3m equity funding

Chapel Down, the English wine and beer producer, has secured £4.3 million in new equity funding needed to increase...

Sign up for Sud de France festival promotion

There is still time for independent wine merchants to sign up to a Harpers promotion with Sud de France to help...

CIVB appoints new managing director

Fabien Bova has been appointed managing director of the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) following a unanimous vote...

Demystifying French wine regions

With UK consumers drinking increasingly higher-quality French wines, it seems trading up is alive and well...

Prix Raisin competition gears up for 2014

Bordeaux wine consultant Olivier Dauga and Jean-Pierre Xiradakis, a restaurateur in Bordeaux, have announced the third Prix...

Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux and VinItaly agree future trade dates

 
Unions des Grand Crus de Bordeaux and VinItaly have signed an agreement coordinating the calendars of their industry events for the next four years to avoid any trade clashes. Text

Champagne Jacquart unveils Cuvée Alpha

Champagne Jacquart has unveiled its new prestige cuvée and is eyeing more launches to enhance its premium...

Gardet launches 'modern' Champagne Byzantine

Champagne Gardet has launched a new brand at this week's Vinexpo which hopes to attract a younger consumer with a modern Champagne style that goes against Champenoise tradition.

Lifetime Achievement for Baroness Philippine de Rothschild

Baroness Philippine de Rothschild has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement accolade at an awards ceremony at Vinexpo in Bordeaux.

Industry roundtable: analysing the many faces of Muscadet

With quality on a high and prices competitive, Andrew Catchpole invited an intrigued panel to look afresh at the diverse wines of Muscadet

LIWF: ExCeL's last stand

London International Wine Fair says goodbye to ExCeL before transforming itself into the London Wine Fair at Olympia in 2014...

Douglas Blyde takes a trip to the wineries of Slovenia

Klemen Mle?nik fleetingly casts eyes to a clearing high in the densely-forested hills. There, a five metre high inscription made of stones proclaims 'TITO' in capitals. "Older people maintain it"...

Places running out for Wines of Portugal Wine Academy

Rising demand for Portuguese wine in the UK means places are filling up fast for the Wines of Portugal Wine Academy tastings being held, in association with Harpers Wine & Spirit, in June.

The World According To... Caroline Gilby MW

Has eastern Europe's time come round again? If you told me a year ago that a UK wine retailer could list a Romanian wine...

Q&A: Viorel Garaz, director of the Moldova Wine Guild

Katherine Canfield talks to Viorel Garaz about Moldova's ambitions on the global wine market

Prowein and Vinitaly battle it out on the international stage

Pre-orders for Naked Wines' ProWein discovery sold in 24 hours

Online wine retailer Naked Wines pre-sold over £37,000 worth of Italian wine in just 24 hours after its maker was discovered by its customer buying team at ProWein.

Demand for English wine as Rathfinny plants more vines

Rathfinny Estate has received calls from supermarkets keen to stock its English wine, despite being a year away from...

Anne Krebiehl: A first impression of 2012 Bordeaux

Another year, another en primeur campaign. No longer are these the heady days of feverish speculation - both the market and a comedown from the hailed 2009 and 2010 vintages have steered the situation back into the real world, where this strange and intricate market mechanism of courtiers, négociants and "la place" insists on existing for another year.

Thiénot unveils UK distribution arm

Thiénot Bordeaux-Champagnes has unveiled Thiénot UK, which follows both Thiénot Inc USA and Thiénot Asia in establishing direct distribution for the brand around the world.