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"...
The Gracin family winery in Croatia was founded in 2000 by Leo Gracin and his father Ante, and further established as...
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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...
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Katherine Canfield talks to Viorel Garaz about Moldova's ambitions on the global wine market
Read more...Romanian Winegrowers has announced it will be returning to the London International Wine Fair this year, on the back of significant growth in exports of Romanian wine to the UK.
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Halewood Romania has launched a "surprisingly good Pinot Noir campaign" in a bid to encourage the UK wine trade to look at the quality and value of its wine.
Read more...Pacta Connect's Trevor Long and Judith Burns, enthusiastic importers of quality Croatian wines from Umag to Pula, and also Slavonia and Dalmatia, invited Harpers to taste a tailored menu of British food and Croatian wines at the Cuthbert Pub & Kitchen, Brighton.
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With Christmas safely out the way, the next seasonal trade push is Valentine's Day and neatly jumping on that...
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Wine production and consumption in Russia have been through a turbulent history. Whilst it was vigorously...
Despite what Peter Molnar, the general manager of leading Tokaj
winery, Patricius, described as the "one of the driest, if not the
driest, growing seasons for 100 years in Hungary", the 2012 vintage
there looks like being an outstanding one. Although yields are down by
up to 40% in Tokaj, partly due to lack of rain but mainly thanks to a
vicious hailstorm in late July, consumers can start to get excited
about the potential quality.
Drinks companies that abandon or ignore business opportunities in the UK and Western Europe do so at their peril...
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Romanian Winegrowers, is to expand its distribution across the UK with new listings from The Wine Society, Waitrose and...
Read more...ProWein, the international wine and spirits fair which took place in Düsseldorf last week, is expanding next year in Germany, and considering taking the fair overseas.
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Open-minded importers are urging major supermarkets and restaurants to get behind wines from emerging regions like Croatia, Slovenia and Moldova.
Read more...Guala Closures Group has just completed its purchase of a 70% stake in Polish aluminium drinks closures manufacturer DGS.
Read more...The official dates for the 46th edition of Vinitaly in 2012, have been announced.
Read more...Laithwaites Wine has won the All Round Best Business Award 2011, organised by the catalogue and home shopping organisation, ECMOD.
Read more...Vinexpo insists the world wine industry is in good health - despite big companies looking to dispose of assets.
Read more...Currency analysis for December 14: sterling on a three week high.
For free bespoke drinks trade currency advice go to www.smartwinespirits.com.
Sterling hit a three week high against the US dollar yesterday; gaining nearly two cents from earlier lows after concerns hit the US economy that left investors selling the US dollar.
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