Winemakers from Australia and New Zealand will be hitting the road this month as Negociants embarks on its first ever UK winemaker tour, in order to re-establish close links with the trade.
Read more...Australian Vintage's Julian Dyer is to step up as acting general manager for the UK and Ireland as Paul Schaafsma moves to Accolade Wines.
Read more...Independents are invited to meet six of Australia and New Zealand's leading winemakers during the Negociants UK Winemaker Tour.
Wine Australia is to host a specialist seminar looking at the various styles of Semillon the country can now produce at Australia House in London on September 18.
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Penfolds is taking wine pricing to new levels by launching a £110,000 Kalimna Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon 2004, in a limited edition glass ampoule.
Read more...Liberty Wines has taken on the agency for Hess Family Estates' Bodega Colomé and Amalaya and South Africa's Glen Carlou.
Read more...Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago has a lot of respect for natural winemaking, but believes it shouldn't govern the process of making a good wine.
Negociants UK is firmly focused on becoming the number one specialist operator in Britain for Australian and New Zealand wines.
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...Australia's top family wineries are finding the UK increasingly tough - leading a number to "pull back" from the market.
Read more...A double pod is in order this year for Australian Vintage at LIWF 2012, to allow it to spread its wings under the Tempus Two and Nepenthe banner, while also showcasing other premium wines from its ever-growing portfolio.
Read more...There's a host of hidden gems over at Treasury Wine Estates, with launches from its world brands Penfolds, Beringer, Wolf Blass and Rosemount.
Read more...The first group of wine industry names have been confirmed for this year's James Busby Travel "trip of a lifetime" to Australia.
Read more...Oxford Landing Estates is to run a month-long Nice One Sunshine poster campaign in London Underground and National Rail stations to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Read more...Naked Wines is to invest £5.5 million in Australian and US winemakers in 2012, and will be opening low-key retail operations in both countries over the summer.
Read more...Sterling strengthened to fresh highs against the commodity backed currencies as risk aversion drove the market.
Read more...Australia's Peter Lehmann Wines have switched distribution from Enotria to Hallgarten Druitt.
Read more...Hunter Valley winemakers are leading a march on parliament in Sydney against government plans to allow coal seam gas exploration, which could threaten vine growing land.
Read more...Wine Australia is ditching its annual trade tasting in 2013, and will now hold the event once every two years.
Read more...Wine Australia is changing its generic marketing activity on offer to a user pays format - the body argues it will give it a "neutral position" and allow it to be "more agile".
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