Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Nyetimber redesign aims to convert Champagne drinkers

Published: 27 April, 2012

Nyetimber has redesigned its packaging with the aim of inspiring Champagne drinkers to choose English sparkling wines over French.

Chinese consumer tastes mature

Published: 17 April, 2012

A new Wine Intelligence study has found the Chinese wine market will feature more white wines and sweeter styles of reds in the future.

Wine trade community website launches

Published: 13 April, 2012

A wine-trade only website combining social networking, a commercial marketplace and worldwide database launched in the UK and France today.

Berry Bros & Rudd launches Titanic malt whisky

Published: 11 April, 2012

Berry Bros. & Rudd has released a limited edition single cask malt whisky to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of RMS Titanic.

Maxxium reports strong festive growth

Published: 22 March, 2012

Maxxium UK has reported a strong growth over Christmas and claims to be the fastest growing of the top five spirits distributors over the period.

Parker: 'I should have scrutinised Jay Miller a lot more'

Published: 19 March, 2012

Robert Parker has admitted that "did not supervise Jay Miller as effectively as I should have" over the scandal surrounding visits to Spanish wineries.

Provence Wines Council to ramp up rosé in UK

Published: 13 March, 2012

The Provence Wines Council (CIVP) is to launch a UK targeted marketing campaign, with a focus on rosé.

TFC Wines chief urges retailers and media to back quality lighter style wines

Published: 10 March, 2012

Tony Dann, president of California-based TFC Wines, has written an open letter to each of the UK's major supermarkets and the national media, urging them both to get behind supporting quality lighter style wines.

Auchentoshan launches exclusive travel sector range

Published: 06 March, 2012

Auchentoshan is to launch an exclusive range for the travel retail sector, consisting of four core permanent expressions, plus two limited editions released each year.

Chinese red for Moët Hennessy

Published: 23 February, 2012

Moët Hennessy has announced plans to produce a red wine in China.

Supply shortages for Spanish bulk wine

Published: 23 February, 2012

Spanish co-operatives are going to find it difficult to cope with demand for their bulk wines this year, a leading brokerage company has warned.

The Symingtons donate over £18,000 to Help for Heroes

Published: 22 February, 2012

Renowned Port producing family the Symingtons have donated over £18,000 to Help for Heroes - the profits from Warre's 2009 Vintage.

A bid for Dalmore Zenith

Published: 10 February, 2012

The latest release from the Dalmore distillery, is the Dalmore Zenith.

UK consumer trading up on price and down on abv

Published: 07 February, 2012

The UK consumer is spending more per bottle and increasingly requesting lower alcohol wines, according to the first Wine Intelligence UK Independent Retailer Report.

Tim Wildman MW: Australia in the Goldilocks Zone

Published: 03 February, 2012

In a bright, white gallery space on The Kings Road in Chelsea the annual Australia Day Wine Tasting took place last week. Amid the slurping and spitting, tasters who listened very carefully may have detected a rumbling; deep, subterranean, underground. It could have been a tube train passing below, or a low flying plane overhead. But it was neither of these. The rumbling you may have heard, over the clatter of bottles of Chardonnay and Shiraz, is the sound made as the tectonic plates of the Great Australian Wine Industry shift and rearrange themselves for the first time in a generation.

Changing weather impacts vintages, say top winemakers

Published: 01 February, 2012

Winemakers around the world are noticing huge vintage variation thanks to changing weather patterns.

Harveys teams up to open sherry bar

Published: 24 January, 2012

Harveys Cellars in Bristol is to re-open as an upmarket, contemporary sherry and tapas bar in collaboration with Maxxium owned, sherry brand, Harveys.