Published: 20 December, 2019
About twenty years ago I tried to sell a sparkling wine from Italy that was almost unknown in the UK market. We were a significant supplier to the major retailers and worked closely with them on new product development ideas, from lesser known grape varieties, regions and countries, to new styles and packaging for better-known wines. My Italian sparkling wine was from a medium sized organic producer whose wines we had won listings for, but the buyers felt that it was not well known enough in our market and wouldn’t sell. It was, of course, Prosecco.
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Published: 09 December, 2019
Aldi has chosen the Dorset-based Lyme Bay Winery to produce an English sparkling wine for its premium ‘Exquisite Collection’.
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Published: 21 November, 2019
North South Wines has signed a distribution deal with Cava producer Vallformosa.
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Published: 05 November, 2019
Rathfinny Wine Estate has announced a 19% increase in 2019 yield compared to last year’s harvest.
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Published: 29 October, 2019
Freixenet is on the campaign trail with its first TV campaign across prime-time TV in years.
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Published: 29 October, 2019
Consorzio of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG has declared the 2019 harvest of “exceptional quality”, but said yields were down between 3% to 5%.
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Published: 17 October, 2019
Harpers editor Andrew Catchpole will host a roundtable on sparkling wines at Mediterranean food and wine fair Bellavita next week.
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Published: 15 October, 2019
Juvé & Camps has expressed its commitment to sustainability with the launch of the first organic certified vintage of its flagship premium Cava.
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Published: 03 October, 2019
Cava is to target key markets UK and Belgium in the Christmas run up with a new initiative designed to raise awareness of its premium wines.
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Published: 01 October, 2019
Chapel Down, the English sparkling wine, spirit and beer producer has reported sales of 21% for the first half of the year alongside increased losses as it forges ahead with vineyard expansion and investment.
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Published: 18 September, 2019
Over the past decade, the UK sparkling wine market has increasingly become a tale of two sparklers.
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Published: 18 September, 2019
Cava is to get a big promotional push in the run up to Christmas, its regulatory body has announced.
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Published: 04 September, 2019
Wine GB has said it is confident it will hit its estimated £350m export target set for 2040 as exports doubles, albeit from a small platform.
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Published: 28 August, 2019
A new report has suggested that English sparkling wine ticks all the right boxes to help reverse something of a slump in sales of sparkling wine over the past year – the first time this has happened in a decade.
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Published: 07 August, 2019
Despite declining overall UK market share, Australia’s renewed dynamism is making headway in premium channels. James Lawrence reports
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Published: 07 August, 2019
As the first half of 2019 draws to a close, Harpers asked key trade figures to highlight the current challenges, ongoing trends and opportunities
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EWGA Wines has signed a deal with the Boizel family to become the exclusive on-trade UK distributor of the Champagne brand.
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Crémant is ideally placed to bridge the gulf between Prosecco and premium priced English sparkling wine and Champagne, offering mid-market value to continue to drive the growth of sparkling wine in the UK.
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Winetraders has expanded its listings with the addition of English sparkling wine producer Exton Park.
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Maison Bruno Paillard has launched its 2009 ‘Assemblage' Champagne onto the UK market.
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