How have Covid-19 and Brexit affected the bulk wine business? Lucy Britner talks to producers around the world about the benefits of bulk and the challenges the past 12 months have brought
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Bulk wine exports from Spain plummeted during the Covid-19 crisis, according to data from the Bulk Wine Club.
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Lanchester Wines has launched a specialist service to help support indies during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
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With carbon emissions increasingly under scrutiny, Kingsland’s resident MW and head of specialist sales & wine development, tells Andrew Catchpole about enlightening the trade on bulk shipping and premium wines with less environmental impact
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Lanchester Wines has expanded its range of ‘boutique bulk’ wines with the exclusive UK launch of High Side - a high altitude single vineyard Malbec.
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Importing wine into the UK in bulk used to be all about saving money. Now it’s about saving the planet, too, as Simon Jack reports.
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Despite falling wine import volumes, China continues to mature as a market, according to the latest country report from Wine Intelligence.
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The launch of a new trading platform for the drinks trade promises to disrupt existing business models. Jo Gilbert investigates
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With the global 2018 harvests bringing the world’s wine supply back into greater balance, the market is evolving to allow greater fluidity in supply, to the benefit of premium bulk players and smaller volume buyers, with differing formats cited as key to future consumer engagement and sales.
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Five wines have been awarded grand gold medals at the International Bulk Wine Competition.
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The World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) has revealed it is set to hold its first exhibition in China next year.
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By taking an holistic approach from sourcing to supply, Kingsland Drinks is injecting innovation along the way. Andrew Catchpole reports
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Unpredictability is the new norm, securing supply has become more critical than price and power has shifted from buyers to producers.
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IBWSS London opens its doors to the UK trade on 26 and 27 February against the backdrop of a market that has seen huge growth in bulk shipping and in-market bottling, along with the rise of premium private label.
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It was once the preserve of the cheap and cheerful end of supermarket wine ranges, but the bulk wine market has seen considerable growth in the past decade, buoyed by improvements in shipping and bottling, competitive pressure on costs and margins, and increased concerns about the environmental impact of lugging heavy bottles of wine around on the back of trucks.
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The Oxford Wine Company has officially left Vindependents.
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London’s first bulk wine show is now open for registration, offering buyers, brokers, retailers and producers the chance to find out more about this booming section of the UK wine industry.
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What is shaping up to be the smallest vintage in 50 years is predicted to cause a “dramatic decline in wine availability going into 2018”, with the lower-price tiers of the European industry expected to be the worst affected.
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The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show (IBWSS) has unveiled the speaker programme for its first London event next year.
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The news of the investigation into bulk wine negociant Raphael Michel has shaken the French and UK trades this week. Will this scandal affect bulk’s chances of emerging from bottled wine’s shadow? Jo Gilbert reports
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