Published: 16 March, 2022
Bulk wine has been on a major journey over the past two years. Thanks to accelerated favourable perceptions around sustainability, an updated mindset seems to be in evidence in global markets as the acceptability of container shipping shores up the belief that ‘bulk’ is the way to save on both environmental and commercial costs.
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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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Published: 07 September, 2020
Bulk wine exports from Spain plummeted during the Covid-19 crisis, according to data from the Bulk Wine Club.
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Published: 14 April, 2020
Lanchester Wines has launched a specialist service to help support indies during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
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Published: 02 March, 2020
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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Published: 27 January, 2020
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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Published: 02 September, 2019
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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Published: 01 August, 2019
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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Published: 19 February, 2019
The launch of a new trading platform for the drinks trade promises to disrupt existing business models. Jo Gilbert investigates
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Published: 28 November, 2018
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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Published: 26 November, 2018
Five wines have been awarded grand gold medals at the International Bulk Wine Competition.
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Published: 21 November, 2018
The World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) has revealed it is set to hold its first exhibition in China next year.
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Published: 21 March, 2018
By taking an holistic approach from sourcing to supply, Kingsland Drinks is injecting innovation along the way. Andrew Catchpole reports
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Published: 27 February, 2018
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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Published: 23 February, 2018
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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Published: 21 February, 2018
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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Published: 20 February, 2018
The Oxford Wine Company has officially left Vindependents.
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Published: 03 January, 2018
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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Published: 06 November, 2017
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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Published: 27 September, 2017
The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show (IBWSS) has unveiled the speaker programme for its first London event next year.
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