Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Amathus opens fourth London store in Shoreditch

Published: 11 November, 2014

Drinks distributor and retailer Amathus is opening a fourth London store, this time in Shoreditch, after buying the City Beverage Company business.

TescoGate Analysis: Tesco woes go from bad to worse

Published: 11 November, 2014

The cat is still well and truly among the pigeons at Tesco. Following its £263 million profits overstatement, suspension of head wine honcho Dan Jago, along with seven other senior executives, and the current investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, every little has not helped.

TescoGate: UK investors could join US shareholders and fire legal action against senior chiefs

Published: 10 November, 2014

Tesco UK and European investors could join US shareholders in taking legal action against the beleaguered retail chain in the wake of its £263 million overstatement of profits.

Lidl best value supermarket for wine, says new app

Published: 10 November, 2014

Lidl is the UK's best supermarket for wine when it comes to value - according to an 18-month study tasting over 4,000 wines carried out by the Wotwine app.

Can Booths leave its mark on the rest of the UK?

Published: 07 November, 2014

With strong sales growth across beers, wines and spirits, Booths continues to show the way forward in the north of England. But what can it teach the rest of the country? Andrew Don investigates

How Russian entrpreneurs are driving London's jet set to destination wine stores and restaurants

Published: 07 November, 2014

If you literally have it all, where do you go and spend it? As Glynn Davis discovers, there is a new mini club of entrepreneurs with the pockets and contact books to attract the best wines and richest customers

TescoGate will be major test for Groceries Code warns government chief

Published: 07 November, 2014

The head of the government's business select committee has written to the Groceries Code Adjudicator about how Tesco practices may have infringed the "spirit" of the Code and what action is being taken.

French wine should be more ambitious in UK

Published: 07 November, 2014

French wine needs to be a "bit more ambitious" in the UK, according to a host of leading figures at last month's France Summit.

The Week That Was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 07 November, 2014

In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, financial news for the drinks trade, Q&As, and opinion stories.

Enotria's Troy Christensen on what next for supplier and retailer relations after TescoGate

Published: 07 November, 2014

Troy Christensen, chief executive of Enotria, tells Gemma McKenna what's going on at the supplier, the state of distributor retailer relations in light of TescoGate, and what we can expect next.

Suppliers and indpendents unite for Best Practice debate

Published: 07 November, 2014

To help independents and suppliers work together more effectively Harpers hosted an open trade debate to see the difference the Best Practice Guidelines are having on day-to-day business.

Drinks firms hit voluntary labelling target

Published: 06 November, 2014

UK drinks companies have delivered on a voluntary pledge to improve health labelling on alcohol products on shelf by making sure 80% of products carry extra information.

TescoGate: Vince Cable voices concern over retailer's supplier relations

Published: 06 November, 2014

Business secretary Vince Cable has written to the Groceries Code Adjudicator over concerns about Tesco's relationships with its suppliers.

Morrisons sales slump but supermarket sees 'progress'

Published: 06 November, 2014

Morrisons' saw a sharp drop off in sales in the last three months, but insisted it had "made progress" on its strategy, and needed more time to see the results.

Michel Rolland and Tesco's Laura Jewell sign up for Wine Vision

Published: 05 November, 2014

World leading wine consultant, Michel Rollland, and Tesco's Laura Jewell MW are the two latest big names to sign up to the Wine Vision event taking place in London later this month.

Marks & Spencer 'specialist positioning' enhances growth in food business

Published: 05 November, 2014

Marks and Spencer's food business is continuing to "outperform" the market, with sales growth up 3.6% or 1% on a like-for-like basis.

Naked Wines urges suppliers angered by Majestic's funding request to switch supply to them

Published: 04 November, 2014

Naked Wines is offering any Majestic supplier angered at being asked to pay an extra 4p on every bottle sold to help fund its new warehouse, to switch supply to itself where it will promise the price agreed will be the price paid.

Virgin Wines teams up with Hardys with an exclusive range

Published: 04 November, 2014

Online retailer Virgin Wines has teamed up with Accolade Wines' Australian brand Hardys to create a new range especially for Virgin's customers.

Virgin Wines wants to be Interflora of wine gifting

Published: 03 November, 2014

Online wine retailer Virgin Wines is looking to "own" the wine gifts market with its new gifting service which includes options from £20 to £150.

Lidl shows the way forward in how to sell wine says Robert Joseph at DWCC

Published: 03 November, 2014

Both multiple and specialist retailers could learn a lot from "the balls" that Lidl and other discounters are now using to market and sell wine, according to wine commentator and consultant Robert Joseph.