Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Bibendum bolsters ‘luxury’ portfolio with Mission Hill

Published: 16 February, 2021

Bibendum has bolstered its ‘luxury’ portfolio with British Columbia’s Mission Hill Family Estate.

SA’s DGB acquires Fryer's Cove

Published: 12 October, 2020

South African wine and spirits company DGB has purchased Fryer's Cove for an undisclosed sum.

Vindependents adds Mountford Estate to its portfolio

Published: 07 March, 2018

Vindependents has added Mountford Estate from New Zealand’s Waipara region to its portfolio.

Nepenthe re-introduces flavour of Adelaide Hills to the UK

Published: 20 December, 2017

Premium Australian winery Nepenthe has re-introduced a selection of cool climate wines from its Altitude and Pinnacle collections to the UK seven years after distribution stalled.

Australian Premium

Published: 08 June, 2017

Generating more than £1.1 billion in off-trade sales alone in the UK each year, Australia is clearly a category to be reckoned with, continuing to lead its nearest rivals Italy, France and the US by quite some degree. In the on-trade, too, while sitting in a far more modest third position, the country racked up a further £366 million worth of sales in 2016, adding another sizeable dose of Down Under flavour to the British wine scene.