Atkin Rioja Report awards first-ever 100 point score to a white
Tim Atkin MW has revealed a perfect score for a wine for Rioja for the first time – and it’s a white.
Read more...Tim Atkin MW has revealed a perfect score for a wine for Rioja for the first time – and it’s a white.
Read more...Ministers are reportedly drawing up plans to extend the rent moratorium for commercial properties until past the March end date, further curbing landlords’ ability to evict businesses over unpaid rent.
Read more...Liv-ex is bolstering its team with the hiring of two editors from rival wine trade titles.
Read more...New Zealand has just missed its self-imposed 2020 organics target, though a groundswell of producers switching up their practices means the country could be on track to reach the milestone within the next couple of years.
Read more...Love Wine, co-founded by Richard Bampfield MW, has added an additional day to its virtual fundraising tasting initiative launched in aid of the South African wine industry.
Read more...Port sales to the UK increased by 11.4% in volume and 2.8% in value in 2020, according to the Port and Douro Wines Institute (IVDP).
Read more...Winetraders has announced that Beth Willard has joined the commercial team as buying director.
Read more...Trust Water, a premium water brand, has been launched by hospitality experts Mark Bickerton and Richard Bailey.
Read more...Total volume sales of no/low alcohol beer, wine, spirits, and ready-to-drink (RTD) products are set to increase 31% by 2024, according to a No-and Low-Alcohol Strategic Study 2021 from IWSR Drinks Market Analysis.
Read more...Supermarket sales of organic beer, wines and spirits (BWS) soared in the last year, growing ahead of overall organic supermarket sales.
Read more...The annual Gerard Basset Travel Scholarship 2021 bursary is now open to UK-based sommelier entrants.
Read more...Business minister Paul Scully will meet with with petitioners calling for a minister for hospitality, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed.
Read more...The Covid-19 pandemic has failed to halt the UK’s distillery boom with new figures showing a record number of distilleries were registered in 2020.
Read more...Glass container manufacturer Encirc has create what it claims to be the world’s most sustainable glass bottle.
Read more...Chilean producer Ventisquero Wine Estates (VWE) has appointed North South Wines as distributor for its Ventisquero brand.
Read more...Waitrose has launched a premium Indian wine, which it said it believed to be a first for a UK supermarket.
Read more...The Oxford Wine Company (OWC) has launched a wine tourism platform aimed at making wineries "accessible to everybody".
Read more...Chapel Down is to dispose of its Curious Drinks business to a NewCo, established by private equity firm Risk Capital Partners (RCP).
Read more...With restaurants, bars and hotels facing unprecedented challenges when the hospitality sector begins to re-open this spring/summer, Harpers and Trade Hospitality App have teamed up to bring together top operators for our forthcoming Building Back Better: Rebooting the On-Trade for 2021 webinar.
Read more...Vinpro has said it now awaits confirmation of a new expedited court date in its battle to avoid any future disruptions to the South African wine industry and its value-chain.
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