Mention Calvados to a twenty-something in the UK, and there’s a vanishing slim chance that they will have heard of the spirit, let alone tried it. It’s a category whose image is more one of a past era, when the sight of elderly French workmen chugging down a tot with their Gauloises represented a romantic notion of France.
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Davy’s Wine Merchants & Wine Bars has announced the appointment of respected wine judge, buyer and communicator Luma Monteiro as its new head of marketing.
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Kir-Yianni, the family-run Greek winemaking estate, has acquired Domaine Sigalas, the Santorini winery, from a company owned by Greek shipowner Thanassis Martinos.
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At the 2025 Vineyard & Winery Show in Kent, Penn Croft Vineyards was announced as the first vineyard in England to receive the Certified Regenerative credential from A Greener World (AGW), a nonprofit certifer.
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New figures from The Insolvency Service show that company failures in the hospitality sector were essentially unchanged in September 2025 – and only slightly higher year-on-year – as operators await next week's Budget.
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New data from CultX, the digital fine wine marketplace, shows that tech-savvy 20-39-year-olds are rethinking how they drink, buy and invest, tending to explore new regions and make more deliberate, high-value choices.
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More than half of UK hospitality businesses are anticipating further layoffs and/or price rises if the upcoming Budget fails to deliver urgent support, according to a new joint survey.
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The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has appointed Caroline Thompson-Hill (pictured), head of BWS at Marks & Spencer, as the new chair of the executive board.
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Condor Wines, the specialist South American importer has launched a New Zealand wine range – Flight of the Condor – in celebration of its fifteenth anniversary next year.
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Vagabond Wines has launched a new direct to consumer (DTC) platform, aimed at bringing its self-pour model “into homes across the UK”.
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According to the seventh annual Bacardi Cocktail Trends Report, Gen Z is driving cocktail culture in the UK.
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On 11 November, Harpers attended a dinner at UNA, a single-table restaurant in St Pancras Clocktower, hosted by Argentinian wine producer Luigi Bosca and Bancroft Wines.
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HMRC take from the so-called ‘sin taxes’, comprising alcohol, tobacco and gambling, have continued on a downward trajectory, having fallen 35% in the last decade, according to research by leading accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young.
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Sotheby’s has reported a record number of registrants for the 165th Hospice de Beaune Auction, with the final hammer coming down yesterday (16 November) to deliver a total of €18,754,670 raised by the historic charity auction.
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Global commerce and distribution platform Komerz Ltd has announced its acquisition of Great Wines Direct (GWD), the UK online wine retailer.
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At Soho’s Vinyl Factory, 17 of the Côtes du Rhône’s Cru level appellations were on hand to showcase their latest wines. Well-known regions – the likes of Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Condrieu – were in attendance, as were the three newest Cru status AOCs – Laudun, Cairanne and Rasteau.
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The Drinks Trust, a trade charity that assists people in the drinks industry, has announced the appointment of five professionals from the drinks and hospitality industry to its Board of Trustees.
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Global wine exchange Liv-ex has released its market report for November, which shows that momentum in the secondary market is continuing to build – encouragingly, the Bordeaux 500 saw its first increase since March 2023.
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The European glass packaging producer Verallia has launched the Burgundy Air 300G, an ultra-light Burgundy bottle.
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Alcohol data and insights company IWSR has forecasted a -2.4% decline in global wine volume sales for 2025. This plays out against the background of a predicted -0.4% fall in global beverage alcohol volume sales for the year.
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