Loire wine exports to the UK were up in the past year in both value and volume terms with the region, which had struggled to reach levels achieved in 2017, now levelling.
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Will Oatley, MD at Louis Latour Agencies, gives Andrew Catchpole a glimpse of the realities of life as a merchant adjusting to lockdown
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UK Hospitality and CPL Learning have launched an online training platform for hospitality team members.
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M Restaurant founder and Gaucho CEO Martin Williams has teamed up with like-minded cross-sector business leaders to launch All Together, providing free mentoring to business heads during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Naked Wines has announced it expects revenue for FY20 to be in excess of £200m, slightly ahead of current consensus.
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Jancis Robinson MW has reached out to hospitality workers by giving industry professional free access to all of JancisRobinson.com.
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Freixenet Copestick is gearing up to introduce a new range of wine as part of a partnership with South African charity Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary (CFW).
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A multi-faceted, multi-agency smoke taint project, supported by the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) and funded by the Australian government, has confirmed that blending or dilution with unaffected wine can be an effective remedy for smoke-affected wine.
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Against the disruption of coronavirus (Covid-19), drinks brands “need to radically rethink their key messages when communicating with consumers on social media”, according to IWSR.
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Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) and Penfolds are considering going their separate ways, with the latter set to be split off into a separate company to pursue global expansion into luxury beverages.
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South Africa’s wine industry breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday as permission was granted for wine to be included in allowable fresh produce products for export.
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Accolade Wines has collaborated with Garçon Wines, inventor of the 750ml flattened wine bottle, to introduce the environmentally friendly bottles across several of its brands, also investing in a new bottling line as part of the partnership.
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Veeno has revealed plans to expand via franchising, while also unveiling plans to renovate its key wine bars as it looks beyond to a post-coronavirus (Covid-19) future.
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The WSTA has written to the Chancellor outlining 3 steps the government can take with immediate effect to offer support to wine and spirit businesses during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.
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Ramón Bilbao has brought the online and digital initiatives of its Spanish Wine Academy forward in light of the postponement of international events this spring due to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
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Armit Wines is the latest in the drinks industry to pledge its support to The Drinks Trust’s coronavirus campaign as overall industry projects across the off- and on-trade continue to gather pace with Brockmans Gin, Bacardi and House of Champagne Henri Giraud also revealing new initiatives.
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Berry Bros & Rudd has selected Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND Association) as it’s charity partner for the next three years.
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Master of Malt has revealed a “significant shift” in the drinks volume category mix as a result of the UK lockdown.
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Francis Gordon Clark, former chairman of Matthew Clark and great, great grandson of the national distributor’s eponymous founder, died last week in his Winchester home after losing his battle with lung cancer.
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The Drinks Trust Covid-19 Emergency Fund went live today (6 April) and will remain open until Friday 10 April.
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