Flavoured and spiced rums are storming their way to becoming the most drunk style of rum in the off-trade, and could be the most sold style in the UK by the end of the year.
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Uk spirits distributor Mangrove UK has made five new appointments to its sales and account management team in London, the south and the north of the UK.
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Scotch Whisky now contributes £5.5billion to the UK economy, up 10% since 2016, according to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
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A Sussex estate has chosen to bottle its leftover grapes as an Italian-style fizz after last year’s super harvest meant producers were left with grapes still hanging on the vine.
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The Benevolent has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the charity’s ‘It could be me’ initiative, which is aimed at getting as many members of the drinks industry to sign up to donate £5 a month.
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Enotria & Coe has revised its approach to the London Wine Fair (LWF) to “rethink and reshape the traditional concept of wines on a stand".
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Emma Symington MW has returned to Wine Australia following maternity leave to take up the newly-created role of education development manager EMEA.
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Club Vignobles & Signatures has rebranded its identity to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
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Chapel Down has commenced planting at its 388 acre Boarley Farm site. Together with its Kit’s Coty and Boxley sites, Chapel Down will have a 620 acre estate of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier plantings to produce sparkling wine.
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In case you missed some of the headlines these past two week on harpers.co.uk, here’s a bumper review of the top online news, analysis, opinion and features from before and after Easter.
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A new sustainability and climate change mitigation scheme for the UK wine industry could be complete by the end of the year.
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Lafite Rothschild has been voted wine of the 2018 Bordeaux vintage in the Liv-ex 2018 En Primeur survey.
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Bellavita Academy, provider of professional courses for chefs and sommeliers, has become an Approved Programme Provider (APP) for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET).
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Pernod Ricard has launched the first rosé under its Campo Viejo brand in a bid to expands its appeal.
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Domaine Clarence Dillon, the owner of top Bordeaux First Growth, Château Haut-Brion, has unveiled a new branding exercise for one of its newest ranges.
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The trade body for France’s Côtes du Rhône has unveiled plans to target consumers in their thirties and forties, with a new logo and marketing strapline that highlights the region’s quality, heritage and provenance.
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The proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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The recently announced rebrand of Majestic Wine to Naked Wines has begun with the company’s Wakefield store currently receiving a facelift.
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The beer, wine and spirits (BWS) category recorded 9.6% growth in online sales last month compared to March 2018.
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The Brazilian wine market has recovered from its 2016 contraction, according to the latest country report from Wine Intelligence.
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