A new “state-of-the-art flexible bottling facility” will overcome barriers that have prevented small distillers selling their product overseas and restricted their access to the off trade domestic market, claim its developers.
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Members of team Mentzendorff will cycle the four-day ‘Giro di Toscana’ to raise money for The Benevolent on 24 June.
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Ardbeg has launched a new bartender education programme to “spread the word about the delicious possibilities” of smoke.
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Nyetimber has been named as the first ever English sparkling wine partner to Cowdray Park Polo Club.
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The Alchemist has said it expects to hit sales of £50m at the end of its financial year and plans to invest in further expansion in the UK and abroad.
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The Barossa Grape and Wine Association will move into The Barossa Cellar building in South Australia at the end of July.
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Global Brands has added two new flavours and a new format to its All Shook Up range of pre-mixed cocktails.
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Exton Park has unveiled ambitious expansion plans including the construction of a 'temple of wine’, Harpers has learned.
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Nicolas Feuillatte has acquired Champagne Henri Abelé, which has been part of the Freixenet Group since 1985, for an undisclosed sum.
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Sir Martin Narey, chairman of the Portman Group, has said large drinks producers who do not support them should be “ashamed".
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Winchester Cathedral provided a fitting setting on Friday for the memorial service of Gerard Basset OBE, MS, MW, MBA, MSc (OIV), as members of the wine and hospitality worlds turned out in force to commemorate the remarkable life of a much loved and admired man.
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Batanga Reposado and Batanga Blanco Tequilas are now available in the UK from Emporia Brands.
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Sandro Bottega, owner and managing director of Bottega Spa, has refuted suggestions the UK has reached ‘peak Prosecco’ and insisted a “new era of Prosecco premiumisation” is on the way.
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English and Welsh whisky makers are struggling to keep up with demand thanks to “enormous interest” from spirits drinkers, according to the WSTA.
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Vallegarcía has obtained its own Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) has announced.
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New Zealand Winegrowers has declared the 2019 vintage as ‘small but stunning’.
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Cocktails are now one of Britain’s fastest growing drinks categories in spirits, according to CGA.
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It’s long been held that the variety behind Chianti Classico is incapable of adapting to anywhere beyond Italian shores, but Australia’s ever resourceful producers are proving this wrong.
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In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, here’s a review of the top online news, analysis, opinions and features.
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With the latest round of Wine Stars Awards judging fast approaching, we are inviting final entries for the categories of England, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Lebanon, South Africa and New Zealand.
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