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William Grant & Sons launches Verano Gin

Published: 01 May, 2019

William Grant & Sons has launched Verano Gin in Watermelon and Lemon flavours.

Checkout free shopping trial sees alcohol removed from shelves

Published: 30 April, 2019

The need for age verification has led the first UK till-free supermarket to remove wines, beers and spirits from its shelves.

Laine Pub Company snaps up Urban Art Bar

Published: 30 April, 2019

Laine Pub Company snaps up Urban Art Bar

Flavoured and spiced to replace white as favourite rum style in UK off-trade

Published: 30 April, 2019

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.

Mangrove makes five new hires

Published: 30 April, 2019

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.

Scotch Whisky fuels the UK by £5.5bn

Published: 30 April, 2019

Scotch Whisky now contributes £5.5billion to the UK economy, up 10% since 2016, according to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).

Albourne Estate bottles excess grapes for new frizzante

Published: 29 April, 2019

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.

The Benevolent launches campaign to push 'It could be me' initiative

Published: 29 April, 2019

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.

Enotria & Coe rethinks approach to LWF

Published: 29 April, 2019

Enotria & Coe has revised its approach to the London Wine Fair (LWF) to “rethink and reshape the traditional concept of wines on a stand".

Emma Symington MW returns to Wine Australia

Published: 29 April, 2019

Emma Symington MW has returned to Wine Australia following maternity leave to take up the newly-created role of education development manager EMEA.

Club Vignobles & Signatures gets a revamp

Published: 29 April, 2019

Club Vignobles & Signatures has rebranded its identity to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

Chapel Down creates England’s largest estate in Kent

Published: 29 April, 2019

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.

The week that was

Published: 26 April, 2019

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.

Sustainability accreditation in the works for UK wine

Published: 26 April, 2019

A new sustainability and climate change mitigation scheme for the UK wine industry could be complete by the end of the year.

Lafite Rothschild voted wine of the 2018 Bordeaux vintage

Published: 26 April, 2019

Lafite Rothschild has been voted wine of the 2018 Bordeaux vintage in the Liv-ex 2018 En Primeur survey.

Bellavita Academy adds WSET courses

Published: 26 April, 2019

Bellavita Academy, provider of professional courses for chefs and sommeliers, has become an Approved Programme Provider (APP) for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET).

Pernod Ricard takes Campo Viejo into rosé category

Published: 26 April, 2019

Pernod Ricard has launched the first rosé under its Campo Viejo brand in a bid to expands its appeal.

New look unveiled for Château Haut-Brion owner’s Clarendelle range

Published: 25 April, 2019

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.

Côtes du Rhône targets 30-45 age group for new global campaign

Published: 25 April, 2019

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.