Luxury department store Harrods has reaffirmed its place as one of London’s premiere destinations for fine wines and spirits after unveiling its multi-million pound renovation.
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ZX Ventures, the growth and innovation unit of AB InBev, has acquired the parent company of Master of Malt, Atom Group, for an undisclosed sum.
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Amathus Drinks has appointed previous Catalyst marketing director, Mike Miller, as its new head of marketing.
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Rémy Cointreau has reported an increase in annual sales, boosted by demand in China for its Cognac, and kept its target for profit growth this year.
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Jose Cuervo has signed a deal to sponsor the mixologist Margarita Rumble competition for the second year running.
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A Glass With, the podcast that ‘drinks with the stars’, is back with its third series.
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Diageo has announced it will invest £150 million in its Scotch whisky experience across the next three years.
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Waitrose has reported a surge in the popularity of Romanian wine.
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Majestic has announced it intends to accelerate growth by increasing investment in acquisitions for its Naked Wines arm.
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Cuvée 3000 - Spain’s leading natural wine distributor, has announced a 20% rise in annual turnover with growth triggered by a ‘double effect’ in demand: growth in wine consumption (especially for local wines), coupled with an “explosion in demand” for natural wines.
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Total export of Australian wine increased 16% to $2.65 billion in the past year – the highest value in a decade, according to data released by Wine Australia today.
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Single malt Scotch whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail is re-launching its entire range of whiskies with a new approach and bottle design.
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Myliko Wines has appointed Peter Crameri to the newly created position of commercial manager UK & exports.
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Gusbourne Estate has created a marketing manager role to support its next stage of development.
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It's sad to report the passing of Georgian winemaker, Soliko Tsaishvili. He had been diagnosed in the early stages of pancreatic cancer in 2016 and while receiving treatment since, friends reported that he succumbed to the illness on April 10th.
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At an upbeat presentation at Accolade’s Weybridge UK HQ, where the company launched its 2018 UK Wine Nation Report and unveiled new formats for its wines, general manager Adrian McKeon spoke of “enormous untapped potential in the UK market”, describing it as a “sleeping giant”.
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Portugal’s Vinho Verde region is to host it’s latest annual Best of Vinho Verde awards next week, with a panel of international judges pronouncing on the top wines from this on trend region.
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In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have put together a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.
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Bibendum and Matthew Clark have issued a statement to reassure customers that all contracts will be upheld, all outstanding supplier payments will be made and that scheduled retrospective discount payments will also be honoured.
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A new wine and spirits distribution company has been launched with the aim of encouraging a much broader range of consumers to try wine.
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