Cocktails in the City returns
Cocktails in the City put some of London’s best bars front and centre last week, with the return of an alfresco celebration of urban mixology.
Read more...Cocktails in the City put some of London’s best bars front and centre last week, with the return of an alfresco celebration of urban mixology.
Read more...E. & J. Gallo Winery has teamed up with the ‘Rhône Ranger’ Randall Grahm, the Californian winemaker famed for his iterations of classic French wines.
Read more...Montalcino-based Uccelliera and Voliero have joined the Bancroft Wines portfolio, adding to its roster of family-run wineries from around the world.
Read more...Austrian Grüner Veltliner and dry Furmint from Tokaj were very much in the spotlight at a ‘benchmark’ tasting last week, hosted by Lenz M. Moser and Stefan Neumann MS.
Read more...Much has been made of the strides made by English wines, both still and sprinkling, following the marketing juggernaut that was English Wine Week.
Read more...The first vines were planted in Tejo as far back as the Roman times, so it may seem odd to describe the area as ‘on the up’. However, after a period in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s when Portugal, as a whole, could be considered to prioritise quantity over quality, the fertile land of Tejo is producing an array of wines to be reckoned with, particularly with its indigenous varieties.
Read more...Dry sherries are being thrust into the spotlight this year, with the launch of a new campaign focusing on Jerez’s steeliest iterations.
Read more...Alliance Wine has announced a partnership with the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) on a project which aims to remove waste from tastings, with best practice to be shared with the wider trade.
Read more...Cult Wines, which has its finger on the pulse of the fine wine market, reports a -0.83% decline in fine wine markets in June, marking the downturn of a broader market correction following an extended rally which ran from mid-2020 through to 2022.
Read more...The government claims new proposals to enable businesses to ‘blend’ and ‘transform’ bulk wine on UK turf will ‘put a rocket’ under UK trade, by allowing businesses the flexibility to blend across countries of origin – though some say this will sound death knell for wines of provenance.
Read more...Producers in New Zealand are celebrating the soaring value of total wine exports, rising by 25% to $2.4 billion in the 12 months to May 2023.
Read more...C&C Group, one of the UK’s largest drinks distributors, has welcomed Yealands Wine Group into its diverse portfolio of drinks brands.
Read more...Wine and Communications professional Kirsty Woodgate has been crowned 2023 Spanish Wine Master UK by Rioja winery Ramón Bilbao.
Read more...Harpers is delighted to announce its annual list of the best sommeliers in the UK for 2023.
Read more...Members of the UK trade assembled at London’s Hurlingham Club in Fulham this evening (July 4), as the winners of the 2023 International Wine Challenge (IWC) awards were announced in glamorous style.
Read more...The fine wine marketplace Liv-ex described Bordeaux En Primeur 2022 as ‘a missed opportunity’ in its latest report, due, in large part, to exceedingly high critic scores.
Read more...Mendoza winery Terrazas de los Andes has become just the 10th winery in the world, and the first within LVMH, to be awarded ROC Certification (Regenerative Organic Certification).
Read more...New data has highlighted the effect of rising cost of borrowing on spending in the hospitality sector, as consumers’ real income falls.
Read more...After four days of tastings and talks among the finest palates in the industry, The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) concluded the 10th international symposium by announcing Adelaide as the next host region for the event, with the symposium heading to South Australia in 2026.
Read more...Three UK drinks brands have been listed in this year’s Sunday Times Hundred fastest-growing private companies in Britain, an annual celebration of the UK’s entrepreneurial achievements.
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