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Published: 16 December, 2013
Independent wine merchants are reporting a solid lead-up in sales in the build up to Christmas as the Ipsos Retail Performance has revealed overall shopper numbers are on track to exceed last year.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
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Published: 16 December, 2013
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Amorim, the largest cork producer in the world, has broken its own production record after manufacturing more than four billion mark cork stoppers this calendar year. The news represents a major boost for cork, which continues its comeback after strong challenges from alternative closures.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
Last month's Wine Vision event in London was a blur of wine sector celebrities, real-time market data, and strategic seeding of experts from other successful fields of business.
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Published: 16 December, 2013
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Published: 13 December, 2013
The Wine & Spirits Trade Association is to use exclusive research and data to help spearhead its new "Be Fair George" campaign to persuade the government to scrap the duty escalator on wine and spirits in next year's budget.
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Published: 13 December, 2013
News this week that Diageo's Bulleit Bourbon would be changing its UK recipe and introducing a higher ABV is counter to what US bourbon and whiskey brands tend to do in the UK market.
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Published: 13 December, 2013
The UK wine and spirit industry has had a tough 2013 with sales down in both the on and off-trades, according to the latest market report from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
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Published: 12 December, 2013
The French Independent Winegrowers fair will be returning to the Royal Horticultural Halls in London for a fifth year on February 6th, 2014.
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Published: 12 December, 2013
The Wine & Spirit Trade Association is to next week launch a high level national media and consumer campaign to persuade the government to scrap the final year of the duty escalator on wines and spirits in the next Budget.
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Published: 10 December, 2013
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Published: 10 December, 2013
Pernod Ricard UK has once again teamed up with the AA, the national breakdown service, to launch an anti-drink driving campaign for the festive period with a particular focus on raising awareness about the dangers of driving the morning after drinking.
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Published: 10 December, 2013
The Scotch Whisky Association has launched a £500,000 action fund to tackle alcohol-related harm.
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Published: 10 December, 2013
Alcohol consumption in Scotland has fallen by 8% since 2009 with 18 to 24 year-olds young people increasingly looking to drink less, according to a new report.
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Published: 10 December, 2013
Accolade Wines has appointed former Seagrams and Oddbins chief, John Ratcliffe, as its new chief executive.
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Published: 10 December, 2013
Moreno Wines, that has built its reputation on its Spanish wine portfolio, is looking to widen its appeal to the independent on and off-trades by sourcing more wines from other countries, particularly Italy.
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Published: 09 December, 2013
High-end and with bags of niche appeal, Croatia is turning heads among sommeliers and independents. Andrew Catchpole reports on the opportunities for Croatian wine in the UK.
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Published: 09 December, 2013
Pernod Ricard UK has appointed Jonathan Simms as its new ambassador for its Champagnes brands.
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Published: 09 December, 2013
Symington Family Estates has bought the much coveted 30 hectare Quinta da Sabordela vineyard in the Douro valley which will now be incorporated in to the neighbouring Quinta do
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