The Big Wine Festival postponed until 2013
The Big Wine Festival, which was scheduled to take place in Reading in June 2012, has been pushed back until summer 2013, says the organiser.
The Big Wine Festival, which was scheduled to take place in Reading in June 2012, has been pushed back until summer 2013, says the organiser.
The popularity of Argentinian wines continues to forge ahead, with UK exports for 2011 up 8.4% by value, according to the latest figures from Wines of Argentina.
This year's UK Sommelier of the Year will be crowned at the London International Wine Fair in May.
Read more...Dr Roy Ackerman CBE, has been appointed chairman of The Wine Guild of the United Kingdom.
Read more...The world's top winemaking families aren't in the trade to make "quick profits", but are committed to investing in the long term.
Read more...Twenty-six wines were given awards at the 26th annual Chablis Wine Competition.
Read more...This week saw sterling weaken off against the euro as finalisation of the Greek 130 billion euro bailout enters the final straight.
Read more...On-trade specialist Waverley TBS will showcase its new 2012 portfolio at an all-day annual tasting event, hosted at The East Wintergarden in London's Canary Warf on March 12.
Battersea wine bar Artisan & Vine has closed after struggling to make money from offering local and natural wines in a recession.
Slurp.co.uk has appointed Richard Ellis to the position of beer and spirits manager, as it aims to expand more "aggressively" into non-wine alcoholic drinks.
Read more...The Black Sheep Brewery has launched the second of its limited edition seasonal beers, All Creatures.
Read more...A members-only website which gives consumers exclusive access to hard-to-find wines at attractive prices is launching in the UK.
Read more...Sterling weakened across the board, due to anticipation of a further round of quantitative easing.
Read more...Berry Bros. & Rudd, has reported its best ever year for internet sales, at 72% up on 2010.
Read more...A new app has been launched in preparation for ProWein 2012 trade fair, taking place in Dusseldorf, Germany, commencing on March 4 and finishing on March 6.
UK wine importers, Barwell & Jones, has taken on the premium Chilean wine producer, Morandé, to help it in its bid to widen distribution across the specialist independent on and off-trades.
Read more...MPs have called for the alcohol strategy, due out in the next few weeks, to enforce a minimum price per unit and cut "a significant number of units" by changing how alcohol is produced and sold.
London wine bar Cork & Bottle has started to sell its products online at corkandbottledirect.com.
Pernod Ricard owned Absolut, has released its latest limited edition bottle - Absolut London.
Read more...Two products have been found in breach of alcohol responsibility rules: Magnum Tonic wine and Healey's Texan-style Hard Cyder.