McGuigan is the fastest growing global wine brand in the UK top 20 despite a 9% increase in its shelf price. McGuigan has experiencing 62% sales growth in the past 12 months with its sales now topping £65M. How?
Read more...South Africa's Stellar Winery, which owns Stellar Organics and Running Duck brands, is leaving the Fairtrade foundation for another accreditation.
Read more...For the first time in three years grape variety has regained its position as one of the first choices when purchasing wine in the UK, according to a report by Wine Intelligence.
Read more...Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. So said Churchill, and I think he was right.
Read more...For many the UK may appear a daunting prospect with other markets looking more attractive. However, challenging as it appears today, it always has been competitive; there has never been an "easy" time! We are, and always have been, a small fiercely competitive "island" market with everyone out to get a slice of the action and make a margin. Competitors are all in the same boat, same economic circumstances, duty, taxation, exchange rates and customer potential.
Read more...What are we all doing buzzing around like blue-arsed flies, madly trying to do more and more with less and less? Are we going down the wrong road?
Read more...Set against a backdrop of tax increases and squeezed household budgets the obvious major challenge facing the wine and spirits sector is how to flourish in today's tough economic environment.
Read more...The first quarter of this year has been very challenging as consumers reel from increased taxation, fear of job losses and inflation growing. This has resulted in an all time low in consumer confidence.
Read more...I wasn't interested in wine before doing Michel Roux's Service - I had only heard of rosé
Read more...Now is a very exciting time to be working in wine. I have been in the industry since 2004
Read more...Having been in London for a few years now I can look back on my decision to leave San Francisco
Read more...Angus Macnab, former head sommelier and wine buyer for the Lanesborough Hotel, has been appointed sales development manager at Barwell & Jones.
Read more...Scotch whisky distilleries and visitor centres add £30.4 million to the economy and provide 640 jobs.
An interest rate hike in China and euro zone peripheral debt worries saw investors looking towards a safe haven in the US dollar yesterday, causing sterling to fall.
Read more...Tesco is changing its wine aisle layout to give savvy shoppers more information, while offering less confident customers extra guidance using tag-lines "great wine chosen by Tesco" and "best sellers".
The entire supply chain from producers, importers, retailers through to the end consumer will be the focus on the Sud de France Festival 2011.
Read more...Scotch whisky distilleries and visitor centres add £30.4 million to the economy and provide 640 jobs.
The European Wine Bloggers Conference has lined up Italian filmmaker Paolo Casalis and American broadcaster Evan Dawson to speak at its October event.
Read more...Two of Scotland's top wine businesses have joined forces as independent merchant Inverarity Vaults has been bought by on-trade drinks supplier Wm Morton.
Read more...Sterling strengthened against the US dollar and euro yesterday after stronger than expected UK services sector activity data came in better than expected.
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