Raul Diaz the former training manager and head sommelier for Jascots Wine Merchants has launched his own wine education school called WineTraining Limited.
Read more...
It may be a bit of a departure from our more traditional celebration of people in the wine and spirits industry that we choose to recognise English wines as this week's Chief of the Week. But with the enormous success of English Wine over the past year it is a great opportunity to raise a glass of British sparkling fizz to the growing number of producers and their success stories.
Read more...
The iconic New Zealand wine brand Cloudy Bay returns to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the third year with a show garden designed by brothers David and Harry Rich.
Read more...
Australian-based Yellow Tail is set to launch a 12-week marketing campaign with the goal of reaching 11m UK consumers.
Read more...
Sales of English wine at Waitrose nearly doubled in 2014, and the retailer has reported an increase of 177% in the last week.
Read more...
English wine company Gusbourne Plc sales surged 56% for the financial year 2014, but because of expansion investments the company also reported a net loss of over £1m for the same period.
Read more...
The UK's economy grew at its slowest pace in three years, expanding just 0.3% in for the first quarter of the year.
Read more...
London Wine Fair 2015 is set to to host over 150 UK wine businesses and offer more than 100 presentations across the three day fair.
Read more...
Plumpton College is launching the first wine business honours degree in the UK.
Read more...
English wine producer Chapel Down hailed an "excellent year" after seeing year-on-year sales rise 21% during 2014 to £6.1m.
Read more...
Artisan gin brand Portobello Road gin is to launch a new limited edition gin, after seeing strong growth and growing international demand.
Read more...
The English Wine Project, a winemaking consultancy firm and producer of its own range of wines, is set to open a beer and wine bottling plant in Derby in mid-June.
Read more...
An entrepreneur has set a up a travel company offering cycling tours of English vineyards.
Read more...
English Wine Week is set to extend outside its South East heartland this year with a series of events in Birmingham celebrating English wine.
Read more...
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust today announced it is set to receive The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2015 in international trade at a reception on the 14 July, 2015 held at the Buckingham Palace.
Read more...
Concha y Toro announced sales grew 22.6% overall and increased 16.9% in the UK for its financial year-end 2014.
Read more...
Côtes du Rhône figures for 2014 confirmed the UK remained the Rhône Valley's largest export market, accounting for 18% of its exports.
Read more...
After last year's make-or-break return to central London, London Wine Fair organisers Ross Carter and Will Broadfoot talk about what they claim is going to make London Wine Fair 2015 the most diverse show in its 35-year history.
Read more...
Bacardi Limited has made two major moves into the whisky category this week with the acquisition of American bourbon brand Angel's Envy and the purchase of a stake in the Compass Box Whisky Co.
Read more...
Naked Wines, the online wine retailer which crowdfunds independent winemakers through its customer base of over 250,000 'angels', has found that its consumers are favouring higher alcohol wines.
Read more...
