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Q&A: Ben Henshaw, director, Indigo Wines

Published: 23 July, 2019

Off-piste importer Ben Henshaw talks Andrew Catchpole through his latest hands-on passion for making wine

Amathus Drinks sets sights on first tasting event

Published: 17 July, 2019

Amathus Drinks is to hold its first wines and spirits portfolio tasting event this autumn.

Accolade Wines launches first Echo Falls Malbec

Published: 17 July, 2019

Accolade Wines is to extend its Echo Falls range with a Malbec variant.

Buckingham Schenk expands sales team with Tim Calcroft hire

Published: 16 July, 2019

Buckingham Schenk has hired Tim Calcroft as on trade regional sales manager for the north.

Mini wine bottles and fruit flavoured blends help Broadland’s sales soar to £70m

Published: 16 July, 2019

Broadland Wineries has seen sales jump 11.6% to £70.6m in the 12 months to the end of March 2019 helped by fruit flavoured blends and mini wine bottles.

Q&A: Hemant Kotecha, founder/managing director, Myliko Wines

Published: 15 July, 2019

Widely credited as establishing Hungarian wine in the UK, Myliko Wines’ founder and managing director Hemant Kotecha caught up with Jo Gilbert to explain how importing ski jackets from Romania evolved into a pioneering wine business

Mentzendorff ride smashes fundraising target for The Benevolent

Published: 12 July, 2019

The Mentzendorff team has once again picked up their bikes and donned their lycra to raise an impressive sum for industry drinks charity, The Benevolent.

Top 50 Drinks Wholesalers

Published: 10 July, 2019

Once again Harpers brings you its annual list of the UK’s leading drinks wholesalers.

Red Squirrel and The Knotted Vine to merge

Published: 08 July, 2019

Specialist importers Red Squirrel and The Knotted Vine have announced they are merging to form a completely new importer and distributor supplying the UK’s restaurant and independent trade.

Sogrape takes majority stake in Liberty Wines

Published: 28 June, 2019

Sogrape is ramping up its investment in Liberty Wines, in a move that will increase its 2017 investment to a majority share in the business.

Q&A: Kim Wilson and Joy Edmondson, North South Wines

Published: 18 June, 2019

Innovative, agile and on-trend, North South Wines is shaking up the traditional importer model. Andrew Catchpole meets its founders

Berkmann Q&A: building on solid ground

Published: 28 May, 2019

Andrew Catchpole meets the Berkmann team to talk values, vision and evolution in the trade

LWF: Inverarity continues the Scottish march south

Published: 21 May, 2019

Scottish-based Inverarity Morton is using its second ever outing at London Wine Fair (LWF) to advance its focus on supplying the English trade, with a round of new agencies in its portfolio.

Lucien Lurton joins Enotria&Coe as part of French portfolio revamp

Published: 18 April, 2019

A top Bordeaux estate, Malbec specialists and two new Languedoc producers comprise a renewed French focus at importer and distributor Enotria&Coe.

Hallgarten’s Andrew Bewes and Steve Daniel on selling style

Published: 12 April, 2019

Premium sales, progressive lists, and off-piste portfolio additions are Hallgarten’s calling cards, as Andrew Catchpole discovers

Lanchester expands regional sales team

Published: 09 April, 2019

Lanchester Wines has bolstered its growing sales team with two new hires in the north and south west.

Buckingham Schenk goes veggie for portfolio update

Published: 28 March, 2019

Buckingham Schenk has bumped up its number of vegetarian-friendly wines, which now account for 70% of its wine list.

Amathus strengthens Priorat and Montsant

Published: 06 March, 2019

Amathus Drinks has expanded its Spanish portfolio with the addition of two new Catalonian producers: Celler l’Encastell from Priorat and Celler Masroig from Montsant.