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Published: 18 November, 2014
Simon McMurtrie, chief executive of Direct Wines, opened Wine Vision 2014 with a clarion call to the global wine industry to do all it can to get people to not only spend more on wine, but to buy a wider selection of wines.
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Published: 18 November, 2014
The wine trade is missing out on marketing to women, with many brands pushing "condescending" butterfly or cupcake messages, says Tyler Balliet, founder of Wine Riot in the US.
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Published: 14 November, 2014
Broadland Wineries is on track to grow its business from £10 million turnover in 2006, £100m by 2016 and climb to £250m by 2026 if it continues its journey of being a fully-fledged international wine supplier in its own right and away from its roots as a contract bottler.
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Published: 13 November, 2014
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but not always.
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Published: 13 November, 2014
Top name wine producers are using flash sales site Vente Privée to attract new consumers to their brands in the UK.
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Published: 13 November, 2014
Constellation Brands (STZ) hit a 52-week high in trading yesterday, peaking at US$95.09 per share and closing the day at $94.02, which is the third time this year the company has hit a yearly record level.
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Published: 12 November, 2014
Hangingditch, the leading Manchester independent wine merchant, is expecting up to 500 guests to attend its annual consumer wine fair on Friday which also offers live classical musical and operatic singing in the impressive backdrop of the Manchester Cathedral.
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Published: 12 November, 2014
Think Corney & Barrow and you think tradition, with serious mainly French wines dominating its list, coupled with some pricey Italians (think Barolo and Brunello) and Spaniards. But with the wine trade facing challenging times, and tastes changing, C&B has been broadening its list.
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Published: 12 November, 2014
In recent years Kingsland has grown from a contract packer into a full-service wine supplier and its worked hard in last 20 years to reposition itself.
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Published: 11 November, 2014
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Published: 11 November, 2014
Oddbins managing director Ayo Akintola describes Majestic's recent demand from suppliers for financial support for its new warehouse as "one of the shabbiest business decisions" in the past couple of decades in the UK wine industry. Here, in his own words, he responds to its actions:
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Published: 11 November, 2014
Oddbins boss Ayo Akintola has ended 25 years of cordial relations with rival retailer Majestic in a hard-hitting comment for Harpers.co.uk in which he accuses the firm of "morally repugnant" and "shabby" behaviour after it called on suppliers to fund a new warehouse.
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Published: 11 November, 2014
Drinks distributor and retailer Amathus is opening a fourth London store, this time in Shoreditch, after buying the City Beverage Company business.
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Published: 11 November, 2014
It's been billed as one of the biggest deals of the century, but what do you need to know about the Bibendum takeover of PLB and what it means for the trade?
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Published: 11 November, 2014
The cat is still well and truly among the pigeons at Tesco. Following its £263 million profits overstatement, suspension of head wine honcho Dan Jago, along with seven other senior executives, and the current investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, every little has not helped.
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Published: 10 November, 2014
Tesco UK and European investors could join US shareholders in taking legal action against the beleaguered retail chain in the wake of its £263 million overstatement of profits.
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Published: 10 November, 2014
Going to the pub is still the number one leisure activity, according to the findings of a consumer poll of some 1,800 people.
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Published: 07 November, 2014
In recent years Kingsland has grown from a contract packer into a full-service wine supplier. Gemma McKenna investigates its rise
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Published: 07 November, 2014
The head of the government's business select committee has written to the Groceries Code Adjudicator about how Tesco practices may have infringed the "spirit" of the Code and what action is being taken.
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Published: 07 November, 2014
French wine needs to be a "bit more ambitious" in the UK, according to a host of leading figures at last month's France Summit.
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