Cold weather turns into pressure cooker for high street stores

Companies continue to look to Provence for bankable rosé styles

The popularity of drier, paler styles of rosé show no signs of slowing as they inch further and further into the mainstream, with Blossom Hill becoming the latest company to latch onto this consumer-friendly style.

Gin sales boom with 45% growth at Christmas

Gin was the runaway success of the last minute Christmas booze run, with shoppers buying a huge 45% more in the week before the big day than 2016.

Window of opportunity for white, sparkling and low ABV wines

Wine is set to continue this year’s winning streak thanks to a boost from sparkling, white and low/no alcohol wines.

Eastern European wine boom at Majestic as consumers look for value

Eastern European wine sales are booming as consumers look for good quality value options, Richard Weaver, director of buying at Majestic Wines has revealed.

Team Tesco talks shop

After two years of regrouping and a recent restructure, Tesco gives Angela Mount a taste of what’s to come

Ruling the high street

With its diverse own-label portfolio, Marks & Spencer is tearing ahead of its competitors.

Tesco resumes dividends following 7th consecutive quarter of growth

Tesco has offered up the firmest confirmation yet of its turnaround since the business was rocked by an infamous accounting scandal three years ago.

Tesco adds sparklers to its range

Tesco has added four new sparkling wines to its Finest own-label wine range this month, created in partnership with world renowned producers.

Waitrose brings back ‘Drinks Festival’ for the second year running

Waitrose has announced it is bringing back its ‘Drinks Festival’, which the retailer ran for the first time last year.

Aldi launches Wine Advent Calendar

Aldi is gearing up for the Christmas season with the launch of a Wine Advent Calendar and a 3L Prosecco Jeraboam.

Waitrose wine sales soar

Waitrose has revealed that its wine sales for the week ending 9 September were up by more than 31% on the same period last year driven by promotions. 

Tim Atkin MW: Lidl’s Prosecco party

It was a familiar scenario. Offer Brits what seems like a bargain and they’ll form orderly queues at 6.30am on a Bank Holiday Monday. To be fair to those early morning Lidl shoppers, it looked like a spectacular deal: a case of Prosecco for the flute-clinking sum of £20, the equivalent of £3.33 a bottle. When you bear in mind that the duty and VAT amount to £3.23, it would be legally impossible to offer the wine any cheaper.

Channel crossing: A look at omnichannel retailing

Simon Jack looks at how retailers are keeping up with the demands of omnichannel fulfilment both in store and online

TWE launch targets growing male millennial segment

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has unveiled the latest product in its "male millennial" wine range, in a bid to cement its position in this increasingly sigificant category.

Meet the buyers: Majestic

As Cat Lomax takes up the head buyer role at Majestic, James Lawrence takes an in-depth look at the drinks-buying team

Romanian producer set to double volumes with £5 million investment

New Aldi addition Cramele Recas has announced a £5 million investment into the expansion of its vineyards and bottling plant.

Lidl backs Hungary as sales grow across Europe

Lidl is adding 15 new Hungarian wines to its UK range, in response to the growing popularly of the region.

Aldi pulls in 20-medal haul at IWSC

Aldi is having a good month.

“Bamboozled Brits” still have no idea how to navigate the wine aisle

New research from Asda has shown the extent of consumers’ mystification around wine, with over a third of UK drinkers sticking to the same bottle of wine every time they shop.