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The week that was

Top stories: Hatch Mansfield taking on Gaja and Armit announcing a new round of appointments were among our most read stories this week, alongside Majestic celebrating a merry Christmas despite a “challenging market backdrop”. 

• Hatch Mansfield signs distribution deal for Gaja
• Majestic wine sales fizz over Christmas
• Armit Wines makes another round of appointments
• New website to revamp the world of fine wine
• Waitrose predicts key drinks trends for 2019
• Looking ahead: Henry Boyes, Mitchells and Butlers

Analysis and Insights: Jamie Goode visited New Zealand to met the personalities driving change in leading region Marlborough.

We also explored alternative wine formats and how they reach and interact with new consumers.

• New Zealand's evolving vinous landscape

• Beyond the surface

People and Opinion: Tim Atkin MW talked about recognising the human element in terroir and why wine production, like a good rock band, is a team effort, while Joe Fattorini contemplated the Hedwig von Restorff effect and how contextual isolation can become a money-spinner.

•    Tim AtkinMW: Wine is never a one man band

•   Joe Fattorini: Wine, bottle, decanter, ZOMBIES, corkscrew

• New Zealand’s wine scene has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s. Jamie Goode meets the personalities driving change in leading region Marlborough