Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

South America report: Evolution & tradition in Chile

Published: 26 April, 2024

Chile’s fresh, terroir-focused ‘alternative’ styles are helping refocus attention on its finest wines too, as Andrew Catchpole reports.

Alcohol Duty: ‘One tax rise in a year is alarming, two is unacceptable’

Published: 17 November, 2023

Ahead of the Autumn Statement on 22 November, senior figures in the wine industry are voicing their concerns amidst fears of a second alcohol duty rise in the space of four months.

Insights: Read the finings print

Published: 17 November, 2023

Many consumers believe all wine is vegan, but it actually takes a great deal of effort to keep animal products out. James Bayley reports.

Five minutes with Marcelo Papa, Concha y Toro

Published: 01 August, 2023

Marcelo Papa, technical director at Concha y Toro, is in the UK to bring some new wines to market, including a lighter-alcohol label. James Bayley gets the lowdown.

Producers on sustainability in South America

Published: 31 March, 2023

Jo Gilbert catches up with some of South America’s leaders in organic and sustainable winemaking to see where the road goes from here.

Concha y Toro signs Harpers Sustainability Charter

Published: 09 November, 2022

Chile's leading wine brand has become a signatory to the Harpers Sustainability Charter, an initiative designed to galvanise the trade into action.

Concha y Toro celebrates B Corp status with social media campaign

Published: 02 March, 2022

Concha y Toro, the UK’s second-largest wine company by retail sales, will mark B Corp month with a wide-ranging social media campaign.

Concha y Toro sales growth driven by UK, Chile and USA

Published: 04 May, 2021

Viña Concha y Toro has revealed that markets including the UK, Chile and USA drove sales growth in the first quarter of this year.

UK sales boom for Concha y Toro

Published: 29 March, 2021

Concha y Toro has revealed the UK was one of its “strongest” performing export markets during 2020 with sales volume up 23%, boosted by top performing brands Casillero del Diablo, Trivento Reserve and Cono Sur Bicicleta.

South American UK off-trade wine sales thrive

Published: 10 March, 2021

South American wine sales in the UK off-trade have thrived in the past couple of years, showing double-digit value growth, up 12% in 2019 and 24% in 2020 (year to 2 January, 2021), according to new NielsenIQ research shared exclusively with Harpers.

Trivento enters top 10 branded light wines

Published: 26 January, 2021

Trivento, Concha y Toro’s (CyT) Argentinean wine brand, led the charge as the company delivered strong off-trade growth for the 12-week period to 2January 2021.

CyT turns spotlight on Casillero del Diablo with £1.8m push

Published: 30 July, 2020

Concha y Toro (CyT) has announced a £1.8m TV push for Casillero del Diablo, its biggest brand.

Q&A: Marcelo Papa, Concha y Toro

Published: 16 July, 2020

Andrew Catchpole speaks with CyT’s technical director about climate change, driving Chile forward and balancing innovation with commercial reality

Concha y Toro extends Diablo brand

Published: 08 June, 2020

Concha y Toro UK has extended its Diablo brand with a Cabernet Sauvignon.

Cono Sur rolls out organic range

Published: 20 May, 2020

Chilean producer Concha y Toro has launched a new organic range under its Cono Sur label.

Concha y Toro provides lab for Covid-19 testing

Published: 30 April, 2020

Concha y Toro’s Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI) in Chile has had its lab certified for Covid-19 testing.

The Drinks Trust raises over £400,000 via coronavirus campaign

Published: 31 March, 2020

The Drinks Trust has fundraised over £400,000 to date via its campaign launched earlier this month to support the people of the drinks industry who have been left in financial crisis as a result of coronavirus (Covid-19).

Serving up sustainability

Published: 21 August, 2019

Sustainability encompasses myriad aspects of business and production. These range from the big-ticket environmental and carbon-emission concerns – seeking to mitigate and adapt in the face of now-rapid climate change – to the socio-economic, whereby workers and employees are offered a fairer deal, including aspects of pay, work conditions, education and advancement.

Trade should stop bottling it on carbon emissions

Published: 28 June, 2019

Bottling and packaging play by far the largest role in the green house gas (GHG) emissions generated by the production and distribution of a wine, contributing 42% of the total carbon footprint, delivering a clear ‘innovation challenge’ for the trade if it is to fully join the march towards greater sustainability.

Concha gears up to join ‘wine in can’ category

Published: 03 May, 2019

Concha y Toro (CyT) is poised to become the latest wine producer to turn to the can as the increasingly popular format continues to gather momentum in the UK.