Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Retailer takes wine by canal

Published: 23 July, 2008

This week Tesco has announced a move which will see more than 41 million bottles of wine transported by canal boat in the next year.

New venue for Australia tastings

Published: 23 July, 2008

Wine Australia has annnounced its 2008 annual tasting will move to Arsenal's Emirates stadium, London, and will take place over one day rather than two.

New directive for Tesco wine suppliers

Published: 23 July, 2008

Supermarket giant Tesco is introducing new packaging requirements for its wine suppliers.

Remy Cointreau reports 5.7% sales rise

Published: 23 July, 2008

FRANCE: French wines and spirits group Remy Cointreau reported a 5.7% rise in first-half sales and has reaffirmed it expected significant growth in full-year operating profit.

Middle-class wine drinkers risk their health

Published: 23 July, 2008

Teenage binge-drinkers are not the only abusers of alcohol. A new study finds the middle-classes are also over-indulging

Cloudy Bay spices it up

Published: 23 July, 2008

New Zealand producer Cloudy Bay is to launch its 2004 Gewurztraminer via its online search facility, Cloudy Bay Locator.

A third of UK Wine consumers choose Rioja

Published: 23 July, 2008

Rioja is the wine region most likely to convert consumer awareness into sales

Legal drinking age should be lowered

Published: 23 July, 2008

UK: Lowering the legal drinking age could help tackle the country's binge culture

Drinks companies back Fairtrade in 2008

Published: 23 July, 2008

Leading retailers and drinks companies will take part in Fairtrade fortnight in February 2008, which will be entitled Change Today. Choose Fairtrade.

Bordeaux harvest: day 12

Published: 23 July, 2008

Alexandra Martet from Chateau Lavison, Entre-Deux-Mers has at last concluded the harvest, and all the evidence suggests it's not as bad as she first feared.

Alcohol abuse on the rise

Published: 23 July, 2008

Alcohol-related hospital admissions have risen sharply in the past five years, new figures show.

British supermarkets not green enough

Published: 23 July, 2008

New survey says supermarkets are showing signs of becoming environmentally friendly but have not yet gone far enough.

Chilean wines show strong growth

Published: 23 July, 2008

Wines of Chile is to focus on Sauvignon Blanc and Ros - the two fastest growing sectors of the UK wine market - at its annual trade tastings to be held in Manchester and London this week.

Wine world atlas includes China and India

Published: 23 July, 2008

The names of the world's most renowned wine-producing areas has been officially redrawn to include countries such as China, India, Georgia, Canada, New Mexico and Belgium.