Spain - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Analysis: Can Ribera del Duero compete with the Rioja in the UK?

Published: 26 May, 2016

Can Ribera Del Duero can realistically lure consumers in a Rioja-obsessed climate in the UK?

Gilbert's Grape: One night in Rioja

Published: 24 May, 2016

As a wine journalist, I have been told I can expect to see hundreds of barrel rooms and vineyards in the course of my new career.

Insights: The rise of the owners club

Published: 24 May, 2016

In the space of just over 15 years, privately funded associations have become a defining feature of the global wine industry. In Europe, they arguably represent a manifestation of the growing dissatisfaction with the inadequacies of regional appellation bodies, which has subsequently encouraged winemakers to take matters into their own hands.

Grandes Pagos de España pressures the Rioja DO to adapt

Published: 24 May, 2016

With the terroir debate raging in Spain, the tasting and master classes in London last week by the association Grandes Pagos de España (GPE) could hardly have come at a better time.

Insights: What is next for Rioja?

Published: 16 May, 2016

Really, Rioja can do no wrong. For many consumers it is Spanish wine. But what lies ahead for Spain's most famous wine region?

Analysis: New wine regions continue to emerge

Published: 12 May, 2016

New wine regions and areas with renewed vigour continue to emerge on to the world stage. Has there ever been a better time to drink wine?

Off-Piste go after flavoured drinks market with alcoholic wine cocktail

Published: 05 May, 2016

Makers & Co., a new range of lightly sparkling 4% alcohol drinks, is taking centre at the Off-Piste stand at this year's London Wine Fair.

Revealed: The ten countries drinking two thirds of the world's wine

Published: 28 April, 2016

Italy, France and Spain continue to dominate in terms of production, but who is drinking the most wine?

ICCWS 2016: What to expect from climate change

Published: 28 April, 2016

In recent weeks, much emphasis has been placed on the short-term benefits of global warming.

Q&A: Beltran Domecq, President of the Consejo Regulador de D.O. Jerez/Sherry

Published: 28 April, 2016

President of the governing body for Sherry, Beltran Domecq is fighting to make the category hip again.

Bodegas Beronia grows its customer engagement club with new website

Published: 27 April, 2016

Bodegas Beronia has launched a website for its Beronia Txoko Club - after sales of the brand doubled in the UK thanks to its customer-engagement initiative.

Thirst for Sherry drives Sherry Festival 2016

Published: 26 April, 2016

Sherry is no longer purely a "London phenomenon" - and merchants across the UK should take advantage of its growing popularity.

Boutinot brings new off-trade ranges from Spain

Published: 22 April, 2016

Boutinot has unveiled two new additions to its Spanish portfolio.

Earliest Rioja vintage in history given official thumbs up

Published: 20 April, 2016

The D.O.Ca. Rioja Control Board has given the 2015 vintage an official Very Good rating.

A sommelier on Spain: Quality wines at value prices

Published: 19 April, 2016

Spain has become the country of choice for one Canadian sommelier working in the UK.

Wines from Spain: Up close and personal

Published: 15 April, 2016

One thing that stuck out from the 27^thWines from Spain fair yesterday was the level of diversity of wines coming out of regions across the country.

Wines from Spain: spotlight on Navarra

Published: 15 April, 2016

Long recognised internationally for its rosés, Spain's Navarra region has undergone something of a winemaking revolution over the past two decades and the number of red wines now coming out of the area is increasing.

Sherry en vogue at Wines of Spain masterclass

Published: 15 April, 2016

"We have to keep the fire burning". This was the message from distinguished Jerez winemaker Beltran Domecq at the sherry masterclass at Wines from Spain's yesterday, when quizzed on the future of the category and maintaining the wave of popularity that sherry is currently enjoying.