The 2024 Top 100 Sud de France tasting event is set to showcase the finest wines from Languedoc, Roussillon and the South-West on 12 June in London. For the first time, attendees will experience a self-pour tasting format, allowing visitors to explore the Top 100 wines at their own pace.
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James Bayley looks at the growing trend towards functional drinks, such as CBD-infused variants, and how the multiples are responding.
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Published: 22 April, 2024
In a dynamic market landscape marked by shifting consumer preferences, the stout category is experiencing a notable resurgence, driven by changing demographics. Guinness is chief among the brands leading this charge, as highlighted in Diageo’s recent six-month performance update ending December 2023.
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Published: 15 March, 2024
Waitrose is a cut above the other supermarkets when it comes to wine. James Bayley takes a look at the in-store wine specialists and what they have to offer shoppers perusing the wine aisle.
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Published: 15 February, 2024
Canned wine producer, The Uncommon, has secured £1.2m in private backing, focusing on scaling up production of its English wine to meet growing demand in alternative formats.
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Published: 12 February, 2024
Some supermarkets reported buoyant sales over the festive period. James Bayley crunches the numbers.
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Published: 07 February, 2024
Daniel Lambert Wines, Waitrose and The Wine Society were among some of the big winners at The French Champion Awards organised and hosted by Business France.
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Published: 05 February, 2024
Last year’s globally scant harvest and (more) trouble around the Suez Canal could spell disruption for shipping globally in 2024, writes Jo Gilbert.
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Published: 22 January, 2024
Supermarkets are reporting a consistent uptick in sales of this much-talked about category– and not just during the traditional post-festive period. James Bayley reports.
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Published: 18 December, 2023
Waitrose has put emphasis on bulk wine shipping as an important factor in reducing its carbon footprint. James Bayley reports.
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Published: 17 October, 2023
Titled, Portfolio of Diversity, registrations are open for Harpers’ Sustainability Webinar, in partnership with Bibendum.
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Published: 23 August, 2023
Australian wine company, Fourth Wave Wine, has reported that since launching into the UK market in August 2022, it has made significant strides with UK retail customers and consumers alike, by surpassing more than 500,000 sold.
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Published: 02 August, 2023
Wines of Great Britain (WineGB) has appointed Anne Jones as its first-ever sustainability ambassador.
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Published: 25 April, 2023
Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to test selling wine bottles without the familiar plastic and foil sleeves, in a move which forms part of supermarket’s aim to ‘reduce unnecessary packaging’.
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Published: 24 April, 2023
Chilean Producer Morandé Wine Group has launched a new winery and secured new UK listings with Waitrose and Direct Wines.
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Published: 21 April, 2023
Looking beyond London Dry, Henry Jeffreys tracks down the British gin brands on the hunt for growth with new points of difference.
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Published: 02 February, 2023
The first-ever edition of The French Champion Awards took place at VIN, the flagship trade tasting dedicated to French wines in London organised by Business France, the French governmental trade agency.
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Published: 03 January, 2023
The Portman Group is urging the government to do more to encourage the uptake of low & no alcohol drinks and launch a consultation on low-alcohol descriptors.
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Published: 07 December, 2022
With sustainability such a broad concept, how do retailers communicate the message? Angela Mount asks those at the sharp end.
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Published: 28 September, 2022
Waitrose is doubling down on its strategy of offering ‘something for everyone’ at all price points, with a mixture of promotions and everyday low-price sales remaining key to the retailer’s approach this autumn in store and through Waitrose Cellar.
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