Published: 20 December, 2019
About twenty years ago I tried to sell a sparkling wine from Italy that was almost unknown in the UK market. We were a significant supplier to the major retailers and worked closely with them on new product development ideas, from lesser known grape varieties, regions and countries, to new styles and packaging for better-known wines. My Italian sparkling wine was from a medium sized organic producer whose wines we had won listings for, but the buyers felt that it was not well known enough in our market and wouldn’t sell. It was, of course, Prosecco.
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Published: 06 December, 2019
The new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers could cause chaos for products bound for differing parts of the UK, an industry body has warned.
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Published: 06 December, 2019
Stephanie Kiens, business development director at London based design agency Lewis Moberly, gives us her perspective on the future of low and no
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Published: 04 December, 2019
A new 'Instagram-able' interactive bar ordering app bridging the digital and physical worlds has been unveiled by Cambridge Consultants.
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Published: 29 November, 2019
The final selection for the Future 50 awards was revealed at an International Wine & Spirit Competition event last night.
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Published: 06 November, 2019
CBD is the new rock ’n’ roll of drinks, but products infused with this by-product of the hemp plant are only just starting to find their feet. A revolution is likely on the way, finds Andrew Catchpole.
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Published: 30 October, 2019
Excel spreadsheets and WhatsApping account reps should be a thing of the past, say the brains behind OnStock, a new online ordering platform for the UK bar trade from the Vanquish and 31Dover team, as Jo Gilbert reports.
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Published: 18 October, 2019
A refreshed Kingsland Drinks is investing heavily in new formats and product-bottling lines to turbo-charge its bespoke drinks service. Jo Gilbert catches up with its new managing director
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Published: 16 August, 2019
Manchester-based bottler Kingsland Drinks has announced high-level executive changes to devote greater focus on its “strategic development and business direction”.
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Published: 15 August, 2019
London-based Benchmark Drinks has won new finance to fund international expansion.
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Gosnells of Peckham, London’s only Meadery, has claimed a European first with the launch of mead in cans.
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The Mentzendorff team has once again picked up their bikes and donned their lycra to raise an impressive sum for industry drinks charity, The Benevolent.
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As many as 20% of UK adults now do not drink alcohol, according to the latest British Lifestyles report from Mintel. At the same time, 47% of those who do drink alcohol have cut back their consumption.
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L’ATELIER DU VIN
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The UK’s Ambassadors and senior diplomats have said they want to serve more English wine and British gin.
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Published: 16 April, 2019
MASA + MEZCAL
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Published: 04 April, 2019
Global Brands has reported a 19.5% sales increase, taking turnover to over £50 million to 30 September 2018.
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Published: 11 March, 2019
The restaurant trade suffered another tough month in February with the mini heatwave towards the end of the month failing to move the whole market much, despite an encouraging performance from the pub trade.
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Published: 06 March, 2019
Amathus Drinks has expanded its Spanish portfolio with the addition of two new Catalonian producers: Celler l’Encastell from Priorat and Celler Masroig from Montsant.
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Published: 05 March, 2019
In the fast evolving online retail market, sales via smartphone have overtaken both desktop and tablet, and at a time when online grocery retail has reached a new high of £8 billion in the UK.
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