Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Buyer’s Spotlight: New perspectives on Rioja

Published: 19 December, 2024

Jason Millar gets a new take on how the region can balance out its affordable offerings with more premium expressions.

Liberty Wines reflects on Autumn/Winter portfolio

Published: 10 October, 2024

As the year’s final quarter unfolds, Liberty Wines remains committed to providing strong service and support across all departments, from sales to logistics. The company's recent Autumn/Winter tasting event highlighted the importance of offering a diverse range of high-quality wines to inspire consumer spending and maintain market leadership.

Analysing Spain

Published: 09 October, 2024

Andrew Catchpole reports back from the insightful Spain Food Nation Summit session on Spanish wines.

Wines from Spain moves to Canary Wharf for annual tasting

Published: 27 February, 2024

Wines from Spain has announced a change of venue for this year’s annual tasting, The Pelligon in Canary Wharf.

Friday read: ‘Grape of the sun’ in the hot seat with Peter McCombie MW

Published: 02 June, 2023

Monastrell was given a chance to shine in London recently, via a masterclass which aimed to show a sun-loving variety in a brand new light.

Spain inches up

Published: 02 November, 2021

Spanish wines appear to be holding ground against the broader UK wine market, with signs of uplift at the mid-to-high end. Andrew Catchpole sizes up the stats.

Q&A: Rosana Lisa, Ramón Bilbao

Published: 03 December, 2020

As part of our Spanish Headline Hero series this month, Harpers caught up with Rosana Lisa, director of innovation, Ramón Bilbao

Q&A: Elena M Oyagüe, Cuatro Rayas

Published: 25 November, 2020

Winemaker Elena M Oyagüe of Cuatro Rayas explains what makes Rueda Verdejo unique, including the region’s very special old vines, and how on the food-pairing front the wines’ flexibility is akin to the little black dress and fashion

Araex brings on first sherry

Published: 30 September, 2020

Araex, Spain’s premiere fine wine group, has added a three-tiered range of sherries to its pan-Spanish portfolio alongside a number of new Spanish wines.

Spain has moved beyond a purely price-based discussion say UK buyers

Published: 10 July, 2017

This was the key finding of a recent Harpers Spain round table on Pushing Boundaries and Innovation, with leading buyers from across the trade agreeing that a mixture of necessity and opportunity has shifted the UK focus onto quality over quantity with Spanish wines.