Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Campo Viejo teams up with Grand Designs

Published: 04 September, 2012

Campo Viejo has teamed up with Grand Designs to offer consumers the chance to win £25,000 to make their own dream home project a reality.

Pernod Ricard launches Absolut Unique

Published: 04 September, 2012

Pernod Ricard UK has created 4 million individually designed and numbered bottles for its new limited edition Absolut Unique range.

Blossom Hill launches £2.2m campaign on taste, not price

Published: 03 September, 2012

Blossom Hill is investing £2.2 million in its largest media campaign to date, in order to focus on taste rather than price...

Echo Falls ramps up brand investment

Published: 30 August, 2012

Accolade's Echo Falls says it has made an "unprecedented" investment by signing up to major sponsorship deals this year, including key festivals and fashion events.

Best year for Pernod Ricard since 2007/8, despite fall in UK sales

Published: 30 August, 2012

Pernod Ricard's annual results show its best growth since the financial crisis began - up 8% - although UK sales tumbled by 4%.

Emerging markets provide boost for Diageo GB

Published: 23 August, 2012

Diageo's net sales in Great Britain fell 2% in the past year as the group reduced its promotional activities, but emerging...

Jacob's Creek sponsors Jonathan Ross TV show

Published: 17 August, 2012

Jacob's Creek has signed a sponsorship deal with the Jonathan Ross Show on ITV1.

Drastic UK volume decline for Treasury Wine given positive spin

Published: 17 August, 2012

A drastic 1.6 million case decline in the United Kingdom has been given positive spin as Treasury Wine Estates briefed the Australian Securities Exchange on their 2012 full year results.

Pernod Ricard's festive marketing plans revealed

Published: 17 August, 2012

In part two of Harpers' report on Pernod Ricard UK's festive plans for 2012, we take a look at what the drinks giant will be doing to promote its leading brands this Christmas.

Premium is the buzzword this Christmas, says Pernod Ricard UK

Published: 16 August, 2012

The biggest money-spinning opportunity this Christmas is wines in the £6.50 to £8.50 price bracket and spirits costing £14 to £21.

A UK first for Shui Jing Fang

Published: 10 August, 2012

Diageo has launched Shui Jing Fang into the UK market on the back of its strategic investment into Chinese white spirits.

Brancott Estate teams up with Lonely Planet

Published: 09 August, 2012

Pernod Ricard-owned Brancott Estate has teamed up with travel information provider Lonely Planet to launch an on-pack promotion as part of its Curious Journeys initiative.

Australian Vintage's Julian Dyer steps up as interim UK boss

Published: 06 August, 2012

Australian Vintage's Julian Dyer is to step up as acting general manager for the UK and Ireland as Paul Schaafsma moves to Accolade Wines.

Sarah Miles promoted to managing director of Diageo Wines Europe

Published: 03 August, 2012

Sarah Miles is the new managing director of Diageo Wines Europe (DWE) as it looks to freshen up its buying and marketing teams across the group.

Pernod Ricard and the AA team up in anti-drink-driving campaign

Published: 30 July, 2012

Pernod Ricard UK and the Automobile Association (AA) plan to tackle the issue of drink-driving among young UK adults, through the launch of the fourth phase of their anti-drink-driving marketing campaign.

Ooberstock adds spirit range and plans further expansion

Published: 27 July, 2012

Ooberstock, the new Amazon-style wholesaler, has added a comprehensive spirits range to its growing portfolio.

Alcohol health report: you must all do better

Published: 27 July, 2012

The drinks trade has been left in no doubt it must do more to satisfy its critics at Westminster, as Gemma McKenna reports

Drinks industry welcomes falling alcohol consumption in young people

Published: 26 July, 2012

The drinks trade has welcomed NHS statistics showing alcohol consumption in young people has fallen.

Treasury Wine Estates appoints new chairman

Published: 23 July, 2012

Non-executive director Paul Rayner is set to become Treasury Wine Estate's new chairman from September 1...

Malibu launches Lady Sunshine TV campaign

Published: 12 July, 2012

Pernod Ricard-owned Malibu has launched a new TV campaign that invites consumers to "celebrate the sunset" by introducing them to a new character - Lady Sunshine.